Mariana Regalado
Associate Professor
Library
Location: 141 Library
Phone: 718.758.8215
Fax: 718.951.4557
Email:
Associate Professor Mariana Regalado is the head of Information Services at the Brooklyn College Library.
Education:
M.L.S., St. Johns University (Jamaica, N.Y.) - 1999 (Library Science - Academic)
M.A., New York University - 1992 (Anthropology)
Areas of Expertise:
Information literacy, research skills, European anthropology, carnival.
Books and Publications
Smale, M A. and M. Regalado. "The Scholarly Habits of Undergraduates at CUNY: Preliminary Report." Retrieved Jan. 28 from http://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Smale, M.A. and M. Regalado. "Using Blackboard to Deliver Library Research Skills Assessment: A Case Study." Communications in Information Literacy: Special issue on assessment in information literacy instruction 3.2. http://www.comminfolit.org/
"Research Authority in the Age of Google: Equilibrium Sought." "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google." Eds. Mariana Regalado and Jill Cirasella. Special issue of Library Philosophy and Practice. http://digitalcommons.
Regalado, M. and J. Cirasella, eds. "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google." Special issue of Library Philosophy and Practice. http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/lppgoogle.htm (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Regalado, M. and J. Cirasella. "Editorial." Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google. Eds. M. Regalado and J. Cirasella. Special issue of Library Philosophy and Practice. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/119/ (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
"The Excitement of the Chase: Information Literacy in the Kate Fansler Detective Novels by Amanda Cross." CLUES, A Journal of Detection 24.1.
http://heldref.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=issue&issn=0742-4248&volume=24&issue=1 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Entroido in Laza." Carnaval! Ed. B. Mauldin. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 21-43. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004
"Competence, Confidence and Connections: Aiding the Transition to College." College and Undergraduate Libraries 10.2: 89-97. http://tinyurl.com/2opdhb (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Creative Work
Entroido en Laza, a documentary film by Europe Documenta. Ethnographic adviser; anthropological documentation. 1989
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
CUNY Fellowship Leave, to conduct research for the "Scholarly Habits of Undergraduate Students at CUNY" project http://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/, 2010-11. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
CUNY's Dean Michael Ribaudo Award for Technology Innovation, for the SRMS/WIMS. (Awards and Honors) 2010
PSC-CUNY 41 Research Award, for "The Scholarly Habits of Undergraduate Students at CUNY." Principal investigator. The second year of a multiyear project that employs qualitative techniques such as interviews and surveys to collect and analyze data on the student research process at Bronx Community College, City College, Queens College and Borough of Manhattan Community College. $4,000; 2010-11. http://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
CUNY 40 Research Award, for "The Scholarly Habits of Undergraduate Students at City Tech and Brooklyn College." Co-principal investigator. Project employs qualitative techniques such as interviews and surveys to collect and analyze data on the student research process at City Tech and Brooklyn College. $5,590; 2009-10. http://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
CUNY Collaborative Research Incentive Grant Round 14, for "Information Literacy, Critical Thinking and Technology: Gathering Data on CUNY Students' Performance on Scenario Tasks Assessing ICT Skills." Co-principal investigator. This project sought to assess the information literacy of CUNY students using the Educational Testing Services (ETS) iSkills test. $40,000 among 11 CUNY libraries; 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"How Do Our Students Do Research-Based Assignments?" ACERT Teaching Tuesdays. Hunter College (CUNY). New York, March 13. Slides with Notes (PDF) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"I Could Study Anywhere, as Long as I Could Sit I'll Study: Student Spaces and Pathways at the City University of New York." Library Ethnography: Negotiating Information's Legacies and Revolutions. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, Nov. 16-20. Paper. Slides (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Sometimes I Type Papers on My Cellphone: Mobile Digital Technologies and CUNY Students." Progressive Digital Pedagogy: Remix, Collaboration, Crowdsourcing. MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit. http://mobilityshifts.org/conference/program/program-saturday-october-15-2011/. Slides (PDF). New York, Oct. 10-16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"The Campus Doesn't Have a Refrigerator" Student Study Habits and the Library, Hunter College Library Faculty Teaching & Research Forum. New York, Dec. 14. Slides (PDF) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Regalado, M., M.A. Smale, A. Asher and S. Miller. "Feeling Like a Third Wheel? Leveraging Faculty-Student-Librarian Relationships for Student Success" poster. Association of College and Research Libraries 2011 Annual Conference. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/acrl2011.cfm. Philadelphia, March 31. Poster, Handout (both PDF) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Regalado, Mariana and Helen Georgas. "How Undergraduates Do Research, and What We Can Do About It." Invited presentation to talk about undergraduate research behaviors, patterns, and preferences and to suggest ways in which faculty can increase the likelihood of student research success. Brooklyn College Center for Teaching. Oct. 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"LILAC Presents Creditable Strategies: The Library Course in the CUNY Curriculum. Organizer" panel. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, Feb. 1. Panelists: Marie Cimino Spina (LaGuardia Community College), Alexandra DeLuise (Queens College) Maura Smale (NYC College of Technology); moderator: Randy Hensley (Baruch College). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"On Beyond Surveys! Using Ethnographic Methods to Inform Design in Academic Libraries" poster. ACRL/NY Annual Symposium - Innovation by Design: Revisioning the Library. This poster shares methods, results and recommendations from a recent ethnographic study of library use at New York City College of Technology and Brooklyn College. We highlight the ways that qualitative studies can inform and enlighten us about our users and help to guide the design process in all areas of the library. Poster. (.jpg). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Undergraduate Scholarly Habits Ethnography Project." LACUNY Spring Membership Meeting Grace-Ellen McCrann Memorial Lecture. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, June 11. Slides (PDF). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Regalado, M., V. Gurgov and M.A. Smale. "Subject Resources Management System." LACUNY Institute 2007 Technology With a Face: High Tech Meets High Touch. Baruch College (CUNY). New York, May 18.
http://lacuny.org/
"Assessment in the 50-Minute Library Instruction Session." Metropolitan Library Council, Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group, at METRO. April 13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005
"Library Instruction in the English Classroom." Metropolitan Library Council, Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group, at METRO. March 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005
"Libraries in the Learning Community." Metropolitan Library Council, Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group, at METRO. June 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2003
Regalado, M. and K. Fenno-Smith. "Articulating Instruction for Programmatic Planning and Assessment." LACUNY Institute 2001 Information Literacy: Diverse Populations. Baruch College (CUNY). New York, May 19. http://lacuny.org/lacuny-institute/ (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2001
Professional Leadership
Co-convener, Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group, Metropolitan New York Library Council, 2002-09. http://www.metro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=198 (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Member, Libraries Information Literacy Advisory Council. CUNY Libraries. 2005-10. http://libraries.cuny.edu/infolit/ (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Co-chair, LACUNY Institute 2000 Information Literacy: Laying the Foundations, May 19. http://lacuny.org/lacuny-institute/ (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2000
Other Professional Activities
Carnaval! NEH sponsored exhibit (2002), curated by the Museum of International Folk Art (New Mexico), St. Louis Art Museum and UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Consultant for exhibit. Planning meetings: St. Louis, October 1997; Madrid, Laza, and Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 1998 and October 2000. http://www.carnavalexhibit.org/ 2000
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