Helen Georgas
Associate Professor/Reference & Instruction
Library
Location: 141 Library
Phone: 718.758.8207
Fax: 718.951.4557
Email:
Helen Georgas is a reference librarian and bibliographer for American Studies, English, Modern Languages & Literatures, Performance & Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) and Theater.
Education:
M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College - 2009 (Writing (Fiction))
M.I.St. (Master's of Information Studies), University of Toronto - 1999
B.Sc., McGill University - 1993 (Chemistry)
Areas of Expertise:
Her recent writing has focused on art, culture and performance.
Her academic research on the research habits of undergraduate students and the impact of ebooks on library culture has been published in numerous academic journals.
She also serves as editor for Underwater New York, a digital platform for creative work inspired by the waters of New York City. Underwater New York's most recent issue - Byways: Three Artists on Brooklyn's Black Waterfront - was published in Spring 2022.
Books and Publications
"Performing Reality: Tina Satter's Verbatim Staging of an FBI Transcript in "Is This A Room." In Theater in a Post Truth World: Text, Politics, and Performance, William Boles (Ed.). New York: Bloomsbury Press. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Co-editor, Underwater New York, a digital platform for creative work inspired by objects found underwater in and around New York City (www.underwaternewyork.com). 2009
Awarded a Brooklyn College Brooklyn Public Humanities Grant for "Underwater New York: Three Artists on Brooklyn's Black Waterfront." (Grants and Fellowships) 2022
Georgas, Helen, Nicole Haroutunian, Nicole Miller, and Nicki Pombier. "Underwater New York and the Penn Program for Environmental Humanities (PPEH)." Invited by Prof. Bethany Wiggin, Director of PPEH, to serve as Resident Artists for a three-day mini-residency at the University of Pennsylvania's Program for the Environmental Humanities. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. February 24-26, 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Chairwoman, ACRL's Management of Instruction Services (MIS) Committee. Under my guidance, the committee initiated a long-term project to develop national guidelines for providing effective training and professional development programs for instruction librarians. July 2004-July 2005. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005
Member, Brooklyn Book Festival International Committee. 2010
"Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes," The Brooklyn Rail, April 2021. https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/artseen/Kenneth-Tam-Silent-Spikes (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
"Cortney Andrews: I See You," The Brooklyn Rail, June 2020. https://brooklynrail.org/2020/06/artseen/Cortney-Andrews-I-See-You (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020
"Staging the Work of Ballet Amid Noguchi's Expressive Sculptures." Hyperallergic, January 2020. https://hyperallergic.com/538353/staging-the-work-of-ballet-amid-noguchis-expressive-sculptures/ (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2020
"A Performance Investigates Domesticity and Power via Simone de Beauvoir," Hyperallergic, October 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/522863/a-performance-investigates-domesticity-and-power-via-simone-de-beauvoir/ (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
"Nancy Holt: Sun Tunnels," The Brooklyn Rail, November 2019. https://brooklynrail.org/2019/11/1by1/Nancy-Holt-Sun-Tunnels (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
"The Digital is Ephemeral: Ebooks and the Future of Library Collections," Lady Science, January 2019. https://www.ladyscience.com/blog/ebooks-and-the-future-of-library-collections (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
Hamlett, Alexandra and Helen Georgas. "In the Wake of Discovery: Student Perceptions, Integration, and Instructional Design," Journal of Web Librarianship. Published online April 23. DOI: 10.1080/19322909.2019.1598919 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019
"Little Magazines." Magazines for Libraries 2017, 25th Anniversary ed. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Bowker. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
Georgas, Helen, Matthew Burgess, and Mariana Regalado. "Choose Your Own Adventure: The Hero's Journey and the Research Process." ACRL 2017 Conference Proceedings. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
Albert, Elizabeth, Helen Georgas, Nicole Haroutunian, and Nicki Pombier Berger. Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront. Damiani Editore. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2016
"Little Magazines." Magazines for Libraries 2016, 24th ed. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Bowker. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015
"E-Books and Academic Libraries: An American Perspective." Books Right Here Right Now. April 17. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
"Google vs. the Library (Part III): Assessing the Quality of Sources Found by Undergraduate Students." portal: Libraries & the Academy 15.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
"The Case of the Disappearing E-Book: Academic Libraries and Subscription Packages."
