Lijuan Xu
Recipient of the Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award, Lijuan manages all aspects of research and instructional services, including the information literacy program and the grant initiative. She helps faculty incorporate information literacy—how and by whom information is produced and organized, what “counts” as knowledge, which voices might be missing from the record, and what research involves—into classes. These partnerships with faculty often take the forms of developing and redesigning assignments, recommending readings, helping reconceive a course unit or units, and co-leading class discussions.
Selected presentations and professional development
- Parker, Blynne Olivieri, and Lijuan Xu . April 2, 2024. The Sustainability of Library Liaison Programs. ACRL University Libraries Section discussion.
- Xu, Lijuan, Orolando Duffus, Criss Guy, and Rebecca Hankins. March 12, 2023. Mentorship: Creating Pathways and Expanding Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Minority Groups. ACRL Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Heidenwolf, Terese, and Lijuan Xu. 2020. Supporting Teaching with Primary Sources at Lafayette College.
- Xu, Lijuan. November 21, 2018. From Service Providers to Collaborators and Partners: A Non-Discipline Based Approach at a Liberal Arts College. Positing the Academic Library Conference. Goldsmiths College, London.
Selected publications
- Books
- Xu, Lijuan, ed. 2021. Engaging Undergraduates in Primary Source Research. New York: Rowman & Littlefield. (Reviewed in the American Archivist)
- Jacobson, Trudi, and Lijuan Xu. 2004. Motivating Students in Information Literacy Classes. New York: Neal Schuman. (2005 publication of the Year, Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section )
- Book chapters
- Xu, Lijuan. 2022. “The Missing and Unheard Voices“. In Information literacy. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071898956 (Invited chapter)
- Xu, Lijuan. 2020. Lafayette College: A Non-Liaison-Based Information Literacy Program. In C.C. Gardmer, E. Galoozis, and R. Halpern (Eds.), The Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs (41-51). Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Articles (Peer-reviewed)
- Salas Landa, Monica, and Lijuan Xu . “Extraction on Display: Delving into Research, Curation, and Collaboration at a Liberal Arts College.” Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. http://10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v10.43052 (Forthcoming) This essay demonstrates how faculty and librarians can employ object-centered research to guide students in their exploring and understanding of the extractive practices associated with imperialism and colonialism that have shaped museum and library collections.
- Xu, Lijuan. 2024. Information Literacy through the Lens of Epistemic Justice: Centering the Missing and Unheard Voices of Marginalized Groups. 30(2-3): 219-34. New Review of Academic Librarianship. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2024.2306366
- Xu, Lijuan, and Ana Ramirez Luhrs. 2020. From Coloring the Academic Landscape to Integral Players of the Community: Underrepresented Minority Librarians Flexing their Service Muscles. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102224
- Xu, Lijuan, and Benjamin Jahre. 2018. From Service Providers to Collaborators and Partners: A Non-Discipline Based Approach at a Liberal Arts College. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 24(3-4), 418-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2018.1498795
- Xu, Lijuan, and Nestor Gil. 2017. Librarians as Co-Teachers and Curators: Integrating Information Literacy in a Studio Art Course at a Liberal Arts College. Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 36(1), 122–136. https://doi.org/10.1086/691376 (Top 20 articles in 2017, American Library Association Library Instruction Round Table)
- Xu, Lijuan. 2017. Establishing a Vibrant Information Literacy Program in the Absence of Curriculum Mandate: A Case Study. International Journal of Librarianship, 2(2), 84-91. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2017.vol2.2.36
Selected professional engagements
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institute Task Force, Association of Research Libraries, 2024-2026
- Information Literacy Standing Committee, International Federation of Library Associations, 2023-2026
- Teaching Methods Committee, Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section (ACRL IS), 2024-2026
- Research and Scholarship Committee, ACRL IS, Vice Chair, 2022-2023; Chair, 2023-2024