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Cathy Cranston

Cathy Cranston has been an Instruction Librarian at CSU Libraries since 2002. Her primary focus is helping undergraduate students use the library to its full potential.

Departments

• Anthropology
• Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Instruction at CSU Libraries

Cathy teaches library instruction sessions for the following classes and more.

• Classes in the Department of Anthropology
• Classes in the Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
• COCC300
• COCC150
• HP193
• Intensive English
• High School visitors
• ...and others by request

Research Interests

• Information Literacy for Undergraduate Students
• Learning Objects
• User Interfaces for Library Applications

Education

• M.A., Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• B.A., Anthropology major, Biology minor, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
• Study Abroad experience, St. Anne's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Publications

• Cranston, Catherine & Allison Level, Spring 2006, Forward Progress One-step at a Time: Instruction Workshops, Assessment, and the Reference Connection, Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 2(2/3). Co-published in: Reference Assessment and Evaluation (Tom Diamond & Mark Sanders, eds., Haworth Information Press.)
• Level, Allison & Catherine Cranston, Winter 2003, Enticing Faculty to Library Instruction Workshops, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Vol. 7(4).
• Beam, Joan & Cathy Cranston, 2005, “Research, Creative Activities and Publication by Academic Librarians”, In: The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies from Library Leaders (Gwen M. Gregory, ed., Information Today/Plexus Publishing.)
• Mach, Michelle & Catherine Cranston, 2003, “You Can Take It With You: Portable Library Instruction,” Proceedings of the E-Learn 2003 World Conference.
• Blair, Joanna & Cathy Cranston, February 2006, Preparing for the Birth of our Library Blog, Computers in Libraries, Vol. 26(2).

Research Guides

• Anthropology (content by Allison Cowgill)
• Horticulture & Landscape Architecture (content by Lou Anderson)