"Google vs. the Library (Part II): Student Search Patterns and Behaviors When Using Google and a Federated Search Tool." portal: Libraries and the Academy 14.4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
"Little Magazines." Magazines for Libraries 2015, 23rd ed. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Bowker. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
"The Implementation of an Online and Self-Paced Library Orientation for Freshman Students and the Use of Sakai as a Quiz Management System (QMS)." College & Undergraduate Libraries 21.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
"Google vs. the Library: Student Preferences and Perceptions When Doing Research Using Google and a Federated Search Tool." portal: Libraries and the Academy 13.2. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
"Little Magazines." Magazines for Libraries 2014, 22nd ed. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Bowker. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2013
"What Is It That We Do, Exactly?" Invited feature article for The Informed Librarian Online, October. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013
"Little Magazines." Magazines for Libraries 2013, 21st ed. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Bowker. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012
"Lost in Translation." Movies in American History. Ed. Philip C. DiMare. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
Information Literacy Instruction That Works book review. Journal of Academic Librarianship 33.3, May. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2007
Student Engagement and Information Literacy book review. Journal of Academic Librarianship 33.6, December. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2007
Armstrong, Annie and Helen Georgas. "Using Interactive Technology to Teach Information Literacy Concepts to Undergraduate Students." Reference Services Review 34.4, November. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Architecture of Greece book review. E-STREAMS 8.5, May. http://www.e-streams.com. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005
Georgas, Helen and John Cullars. "A Citation Analysis of the Characteristics of the Linguistics Literature." College & Research Libraries 66.6, November. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005
Georgas, Helen, Annie Armstrong, Krystal Lewis and Firouzeh Logan. "Doing Research at the UIC Library." The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers: Special Custom Edition for University of Illinois at Chicago. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2005
Markey, Karen, Annie Armstrong, Sandy de Groote, Michael Fosmire, Laura Fuderer, Kelly Garrett, Helen Georgas, Linda Sharp, Cheri Smith, Michael Spaly and Joni E. Warner. "Testing the Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia for Library-User Education." portal: Libraries and the Academy 5.4, October. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005
Library Anxiety: Theory, Research, and Applications book review. Journal of Academic Librarianship 30.5, September. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004
Literacy in the Information Age: Inquiries into Meaning Making with New Technologies book review. Journal of Academic Librarianship 30.2, March. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004
Markey, Karen, Annie Armstrong, Sandy de Groote, Michael Fosmire, Laura Fuderer, Kelly Garrett, Helen Georgas, Linda Sharp, Cheri Smith, Michael Spaly and Joni E. Warner. The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia for Library-User Education: Final Report of the LUMENS Project. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004
Review of Academic Research on the Internet: Options for Scholars and Libraries. E-STREAMS 5.1, January. http://www.e-streams.com. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2002
Review of Health Care Resources on the Internet: A Guide for Librarians and Health Care
Consumers. E-STREAMS 4.3, March. http://www.e-streams.com. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2001
Review of Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code. E-STREAMS 4.2, February. http://www.e-streams.com. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2001
Review of The Psychologist's Desk Reference. E-STREAMS 3.1, January. http://www.e-streams.com. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2000
Creative Work
Armstrong, Annie and Helen Georgas (co-creators). Doing Research: An Introduction to the Concepts of Online Searching. An animated and interactive tutorial available at: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/services/tutorials/DoingResearch.shtml. 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Awarded a one-month artist residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA. March 22-April 19, 2022. (Awards and Honors) 2022
PSC-CUNY Cycle 50 Research Award Grant for $5354.25 awarded to Underwater New York. (Grants and Fellowships) 2019
Awarded a nine-week artists residency at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA. August 29-October 31, 2017. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Awarded a two-week artists residency at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences in Rabun Gap, GA. November 21-December 3, 2017. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC) (for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)) Grant in the amount of $4600 awarded to Underwater New York. (Grants and Fellowships) 2017
Center for Book Arts (CBA) Scholarship for Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers at the Center for Book Arts, New York, May 18-22. (Awards and Honors) 2011
PSC-CUNY Research Grant, for "Google vs. The Library: A Comparison of Undergraduate Preferences and Perceptions When Doing Research Using Google and Federated Searching." (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research. Awarded by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) for the article "A Citation Analysis of the Characteristics of the Linguistics Literature," (with John Cullars). Originally published in College & Research Libraries 66.6, November 2005. (Awards and Honors) 2006
PRIMO Site of the Month (March 2006). Awarded by ACRL's Instruction Section for the animated, interactive tutorial "Doing Research: An Introduction to the Concepts of Online Searching." PRIMO is ACRL's database of Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online. Interview and link to tutorial available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/projpubs/primo/site/march2006.cfm. (Awards and Honors) 2006
ALA Library Instruction Round Table "Top Twenty" Award, for the article "Testing the Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia for Library-User Education," by Karen Markey et al. Originally published in portal: Libraries and the Academy 5.4, October. (Awards and Honors) 2005
