Curriculum Vitae
Molly R. Flaspohler, MLS, MLA

 

Current Position

I currently serve as Chair of Reference Services at Concordia College's Carl B. Ylvisaker Library.  I am responsible for coordinating, developing, participating in and assessing the reference services provided to members of Concordia College and our community users.  I also serve as library liaison to the Division of Language, Literature and Culture as well as the Women’s Studies Program.  In this capacity I provide library instruction as well as oversee collection development for the following departments:  Chinese, Classical Studies, English, French & Russian, German, and Spanish & Hispanic Studies.

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Education

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Professional Career

  • Reference Assistant - Indiana University Research Collections, Bloomington, IN, 1989-1991

  • Reference/Instructional/Cataloging Librarian - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1991-1994

  • Bookmobile Librarian - Moorhead Public Library, Moorhead, MN, Summer 1992

  • Research Assistant - MZ Engineering, Fargo, ND, 1999-2000

  • Instruction/Reference Librarian - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1994-2005

  • Chair of Reference Services - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 2005-2007

  • Associate Librarian - University of Washington, Bothell/Cascadia Community College Library, Bothell, WA, 2007-2008 (Sabbatical Year)

  • Chair of Reference Services - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 2008-present

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Publications

Pederson, Molly R.  Library Owner’s Manual:  A Guide to the Carl B. Ylvisaker Library.  Moorhead, MN:  Concordia College, 1992-2006.

---.  “Follow-up Survey Letter.”  User Surveys in College Libraries.  Comp. Mignon S. Adams and Jeffrey A. Beck.  Chicago, IL:  American Library Association, 1995.  111.

Lintelman, Joy, Molly R. Pederson and Kris Thompson.  “(F) E-mail- Feminist Pedagogy and Electronic Communication:  A Report By the Women’s Studies Department.”  Teaching at Concordia 19.1 (1997):  53-62.

Pederson, Molly R. and David Sprunger.  Internet Research in the Humanities:  Teaching Critical Thinking to First-Year Students.  Proc. of the 31st Annual Small College Computing Symposium, April 16-18, 1998, Concordia College - Moorhead State University - North Dakota State University - Northwest Technical College.  Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University, 1998.  301-311.

Pederson, Molly R.  “Sermon From the Stacks.”  American Libraries 30.9 (1999):  56-57.

---, et. al.  “Chapter Two:  A Review of Contemporary Issues in Higher Education.”  Curriculum Review Team I:  Developing a Framework.  Moorhead, MN:  Concordia College, 1999.

Flaspohler, Molly R.  “The FAKTs of Life:  Being a Small-College Librarian.”  Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century.  Ed. Karl Bridges.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 2003.

---.  “Information Literacy Program Assessment:  One Small College Takes the Big Plunge.”  Reference Services Review 31.2 (2003):  129-140.

---.  "A View from the Academic Library."  Pedagogy 7.2 (2007):  295-301.

Flaspohler, Molly R., Erika Rux, and John Flaspohler.  "The Annotated Bibliography and Citation Behavior:  Enhancing Student Scholarship in an Undergraduate Biology Course."  CBE Life Sciences Education 6.4 (2007):  350-360.

Birmingham, Elizabeth, Luc Chinwongs, Molly Flaspohler, Carly Hearn, Danielle Kvanvig, and Ronda Portmann.  “The Problem of Information Literacy and the First-Year Writing Course:  A Study of Three Programs.”  Communications in Information Literacy 2.1 (2007): 25 pp.  Forthcoming.

Birmingham, Elizabeth and Molly R. Flaspohler.  "First-year Composition and the Writing-Research Gap."  Uncharted Waters:  Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning.  Eds. Brad Sietz, Susann deVries, Sarah Fabian, Robert Stevens, E. Chisato Uyeki and Amy Wallace.  Thirty-fifth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference Proceedings, San Diego, California, May 3-5, 2007.  Ypsilanti:  Published for the University Library, Eastern Michigan University by LOEX Press, 2008.  Forthcoming.

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Conference Attendance/Participation

Information Literacy:  Critical Skills for a Changing World.  University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, MN.  April 1992.

Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference.  Madden’s Resort, Brainard, MN.  October 1992.

Library Instruction:  Strategies for Success.  22nd Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use.  Toronto, Canada.  1993.

ACRL’s 7th National Conference.  Continuity and Transformation: The Promise of Confluence.  Pittsburgh, PA.  March 1995.

