EDUCATION
Master of Science in Library and Information Science, September 2011
Long Island University, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Brookville, NY (NYU Campus)
Master of Arts in English Literature, August 2006
The University of Montana, Missoula, MT - thesis
Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Victorian Studies, May 2003
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Master of Science in Library and Information Science, September 2011
Long Island University, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Brookville, NY (NYU Campus)
Master of Arts in English Literature, August 2006
The University of Montana, Missoula, MT - thesis
Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Victorian Studies, May 2003
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Regional Services Librarian, May 2023 - April 2024
Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam NY
Marketing, communications, operation, and content design management for newsletters, continuing education programming and events; consortium purchase order management for eresource sharing and marketplace credits in overdrive; ILL duenorth administration; ContentDM and Drupal digital asset management; curriculum and instructional experience design; user experience researcher; strategic partnership growth; serves on 3 district library school system as council liaison.
Visiting Instruction & Research Support Librarian, contract September 2022 - March 2023 Warren Wilson College, Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library, Swannanoa, NC
Workshop facilitation in critical information literacy skills, reference student supervision, instructional design planning.
Owner Operator Manager, Nov 2018 – May 2024
Sassafras Mercantile / Salix Alba LLC: Sassafras Mercantile, Kingston NY
Brick and mortar storefront herb shop with art and zines in the Rondout from May 2019-August 2022. Managed every phase of the small business life cycle.
Research and Education Librarian, July 2015 - October 2018
State University of New York at New Paltz, Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz, NY
Visiting Assistant Librarian, November 2013 - June 2015
State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Feinberg Library, Plattsburgh, NY
Librarian I, January 2013 - October 2013
Vermont Technical College/Community College of Vermont,
Hartness Library, Randolph Center, VT
Librarian Director, June 2012 - December 2012
Westford Public Library, Westford, VT
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Reference and Instruction Librarian, August 2011 - December 2011 LaGuardia Community College, Library Media Resources Center, Long Island City, NY
CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference -
Archives Boot Camp w Dyani Fiege, October 2023, Saratoga Springs NY
Yestermorow -
Sauna Building & Framing, March 2023, Waitsfield VT
North Carolina Library Copyright Institute -
(c) Boot Camp, Fall 2022-Winter 2023, online with faculty from Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Central University, and NC State University
Catskill Forest Association -
Game of Logging I, Summer 2022, Arkville NY
Stockade Works -
Set Building Workshop, Summer 2022 , Saugerties NY
Reitz Designs -
Historic Preservationist, Summer 2022, New Paltz NY
Women’s Studio Workshop -
Active Patterns: Screenprinting, Summer 2021, Rosendale NY
Lindsay Mack -
Tarot Intensive, Fall 2019, Stockbridge MA
Dina Falconi / Wild Earth Institute -
Herbalism Intensive, Spring 2019, Accord NY
Sowing Solutions -
Permaculture Design Certification, Fall 2018, Shelburne Falls, MA
Association of College and Research Libraries -
Immersion Program: Teacher Track, July 2014, Champlain College, Burlington VT
New England Library Association -
Library Leadership Symposium, August 2013, North Andover, MA
CREDIT-BEARING TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SUNY New Paltz -
Critical Research in Senior Seminar in Black Studies, Spring 2018 w Dr. Cruz Bueno
SUNY Plattsburgh -
LIB 200: Critical Research Skills; Sp 2016, Fall 2015 LIB 105: Info Literacy; Sp 2015, Fall 2014
Hudson County Community College -
English Composition 102; Fall 2009, Spring 2010
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND INVITED SPEAKING
Veitch, Madeline and Willoughby, Lydia. “Zines as critical praxis : collapsing discourse around who owns knowledge, and what it means to be an author.” In Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan (Eds.) Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Information Literacy Through Co-curricular Activities. Chicago, IL: ACRL Press 2020.
Open Peer Reviewer for Whearty, Bridget, et al. "Creating Contact Zones in a" Post-Truth" Era: Perspectives on Librarian/Faculty Collaboration in Information Literacy Instruction." A Splendid Torch: Learning and Teaching in Today’s Academic Libraries (2017): 32.
Willoughby, Lydia and Blanchat, Kelly. “Social Justify Your Lesson Plan: How to Use Social Media to Make Pop Culture Scholarly.” In Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy (Eds.) Critical Library Pedagogy, Volume 2: Lesson Plans. Chicago, IL: ACRL Press. 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia and Dowell, Meghan. “Strategies for Success: Building
LibApps in Moodle (that Students Will Actually Use).” In Ryan Sittler and Aaron W. Dobbs (Eds.) Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real World Examples. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: Creating Safe Space as an ‘Ally’.” New England Library Association Annual Conference: Recharge. Invited Speaker. Sheraton Burlington, South Burlington, VT. 10/24/17.
--. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: Creating Safe Space as an ‘Ally’.” New Hampshire Library Association Spring Conference: A Sea Change. Invited Speaker. Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, NH. 5/5/2017.
--. “Critical Theory: Some Basics for Librarians.” #CritLib Unconference San Francisco. Invited Plenary Speaker. University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library, San Francisco, CA. 6/25/2015.
--. “Digital Library Futures.” Invited Speaker in the MFA Emergent Landscape Lecture Series, Champlain College, Burlington, VT. 12/2/2013.
--. “Outreach to Queer Communities.” Invited Speaker for panel discussion at the New England Library Association Conference. Portland, ME. 10/21/2013.
TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
Willoughby, Lydia. “Ghosts in the Library – A Collaborative Approach to Game-Based Pedagogy.” ACRLog, Association of College and Research Libraries, April 11, 2018. Web.
Willoughby, Lydia. “What I’m Reading this Summer. dh+Lib, ACRL Digital Humanities Interest Group, June 8, 2017. Web.
Willoughby, Lydia and Bendorf, Oliver, et al. Interviewed by Rowan Moore Gerety. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: A Resource To Understand And Heal.” WLRN, NPR Miami, South Florida. June 19, 2016. Radio.
--. Interviewed by Lisa Peet. “Library Field Responds to Orlando Tragedy.” Library Journal. June 16, 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia. Interviewed by Lisa Peet. “Connecticut and Vermont Libraries Await Decisions on Budget Cuts.” Library Journal. April 29, 2015.
--. “Session, Critical Theory: Some Basics.”
#CritLib Unconference. Session Presentation. Portland State University, Portland, OR. March 25, 2015. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/critlib/2015/Conference/16.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dis/Information Nation: Voter Personas and Dis/Information Literacy in the 2016 Presidential Election. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Iris Finkel, Hunter College. City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/22/2018.
Zines as Critical Praxis: Collapsing Discourse Around Who Owns Knowledge, and What it Means to be an Author. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, ACRL New England 2017 Conference: Reframing Librarianship in the 21st Century, Burlington, VT. 5/12/2017.
Undergraduate Interns at the Library: Think Outside the Box. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, Stephan J. Macaluso, Jasper Campos and Katherine Zipman, State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Conference, Stony Brook University. 6/15/2017.
Zines at Your Library: Engaging Patrons as Readers -- And Authors! Co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, Southeastern New York Library Regional Council, Highland, NY. 12/6/2016:
“Privacy Concerns: How Locked Down or Open Should School Networks Be?” invited presenter at SUNY Smart
School Summit, SUNY New Paltz, NY. 10/10/2016.
Gamify Your Library Instruction: Let’s Play Ghosts in the Library with Heather Shimon and Mandy Babirad, invited workshop co-presenter at Information Literacy Bootcamp, United States Military Academy West Point. 7/8/2016.
Read a Zine, Then Make One – Repeat. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch and Zine Library Intern Kelly Lindberg, SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY. 6/10/2016.
Ghosts in the Library: A Collaborative Approach to Student Learning with Game-Based Pedagogy, juried presentation as co-presenter with Heather Shimon and Mandy Babirad at SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY. 6/9/2016.
--. City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY
West, Brandon, Willoughby, Lydia and Ginsberg, Sharona. “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Hire Us! Navigating the Job Hunt When You Don’t Conform.” SUNY Student Pride Conference, SUNY Oneonta, NY. 10/24/2015.
“Building a Library Resources Block in Moodle,” juried presentation as part of Library Information Technology Association Lightning Round Talk, American Library Association Conference, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. 6/27/2015.
Social Media as Game Strategy: Twitter in the #InfoLit Instruction Session, juried poster with co-presenter Kelly Blanchat (Yale University Libraries) at the SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Purchase, NY. 6/4/2015.
--. at City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/16/2015.
Gamifying the Syllabus to Deconstruct Authority in the Classroom, juried poster at City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/16/2015.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES (ACRL) -
Literatures in English Section (LES), Conference Planning Committee 2014-2016 Member Appointed
--. Conference Planning Committee 2016-2018 Chair Elected
--. Strategic Planning Committee 2016-2019 Chair Elected
--. Executive Committee 2016-2019 Member Appointed
--. Frameworks Review Task Force 2016-2020 Member Appointed
-> publication associated with term of service: Research Competencies in Writing and Literature, companion to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) -
Presidential Advisory Board for ALA President
Loida Garcia-Febo (2018-2019), 2017-2019 Member Invited
--. Wellness Committee 2017-2019 Member Invited
Regional Services Librarian, May 2023 - April 2024
Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam NY
Marketing, communications, operation, and content design management for newsletters, continuing education programming and events; consortium purchase order management for eresource sharing and marketplace credits in overdrive; ILL duenorth administration; ContentDM and Drupal digital asset management; curriculum and instructional experience design; user experience researcher; strategic partnership growth; serves on 3 district library school system as council liaison.
