Kathleen Stevenson Turner

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Work: (843) 953-7058

turnerk@citadel.edu

 

 

Education:

 

1996-1998              MLIS, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

 

1991-1996              MA, European History, with an emphasis on the Middle Ages. The Citadel and the University of Charleston, Charleston, SC. “With Distinction”

 

1960-1964              AB, American History, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar VA.

 

Employment:

                  

1997-Present  Reference/Bibliographic Instruction Librarian

                        Daniel Library, The Citadel  Charleston, SC

·         Develop, plan and teach course-specific bibliographic classes to undergraduate and graduate students.

·         Work with undergraduate and graduate students to develop appropriate search strategies for their research papers.

·         Teach students individually how to use library reference sources and online databases.

·         Promote bibliographic instruction to the faculty.

·         Teach the library instruction portion of Citadel 101 to first year cadets.

·         Teach a section of Citadel 101.

·         Develop and administer a variety of assessment tools for library services and library instruction, and then analyze the results.

·         Assist faculty, staff, students, and general public with reference matters.

 

 

1983-1991              Title Abstracter and Title Insurance Agent 

Ashley Title and Abstract Co., Inc.  Charleston, SC

 

·         Researched and abstracted land titles in Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties.

·         Wrote title insurance.

Honors:

          Phi Alpha Theta (history honor fraternity)

                   John Brittain award for exceptional work in the study of history

                   Graduate Assistantship

                   High Pass, Masters Comprehensive Examinations

                   Graduated With Distinction, The Citadel and the University of Charleston

                   Junior League of Charleston, Inc., Honorary Member

 

Publications and Writings:

Bede and Wilfrid: Saints in Conflict. Thesis to satisfy the requirements for MA in history, 1996.

 

“The Debate over the Twelfth-Century Renaissance.” The Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association (1995): 58-66.

 

Presentations:

 

Planned, coordinated, arranged for the presentation of a workshop at the South Carolina Library Association Annual Meeting on The Bounty of the Ebook 101, by Susan Pastore, October 28, 2000, Columbia, SC.

 

Planned, coordinated, arranged for the presentation of a workshop on Portfolios for the Professional Librarian by John Zubizarreta, Ph.D., April 14, 2000, Columbia College, Columbia, SC.

 

Planned, coordinated, arranged for the presentation of a workshop at the South Carolina Library Association Annual Meeting on Libraries are in the Education Business by Celia Rabinowitz, Ph.D., December 2, 1999, Hilton Head, SC.

 

Student Library Instruction: What it can do For You, CAC Poster Session, The Citadel, March 2000.

 

Electronic Plagiarism: How to Detect it, How to Prevent it. Library Seminar, The Citadel, November, 1999

 

Plagiarism via the Internet, Daniel Library Research Connections, v.6, no. 1, fall 1999.

 

Research Instruction at the Daniel Library – What, Why, How & When, presented with Betsey Carter at CAC, The Citadel, November 1998.          

 

Martin Niemöller: From Dahlem to Sachsenhausen, University of South Carolina History Association Conference, April 1994, Columbia, SC.

 

Affiliations and Offices:

                  

                   American Library Association

                   Association of College and Research Libraries

                             Instruction Section

                             Western European Studies Section

                   South Carolina Library Association

                             Secretary 2000

                             Chairman, College and Universities Section 1999

                             Vice-Chair, College and Universities Section 1998

                   Phi Alpha Theta

                   Junior League of Charleston, Inc. 1964-1983

                             President, 1980-81

                             Chairman, Area III (NC, SC, GA, FL, TN), 1981-82

                             Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc., Board, 1982-83

                   First (Scots) Presbyterian Church - Elder