lauren pressley, ba, mlis

Head of Instruction, Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States

Research field: Computer and Information Science - Information Science
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Publications

Journal Article (3)
- Lauren Pressley (2008) Gendered Aspects of Scientific Knowledge: A Mulitdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources. In Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 27 (2).
- Lauren Pressley, Carolyn McCallum (2008) Putting the Library in Wikipedia. In Online Magazine 32 (5).
- Lauren Pressley (2008) Using Videos to Reach Site Visitors: A Toolkit for Today’s Student. In Computers in Libraries 28 (6).
Book (2)
- Lauren Pressley (2010) Wikis for Libraries. In Neal-Schuman.
- Lauren Pressley (2009) So You Want To Be A Librarian. In Library Juice Press.
Book Section (3)
- Rosalind Tedford, Lauren Pressley (2010) Administrative Support for Librarians Teaching For-Credit Information Literacy. In Best Practices for Teaching Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses.
- Lauren Pressley (2009) Technology and Pedagogy: The Best of Both for Gen M Students. In Teaching Gen M: A Handbook for Educators and Librarians.
- Lauren Pressley (2008) Educating the Millennial User. In Our New Public: A Changing Clientele .

Awards and Grants

Sep 2011

UNCG School Distinguished Alumni Early Career Award View website
Mar 2009

ACRL National Conference Librarian Scholarship
Mar 2009

Mover and Shaker, Library Journal View website
Oct 2008

North Carolina Library Association Leadership Institute
Jul 2008

LITA Sponsorship for the ALA Emerging Leaders Program
Jan 2007

Velma Jeremiah Scholarship, National Mensa Scholarship
Jan 2006

Helen Thayer Bowing Scholarship, UNC-G LIS Scholarship

Biographical Information

Lauren Pressley is the Head of Instruction at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. In this role, Lauren collaboratively manages the library’s instruction program, plans and manages professional development for librarians who teach, administers LIB100/200 program, represents library instruction to various audiences, and serves as library representative on teaching-related committees including the Teaching and Learning Center advisory board.

Lauren’s professional interests include strategic thinking, advocacy, the library’s role in the teaching and research missions of the university, and mentoring new and emerging professionals in the field. She particularly likes helping people think about the changing information landscape and what it means for them as consumers and producers of information.

Lauren earned her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and BAs in Philosophy and Small Group and Interpersonal Communication from North Carolina State University. She’s published the books So You Want To Be a Librarian and Wikis for Libraries and serves in elected positions on the American Library Association Council and the Library and Information Technology Association Board of Directors. She has been recognized as an ALA Emerging Leader, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker, and with a UNCG Distinguished Alumni Early Career award. She frequently writes and presents on education, instruction, technology, and the future of libraries. Lauren also blogs at Lauren's Library Blog, tweets as @laurenpressley, and can be reached at lauren@laurenpressley.com.