Visiting Instruction & Research Support Librarian, contract September 2022 - March 2023 Warren Wilson College, Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library, Swannanoa, NC
Workshop facilitation in critical information literacy skills, reference student supervision, instructional design planning.
Owner Operator Manager, Nov 2018 – May 2024
Sassafras Mercantile / Salix Alba LLC: Sassafras Mercantile, Kingston NY
Brick and mortar storefront herb shop with art and zines in the Rondout from May 2019-August 2022. Managed every phase of the small business life cycle.
Research and Education Librarian, July 2015 - October 2018
State University of New York at New Paltz, Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz, NY
Visiting Assistant Librarian, November 2013 - June 2015
State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Feinberg Library, Plattsburgh, NY
Librarian I, January 2013 - October 2013
Vermont Technical College/Community College of Vermont,
Hartness Library, Randolph Center, VT
Librarian Director, June 2012 - December 2012
Westford Public Library, Westford, VT
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Reference and Instruction Librarian, August 2011 - December 2011 LaGuardia Community College, Library Media Resources Center, Long Island City, NY
CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference -
Archives Boot Camp w Dyani Fiege, October 2023, Saratoga Springs NY
Yestermorow -
Sauna Building & Framing, March 2023, Waitsfield VT
North Carolina Library Copyright Institute -
(c) Boot Camp, Fall 2022-Winter 2023, online with faculty from Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Central University, and NC State University
Catskill Forest Association -
Game of Logging I, Summer 2022, Arkville NY
Stockade Works -
Set Building Workshop, Summer 2022 , Saugerties NY
Reitz Designs -
Historic Preservationist, Summer 2022, New Paltz NY
Women’s Studio Workshop -
Active Patterns: Screenprinting, Summer 2021, Rosendale NY
Lindsay Mack -
Tarot Intensive, Fall 2019, Stockbridge MA
Dina Falconi / Wild Earth Institute -
Herbalism Intensive, Spring 2019, Accord NY
Sowing Solutions -
Permaculture Design Certification, Fall 2018, Shelburne Falls, MA
Association of College and Research Libraries -
Immersion Program: Teacher Track, July 2014, Champlain College, Burlington VT
New England Library Association -
Library Leadership Symposium, August 2013, North Andover, MA
CREDIT-BEARING TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SUNY New Paltz -
Critical Research in Senior Seminar in Black Studies, Spring 2018 w Dr. Cruz Bueno
SUNY Plattsburgh -
LIB 200: Critical Research Skills; Sp 2016, Fall 2015 LIB 105: Info Literacy; Sp 2015, Fall 2014
Hudson County Community College -
English Composition 102; Fall 2009, Spring 2010
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND INVITED SPEAKING
Veitch, Madeline and Willoughby, Lydia. “Zines as critical praxis : collapsing discourse around who owns knowledge, and what it means to be an author.” In Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan (Eds.) Learning Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Information Literacy Through Co-curricular Activities. Chicago, IL: ACRL Press 2020.
Open Peer Reviewer for Whearty, Bridget, et al. "Creating Contact Zones in a" Post-Truth" Era: Perspectives on Librarian/Faculty Collaboration in Information Literacy Instruction." A Splendid Torch: Learning and Teaching in Today’s Academic Libraries (2017): 32.
Willoughby, Lydia and Blanchat, Kelly. “Social Justify Your Lesson Plan: How to Use Social Media to Make Pop Culture Scholarly.” In Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy (Eds.) Critical Library Pedagogy, Volume 2: Lesson Plans. Chicago, IL: ACRL Press. 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia and Dowell, Meghan. “Strategies for Success: Building
LibApps in Moodle (that Students Will Actually Use).” In Ryan Sittler and Aaron W. Dobbs (Eds.) Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real World Examples. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: Creating Safe Space as an ‘Ally’.” New England Library Association Annual Conference: Recharge. Invited Speaker. Sheraton Burlington, South Burlington, VT. 10/24/17.
--. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: Creating Safe Space as an ‘Ally’.” New Hampshire Library Association Spring Conference: A Sea Change. Invited Speaker. Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, NH. 5/5/2017.