Academic and Research Libraries Day.  Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.  May 1995.

12th Annual Computers in Libraries Conference.  Washington, DC.  10-12 March 1997.

ACRL's 8th National Conference.  Choosing Our Futures  Nashville, TN.  11–14 April 1997.

National AAUW Conference. The Power of One  Anaheim, CA.  June 1997.

Presented:  Sprunger, David and Molly R. Flaspohler.  “Internet Research in the Humanities.”  Small College Computing Symposium.  Fargo, ND.  17 April 1998.

14th Annual Computers in Libraries Conference.  Washington, DC.  7-11 March 1999.

Managing Educational Services:  Teaching and Learning in Libraries.  University of Minnesota Libraries/MINITEX.  St. Paul, MN.  April 1999.

Presented:  Flaspohler, Molly R.  “Athletics and Community.”  Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium.  Who is My Neighbor?  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  26-28 September 1999.

Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning Fall Faculty Development Conference.  How Learning Happens:  Making Connections, Constructing Knowledge, Building Community  Bloomington, MN.  19-20 November 1999.

ACRL's 10th National Conference.  Crossing the Divide  Denver, CO.  15–18 March 2001.

Presented:  Flaspohler, Molly R., Michelle Stevier and Cindy Larson-Casselton.  “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.”  Communication and Theatre Association of Minnesota Convention, Stillwater, MN.  21 September 2002.

Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience.  Transforming Campuses… National Resource Center For the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.  Atlanta, GA.  21-25 February 2003.

LOEX of the West 2004.  Teaching the Treasures: Connecting Students, Information Skills and Resources  Boise, ID.  2-5 June 2004.

Presented:  Flaspohler, Molly R. and Erika Rux.  “Why Do Emailingerers Surf & Blog?:  Collaborating with Faculty to Teach Information Literacy to Students Who Speak a Different Language.”  Beyond Boundaries:  Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning.  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.  23-24 September 2004.

Presented:  Flaspohler, Molly R. and Erika Rux.  “Why Do Emailingerers Surf & Blog?:  Collaborating with Faculty to Teach Information Literacy to Students Who Speak a Different Language.”  Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference.  Duluth, MN.  6-8 October 2004.

24th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience.  National Resource Center For the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition. Phoenix, AZ.  4-8 February 2005.

Presented:  Flaspohler, Molly R. and John A. Flaspohler.  “Better Biology:  Enriching an Advanced Biology Course Through Matrimonial (And Professional) Collaboration.”  Making Connections:  Refocusing the Library Assignment.  DMACC 2nd Annual Information Literacy Forum.  DesMoines, IA.  17 June 2005.

Presented:  Birmingham, Elizabeth and Molly R. Flaspohler.  "First-year Composition and the Writing-Research Gap."  Uncharted Waters:  Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning.  LOEX 2007.  San Diego, CA.  4 May 2007.

Presented:  Rux, Erika, Amy Soma and Molly Flaspohler.  "We Won Big! Our FYE Gamble."  Hit the Jackpot:  Successful Experimentation and Innovation in Instruction.  LOEX of the West.  Las Vegas, NV.  5 June 2008.

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Recent Workshop Leadership

  • Information Literacy Assessment Grant Workshop.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  May 2001.

  • Students’ First-Year Experiences:  Pedagogy, Mentoring, Coordination Learning Community Consultants Workshop.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  19-20 August 2002.

  • Religion Department and Information Literacy Workshop.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  20 November 2002.

  • Library Staff Information Literacy In-Service.  Carl B. Ylvisaker Library, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  August 2002.

  • The Liberal Arts, Pedagogy and Curriculum:  A Bush Grant Workshop CSTA/Library.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  20-21 May & 16-17 June 2003.

  • Students’ First-Year Experiences:  Pedagogy, Mentoring, Coordination Learning Community Consultants Workshop.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  25-26 June 2003.

  • Students’ First-Year Experiences:  Pedagogy, Mentoring, Coordination Learning Community Consultants Workshop.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  24-25 May 2004.

  • Effective Research Assignments for Emailingerers, Surfers, & Blogggers:  Teaching Information Literacy to Students Who Speak a Different Language.  Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  15-16 June 2004.

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Professional Memberships

  • American Library Association

  • Association of College and Research Libraries

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Areas of Special Interest

  • First-year Experience Programming

  • Information Literacy Integration

  • Gender Issues, Technology & Learning

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Last update:  28 August 2008