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant. Participant in IMLS-funded LUMENS Project to measure "the effectiveness of multimedia for library-user education." Principal investigator: Karen Markey. $374,938; January 2002-August 2005. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Grant, to develop online information-literacy based instructional tutorial for UIC undergraduates in Freshman English Composition classes. Co-investigator: Annie Armstrong. $4,347. (Grants and Fellowships) 2002
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Georgas, Helen, Matthew Burgess, and Mariana Regalado. "Choose Your Own Adventure: The Hero's Journey and the Research Process." Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 24, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
Georgas, Helen, Nora Almeida, and Alexandra Hamlett. "Charting New Waters: Student Experience in the Wak of Web-Scale Discovery." Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 23, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Georgas, Helen, Nora Almeida, and Alexandra Hamlett. "The Cosmography of Discovery: Integration, Student Perceptions, and Information Design." Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Conference, Austin, TX. April 3, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Georgas, Helen, Nora Almeida, and Alexandra Hamlett. 1 Platform, 31 Libraries: Pedagogy and Digital Identity in the Wake of a CUNY Discovery Layer. LACUNY Reference Roundtable, New York, NY. April 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Georgas, Helen, Nicki Pombier Berger, Nicole Haroutunian, and Nicole Miller. "Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront." Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. October 14. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Georgas, Helen, Nora Almeida, and Alexandra Hamlett. 1 Platform, 31 Libraries: Pedagogy and Digital Identity in the Wake of a CUNY Discovery Layer. METRO Conference, New York, NY. January 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"OneSearch: Teaching What We Don't (Fully) Understand." Library Information Literacy Advisory Committee Spring Workshop: Spring Training: Stellar Ideas for the Library Classroom. City College (CUNY). New York, May 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
Georgas, Helen and Janet Moser. "The 'Uncommon' in the Common Reading: Welcoming Freshmen to the College Conversation." Roundtable discussion about the First College Year Common Reading. Faculty Day. Brooklyn College. May 20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
Georgas, Helen, Nora Almeida, and Alexandra Hamlett. Peeling Back the Discovery Layer: Web-Scale Searching, User Expectations, and Information Literacy. Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC. November 6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Google and the Library: Student Search Patterns and Behaviors." Seeing our Students as Researchers Panel. Faculty Day. Brooklyn College. May 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Underwater New York." Talk about my editorial work for the digital arts journal of writing, visual art, film and music. LACUNY Fall Membership Meeting and Annual Grace Ellen McCrann Lecture. LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY. Dec. 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Georgas, Helen and Mariana Regalado. "Research Preferences, Reflections, and Behaviors of CUNY Undergraduate Students." CUNY Conference on Coordinated Undergraduate Education. LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). Long Island City, N.Y., May 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Georgas, Helen, Mariana Regalado and Maura Smale. "Innovative Methods for Understanding User Behavior and Engaging Students" panel. Library Research Roundtable Forum on Creativity & Innovation in Research. ALA Annual Conference. Las Vegas, June 29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"The Pre-Tenure Third-Year Review." Contributed to a panel about tenure for CUNY librarians. LACUNY Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, Dec. 13.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2012
"Google vs. the Library: A Comparison of Undergraduate Preferences, Perceptions and Results When Doing Research Using Google and a Federated Search Tool." LACUNY Spring Membership Meeting and 2nd Annual Grace Ellen McCrann Lecture. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, June 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Georgas, Helen and Mariana Regalado. "How Undergraduates Do Research, and What We Can Do About It." Brooklyn College Center for Teaching. Oct. 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Underwater New York: Artifacts and the Imagination." Invited to lead professional development workshop for K-12 teachers via the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., July 15. Workshop focused on using exploration and discovery of objects found in the natural landscape as a jumping-off point for imagining stories in the classroom. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Invited presentation for graduate students and faculty, focusing on my work as editor and co-founder of Underwater New York, a digital arts journal of writing, visual art and music. Sarah Lawrence College. Bronxville, N.Y., May 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Invited to talk about my work as co-founder and co-editor of the digital arts journal Underwater New York at the Writer's Forum, a bi-weekly reading series and discussion seminar for students in Pratt Institute's Writing Program, Nov. 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Presentation of my work as co-founder and editor of Underwater New York, a digital arts journals of writing, music and visual art. CUNY Enriched Librarian Conference. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, Dec. 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Georgas, Helen and Annie Armstrong. "Puffins, Popcorn, and Parker Posey: Using Interactive Technology to Teach Information Literacy Skills to the Gaming Generation." Presentation for LOEX of the West's Annual Conference. Kohala Coast, Hawaii, June 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Georgas, Helen and Annie Armstrong. "Using Interactive Technology to Teach Information Literacy Skills." Roundtable presentation/discussion for LOEX of the West's Annual Conference. Kohala Coast, Hawaii, June 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Point of Need: Question Point in the Blackboard Environment." OCLC Panel Presentation, ALA Annual Conference. Orlando, Fla., June 26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
Georgas, Helen and Melissa Koenig. "Planning Instructional Opportunities for Generation Y Users" workshop and presentation. ACRL's Instruction Section Pre-Conference, ALA Annual Conference. Toronto, June 20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2003
Professional Leadership
Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS) Program Planning Committee, ALA Toronto 2003 (July 2001-June 2003). Organized and moderated panel presentation, "Oral Tradition, Copyright, and the Internet: Aboriginal Canada in the 21st Century." (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Community Activities
Member, Brooklyn Book Festival International Committee. 2009