--. “Critical Theory: Some Basics for Librarians.” #CritLib Unconference San Francisco. Invited Plenary Speaker. University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library, San Francisco, CA. 6/25/2015.
--. “Digital Library Futures.” Invited Speaker in the MFA Emergent Landscape Lecture Series, Champlain College, Burlington, VT. 12/2/2013.
--. “Outreach to Queer Communities.” Invited Speaker for panel discussion at the New England Library Association Conference. Portland, ME. 10/21/2013.
TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
Willoughby, Lydia. “Ghosts in the Library – A Collaborative Approach to Game-Based Pedagogy.” ACRLog, Association of College and Research Libraries, April 11, 2018. Web.
Willoughby, Lydia. “What I’m Reading this Summer. dh+Lib, ACRL Digital Humanities Interest Group, June 8, 2017. Web.
Willoughby, Lydia and Bendorf, Oliver, et al. Interviewed by Rowan Moore Gerety. “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus: A Resource To Understand And Heal.” WLRN, NPR Miami, South Florida. June 19, 2016. Radio.
--. Interviewed by Lisa Peet. “Library Field Responds to Orlando Tragedy.” Library Journal. June 16, 2016.
Willoughby, Lydia. Interviewed by Lisa Peet. “Connecticut and Vermont Libraries Await Decisions on Budget Cuts.” Library Journal. April 29, 2015.
--. “Session, Critical Theory: Some Basics.”
#CritLib Unconference. Session Presentation. Portland State University, Portland, OR. March 25, 2015. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/critlib/2015/Conference/16.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dis/Information Nation: Voter Personas and Dis/Information Literacy in the 2016 Presidential Election. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Iris Finkel, Hunter College. City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/22/2018.
Zines as Critical Praxis: Collapsing Discourse Around Who Owns Knowledge, and What it Means to be an Author. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, ACRL New England 2017 Conference: Reframing Librarianship in the 21st Century, Burlington, VT. 5/12/2017.
Undergraduate Interns at the Library: Think Outside the Box. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, Stephan J. Macaluso, Jasper Campos and Katherine Zipman, State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Conference, Stony Brook University. 6/15/2017.
Zines at Your Library: Engaging Patrons as Readers -- And Authors! Co-presenter with Madeline Veitch, Southeastern New York Library Regional Council, Highland, NY. 12/6/2016:
“Privacy Concerns: How Locked Down or Open Should School Networks Be?” invited presenter at SUNY Smart
School Summit, SUNY New Paltz, NY. 10/10/2016.
Gamify Your Library Instruction: Let’s Play Ghosts in the Library with Heather Shimon and Mandy Babirad, invited workshop co-presenter at Information Literacy Bootcamp, United States Military Academy West Point. 7/8/2016.
Read a Zine, Then Make One – Repeat. Juried presentation as co-presenter with Madeline Veitch and Zine Library Intern Kelly Lindberg, SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY. 6/10/2016.
Ghosts in the Library: A Collaborative Approach to Student Learning with Game-Based Pedagogy, juried presentation as co-presenter with Heather Shimon and Mandy Babirad at SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY. 6/9/2016.
--. City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY
West, Brandon, Willoughby, Lydia and Ginsberg, Sharona. “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Hire Us! Navigating the Job Hunt When You Don’t Conform.” SUNY Student Pride Conference, SUNY Oneonta, NY. 10/24/2015.
“Building a Library Resources Block in Moodle,” juried presentation as part of Library Information Technology Association Lightning Round Talk, American Library Association Conference, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. 6/27/2015.
Social Media as Game Strategy: Twitter in the #InfoLit Instruction Session, juried poster with co-presenter Kelly Blanchat (Yale University Libraries) at the SUNYLA Conference, SUNY Purchase, NY. 6/4/2015.
--. at City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/16/2015.
Gamifying the Syllabus to Deconstruct Authority in the Classroom, juried poster at City University of New York Graduate Center, CUNY Games Festival, New York, NY. 1/16/2015.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES (ACRL) -
Literatures in English Section (LES), Conference Planning Committee 2014-2016 Member Appointed
--. Conference Planning Committee 2016-2018 Chair Elected
--. Strategic Planning Committee 2016-2019 Chair Elected
--. Executive Committee 2016-2019 Member Appointed
--. Frameworks Review Task Force 2016-2020 Member Appointed
-> publication associated with term of service: Research Competencies in Writing and Literature, companion to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) -
Presidential Advisory Board for ALA President
Loida Garcia-Febo (2018-2019), 2017-2019 Member Invited
--. Wellness Committee 2017-2019 Member Invited