Amy VanScoy
Associate Professor
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Specialty/Research Focus
Information Science; Library Science; Information behavior; Information practices; Diversity; Global Issues; Qualitative Research Methods
Education and Training:
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- MLIS, University of Alabama
Awards and Honors:
- Fulbright Scholar; The Fulbright Program; 2023-04-14;
Recent Publications:
Journal Articles:
- VanScoy, A., & Rafiq, M. (2025). Strong service orientations and fostering self-sufficiency: How librarians approach reference work in Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science, 57(4), 1130-1140.
- VanScoy, A., Hands, A. S., Švab, K., & Mercun, T. (2024). Surfacing the ‘silent foundation’: which information behaviour theories are relevant to public library reference service? Information Research, 29(2), 589–601.
- VanScoy, A., Julien, H., & Harding, A. (2024). Information behavior in references and information services professional education: Survey and project synthesis. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science , 65(2), 163-181.
- VanScoy, A. (2023). “We bring change to the people” or not: Librarians’ views on reference and information service as social change work. Library Quarterly 93(2), 127-140.
- VanScoy, A., Julien, H., & Harding, A. (2022). Integration of information behavior into reference and information services education: A syllabus study. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.
Recent Grants:
Grants:
- Identifying Opportunities for Retention of BIPOC Librarians Using Survival Analysis; Federal Government; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Awarded; (09/01/2021-08/31/2024)
Recent Activities:
Professional Service:
- Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Steering Committee – North America
Aug 2016-Jun 2017 - Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Steering Committee – North America
Jul 2016-May 2018 - School Representative, Association of Library & Information Science Education
Jun 2016-May 2023 - Co-chair, Conference Panel Proposal Committee, ALISE Annual Conference
Jan 2015-Dec 2015 - School Representative, Association of Library & Information Science Education
Jan 2014-May 2022