He also blogs at ACRLog and Designing Better Libraries. DBL promotes
design thinking and user experience skills for librarians.
He is co-author (with John Shank) of the book Academic Librarianship by Design. This
book is a more in-depth discussion of blended librarianship and how it integrates with design thinking. It provides more examples of
and profiles of blended librarianship in practice.
Currently, he is Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple
University Libraries
For additional information about Steven Bell, his publications, or to
find links to Bell's other projects, please visit Stevenbell.info or email Steven Bell at bells@temple.edu
.
John D. Shank
Instructional Design Librarian and Director of the Center for Learning
Technologies
Penn State Berks College
jds30@psu.edu
John Shank has been in the higher education field
since 1996. He received his masters from Drexel's School of Library
and Information Science. Since entering the field, he has worked at
several academic institutions in various capacities including: Montgomery
County Community College, Haverford College, and Bryn Mawr College.
Currently, Shank is the Instructional Design Librarian and newly appointed
director of the Center for Learning Technologies for Pennsylvania State
University 's Berks-Lehigh Valley College. He has assisted over 80
full- and part-time Penn State faculty and librarians in adopting ANGEL
courseware in their instruction.
Shank has presented numerous faculty development workshops at various
universities and colleges, given presentations at regional and national
conferences, and has served as an invited guest speaker.
Cofounder, along with Steven Bell, of the Blended Librarian Online
Learning Community, Shank has also authored and coauthored articles
on the topic of integrating instructional technology into library services.
For more information, please contact John Shank at jds30@psu.edu.
