Amy VanScoy
Associate Professor 10 Months
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Specialty/Research Focus
Diversity; Information Science; Qualitative Research Methods
Education and Training:
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- MLIS, University of Alabama
Awards and Honors:
- Research Paper Award; Beta Phi Mu/Library Research Round Table; 2017-03-21;
- Graduate School of Education STAR Award for Teaching Excellence; Graduate School of Education; 2016-05-04;
Grants:
Grant:
- Including the Voice of Librarians of Color in Reference and Information Service Research; American Library Association; Awarded; (08/18/2014-12/31/2015)
Publications:
Journal Article:
- VanScoy, A. & Bright K. (2017). Including the voices of librarians of color in reference and information services research. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 57 (2) 104-114.
- Bossaller, J., Burns, C. S. & VanScoy, A. (2017). Reconceiving time in reference and information services work: A qualitative secondary analysis. Journal of Documentation, 73(1), 2-17.
- VanScoy, A. & Bright, K. (2016). Racial/ethnic matching in information intermediation. In Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Zadar, Croatia, 20-23 September, 2016: Part 1, Information Research, 21(4).
- VanScoy, A. & Fontana, C. (2016). How reference and information service is studied: Research approaches and methods. Library & Information Science Research, 38(2), 91-100.
- VanScoy, A. (2016). Making sense of professional work: Metaphors for reference and information service. Library & Information Science Research, 38, 243-249.
- VanScoy, A. & Evenstad, S. B. (2015). Interpretative phenomenological analysis for LIS research. Journal of Documentation, 71(2), 338-357.
Book Chapter:
- VanScoy, A. (2015). Uncertainty in reference and information service. Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Leeds, UK.
Presentations:
Invited Lectures:
- VanScoy, A. (17 May 2017). Exploring experience through interpretative phenomenological analysis: Two studies of reference and information service from the practitioner perspective. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.;
- VanScoy, A. (4 March 2016). Preparing students for contemporary reference practice. Western New York Library Resources Council Reference Conference, Buffalo, NY.;
Conferences:
- Bossaller, J., Budd, J., Corrado, E., Mitchell, E., Moulaison Sandy, H. & VanScoy, A. (31 October 2017). Making a case for open research: Implications for reproducibility and transparency. Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Arlington, VA.;
- Jones, K.L.M. & VanScoy, A. (6 February 2018). Student Surveillance in the Age of Learning Analytics: An Inquiry into LIS Syllabi and Student Privacy Policies. Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.;
- Bossaller, J., Burns, C. S. & VanScoy, A. (28 May 2016). Advancing research for library and information science with qualitative secondary analysis. 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, London, UK.;
- Hicks, D. & VanScoy, A. (18 January 2017). Discourses of expertise in professional competency documents: Communicating across communities. Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.;
- VanScoy, A. & Bright, K. (19 January 2017). Listening to a diverse community to create an inclusive understanding of reference & information service. Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.;
- VanScoy, A. & Bright, K. (21 September 2016). Racial/ethnic matching in information intermediation. ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference, Zadar, Croatia.;
- VanScoy, A., Bossaller, J. &Burns, C.S. (2 June 2017). Problems and promises of qualitative secondary analysis for research in information science. 45rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science, Toronto, Canada;
- Bossaller, J., Burns, C. S. & VanScoy, A. (27 May 2016). Advancing research for library and information science with qualitative secondary analysis. 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, London, UK.;
- Hicks, D. & VanScoy, A. (24 June 2015). Information professionals’ reference and information practices as expertise or skill: An exploratory study. Information: Interactions and Impact Conference, Aberdeen, UK.;
- VanScoy, A. & Burns, C. S. (3 June 2015). Time in the experience of reference and information services work. 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science, Ottawa, Canada.;
- VanScoy, A. & Son, J. W. (25 June 2015). Understanding professionals’ interventions in response to user errors and challenges. Information: Interactions and Impact Conference, Aberdeen, UK.;
- VanScoy, A. (5 September 2014). Uncertainty in reference and information service. ISIC: The Information Behavior Conference, Leeds, UK.;
Activities:
Editorial and Review:
- Editorial board, Conducting the Reference Interview, 3rd ed. (Ross, Nilson & Radford)
07/01/2017-06/30/2018 - Editorial board, Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 4th ed. (Cassell & Hirmath)
07/01/2017-06/30/2018
Professional Service:
- Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Steering Committee – North America
08/01/2016-06/01/2017 - Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Steering Committee – North America
07/01/2016-06/30/2018 - School Representative, Association of Library & Information Science Education
06/02/2016-06/13/2017 - Co-chair, Conference Panel Proposal Committee, ALISE Annual Conference
01/01/2015-12/31/2015 - School Representative, Association for Library and Information Science Education
01/01/2014-06/30/2018 - School Representative, Association of Library & Information Science Education
01/01/2014-