Frans Albarillo

Education:

MLISc, University of Hawai'i at Manoa - 2009 (Library and Information Science)

M.A., University of Hawai'i at Manoa - 2007 (Linguistics)

B.A., Portland State University - 2002 (Applied Linguistics)

B.A., Portland State University - 2002 (French)

Areas of Expertise:

Albarillo's research focuses on how immigrant students use academic libraries. More broadly, he is interested in social science data, social science librarianship, and scholarly communications in non-English Languages.

Books and Publications

"Assessment of the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL): Impact on the Research Productivity and Careers of Academic Librarians," Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. Vol. 17 No. 4: (forthcoming). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022

Fullington, L., West, B., and Albarillo, F. Becoming a practitioner-researcher: Reflections from information professionals . (edited volume). Accepted for publication with Association of College and Research Libraries Publications. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2020 (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2020

A Librarian's Journey to Becoming a Researcher-Practitioner, Against the Grain, Vol. 29 No. 5: 8. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019

"Information Code-Switching: A Study of Language Preferences in Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries. Vol. 79 No. 5: 624-644. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

"Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study," portal: Libraries and the Academy. Vol. 18 No.1: 59-91.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018

"Is the Library's Online Orientation Program Effective with English Language Learners?" College & Research Libraries Vol 78, No 5. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017

"Career Information Literacy at the Academic Reference Desk." Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons. Ed. Carol Smallwood. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015

"Library Research Skills: Need Some? A Report on Professional Development Opportunities and My Experiences at the Institute of Research Design in Librarianship," Codex: the Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL 3.2: 8-24. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015

"Teaching Career Information Literacy in the Academic Library." Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons. Ed. Carol Smallwood. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015

"What language do you want that in? A look at how to provide access to materials in foreign languages. International Information and Library Review, volume 48, number 1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015

"Language in Social Science Databases: English vs. Non-English Articles in JSTOR and Scopus." Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian. 33:2: 77-90. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

"Web-Based Language Technologies." Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use. Eds. Carol Smallwood and Kim Becnel. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012

"Cultural Rights and Language Rights in Libraries." Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Eds. Julie Biando and Stephan P. Edwards. Duluth, Minn.: Library Juice Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Recipient of the Jay Bernstein Memorial Scholarship, Library Association of the City University of New York. (Awards and Honors) 2019

"American Style Research" (changed from Information Behavior of Undocumented Students). American Library Association Diversity Grant, conducting data collection Fall 2017. Expected preliminary report at American Library Association mid-winter meeting on February 2018.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2016

Humanities and Social Sciences Mini Travel Grant, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Brooklyn College, $500. (Grants and Fellowships) 2015

PSC-CUNY Research Award (Traditional A), Cycle 46, for " Mobile Devices, Research, and Teaching: How Faculty and Graduate Students Are Integrating eBooks, Mobile Applications, and Electronic Resources Into Their Scholarly Practices." (Grants and Fellowships) 2015

William Stewart Travel Award, CUNY University Faculty Senate, $500. (Awards and Honors) 2015

Fellow at the Institute of Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL). The IRDL is designed to bring together a diverse group of academic and research librarians who are motivated and enthusiastic about conducting research. The purpose of the institute is to provide training in research design with attention to library and information science projects. Participants bring their projects for the nine-day institute. The Innagural institute was held on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles between June 16 - June 26, 2014. Project partners include the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University, and the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium. Selection is competitive, and I was fortunate to be selected for the inaugural class. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

PSC-CUNY Research Award (Traditional A), Cycle 44, for "Researching the Information Behavior of Immigrant Students at Brooklyn College." (Grants and Fellowships) 2013

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"American-Style Research: A Study of Cultural Perceptions of Libraries and Educational Transitions," Grace Ellen McCrann Memorial Lectures, Library Association of the City University of New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018

American-Style Research: A Study of Cultural Perceptions of Libraries and Educational Transitions, "The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 28, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018

"Charting the unknown through qualitative research: Becoming a practitioner-researcher," Co-presented with Fullington, L., Tewell, E., & West, B., Panel presentation at Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017

"Living to Tell the Tale: Librarians and an Archivist Come Clean about Their Original Research Projects," Co-presenter with Fullington, L., Surles, E., & Tewell, E. Metropolitan New York Library Council Annual Conference. New York, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017

"Research Design for Librarians, a Quick Introduction," Co-presented with Lee Ann Fullington. CUNY Librarians L.E.A.D. (Learn to Envision Alternative Directions) Workshop, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"Building Your Methods Toolkit: Research Design for Information Professionals." Co-presenter with Fullington, L., Surles, E., Tewell, E., & West, B. Metropolitan New York Library Council Annual Conference. New York, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

"Information Behavior of Foreign-Born Students at Brooklyn College, City University of New York." In the 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Senate House, University of London, London, May.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

"A Poster Session on Sustaining Immigrant and International Students A Mixed-Method Study of Library Use." Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Portland, Oregon, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

"Information Behavior of Foreign-born Students at Brooklyn College, City University of New York." 21st Reference Research Forum of the Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section, American Library Association Annual Conference. San Francisco, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

"Synthesizing and Analyzing Interview and Focus Group Data," Co-presented with Regalado, Mariana and Maura Smale. Assessment in Focus Series. Metropolitan New York Library Council. New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"When Research Design Meets Reality: Students as Human Subjects." 7th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. Paris, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Conducting Effective Interviews and Focus Group," Co-presented with Regalado, Mariana and Maura Smale," Assessment in Focus Series. Metropolitan New York Library Council. New York, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

Kennedy, M.R., Albarillo, F., Jackson, J., and Zilinski, L." Research Design and Librarianship." Association of College & Research Libraries CHOICE Webinar Series. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Asian Pacific American Librarians Association: A Planning Survey" poster co-presenter. American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"Big Data for Beginners." Big Data in Libraries: Content and Policies for Librarians, New York. Government Documents Special Interest Group (GoDIG), Metropolitan New York Library Council. New York, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

"Enriching Your Research and Teaching on Diversity: CUNY Library Services and Support" co-presenter. Inaugural CUNY Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Conference. CUNY Graduate Center. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"The Role of the Library in the Core Curriculum" co-presenter. Brooklyn College Core Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"A Look at Language Features in Library Databases." CUNY Conference on Best Practices in Reading/Writing Instruction. LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). Queens, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Jensen, Katya and Frans Albarillo. "Organizing Principles in Language Documentation and Conservation." Selected papers from the 10th College-wide Conference for Students in Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, distributed by the National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Professional Leadership

"Emerging Leaders Program," American Library Association. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Other Professional Activities

CUNY Librarians L.E.A.D. (Learn to Envision Alternative Directions) Program description taken from the website: "In most academic libraries, promoting library faculty based on the usual formulas for tenure is matter of course. But finding ways to encourage an innovative culture of leadership often resists an easy solution. CUNY, however, has answered this challenge. In partnership with the Metropolitan New York Librarian Council (METRO), it has created a leadership program called 'CUNY Librarians Learn to Envision Alternative Directions' (L.E.A.D) to help librarians thrive in this economy by adopting an MBA mindset." 2012