Courtney Dalton

Research & Instruction Librarian, Kirby Librarian
119 Skillman Library
610-330-5401
daltonc@lafayette.edu

Degrees

  • MLIS (concentration in Cultural Heritage Informatics), Simmons University | 2022
  • AB (Linguistics, minor in Chinese), Bryn Mawr College | 2019

Courtney Dalton collaborates with faculty on both introductory and advanced classes, including first-year seminars, to engage students with critical questions around information and knowledge production. She provides both in-person and virtual research assistance to students and other patrons. Additionally, she participates in evaluating and selecting materials for the library’s collections.

Selected presentations and professional development
  • Poster, “Teaching Data Literacy to Future Legal Professionals,” Southeast Data Librarian Symposium | October 2023
  • Speaker, “Critically Evaluating Legal Information with ChatGPT,” Association of American Law Schools Technology Law Summer Webinar Series | May 2023.
  • CopyrightX: Libraries course | Jan–May 2023
  • Carpentries Instructor certification | March 2023
  • Specialized Data Curation Workshop, Data Curation Network, University of Minnesota | October 2022
  • Panelist, “Envisioning a Future for DH Mentorship,” Association for Computers and the Humanities 2021
  • Virtual Conference | July 2021 Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia Scholarship, Rare Book School | 2020
  • Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media, American Library Association | 2020
  • Workshop Leader, “Virtual Reality for Historical Research and Pedagogy,” 134th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association | January 2020
Selected publications
  • Dalton, Courtney, Emily Kilcer, Katie Wampole, and Sarah Swanz. 2023. “Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Primer.” Data Curation Network. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257950.
  • Dalton, Courtney. 2021. “3D Modeling for Historical Reconstruction.” In #DLFteach Toolkit Volume 2: Lesson Plans on Immersive Pedagogy, edited by Alex Wermer-Colan, Emma Slayton, Mackenzie Brooks, Melanie Hubbard, Heidi Winkler, Lorena Gauthereau, Jessica Linker, Neil Weijer, and Chris J. Young. Digital Library Federation Digital Library Pedagogy Working Group. https://dlfteach.pubpub.org/pub/vol2-dalton-3d-modeling-for-historical-reconstruction/release/1.
  • Bryn Mawr Women in Science (with project team). An interdisciplinary project that uses immersive 3D models to interrogate women’s historical scientific practice. WebGL project live; virtual reality for Oculus Rift prototyped and demoed. July 2019. https://digitalscholarship.brynmawr.edu/howis/.
Selected professional engagements
  • Vice President/President-Elect, Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries
  • Editorial Collective Member, Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (co-editor for issue no. 22)