Randall Studstill Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca

Plan and/or implement programs for children and adults (craft programs, literacy programs, class visits, ESL programs, computer classes, etc.); member and active contributor to numerous system-wide committees (Collection Development Advisory Team, the California Reads program planning committee, Libraries Transforming Communities, the Filter Testing Team, and Early Literacy Committee); as a member of the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) team, help implement a community needs assessment… Show more Plan and/or implement programs for children and adults (craft programs, literacy programs, class visits, ESL programs, computer classes, etc.); member and active contributor to numerous system-wide committees (Collection Development Advisory Team, the California Reads program planning committee, Libraries Transforming Communities, the Filter Testing Team, and Early Literacy Committee); as a member of the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) team, help implement a community needs assessment project by planning and facilitating community conversations; provide face-to-face and virtual reference services; employ a variety of collection management strategies to selected areas of the branch collection; serve as system-wide selector for ESL and citizenship materials; promote library programs and services through fliers, school outreach activities, blogging, and social media; plan and deliver weekly storytime for preschool age children; coordinate volunteer recruitment and orientation at branch library; use the Sierra ILS to create and manage customer accounts. Show less

Aptos, Ca

Provided face-to-face, telephone, and virtual reference services to students and faculty; used Canvas to manage multiple sections of a 1 unit, online information literacy course; created and managed subject guides for several academic disciplines using LibGuides.

Santa Cruz, Ca

Provide face-to-face and telephone reference services.

Assisted in the development of a controlled vocabulary to be used for naming image and text files for the Explore Historic Monterey web site.

Responded to student and faculty reference questions (face-to-face and via e-mail); created an online Religious Studies Research Guide; delivered direct instruction on the use of Gale Virtual Reference Library and the library OPAC in an information literacy instructional session.

Developed information literacy lesson plans and instructional materials in the areas of database searching, distinguishing popular from scholarly sources, and distinguishing primary from secondary sources; delivered information literacy instruction in a classroom setting, integrating direct instruction with hands-on, active learning exercises; created an online guide to reference sources in Religious Studies; created a preliminary collection analysis of the King Library’s Asian religions… Show more Developed information literacy lesson plans and instructional materials in the areas of database searching, distinguishing popular from scholarly sources, and distinguishing primary from secondary sources; delivered information literacy instruction in a classroom setting, integrating direct instruction with hands-on, active learning exercises; created an online guide to reference sources in Religious Studies; created a preliminary collection analysis of the King Library’s Asian religions collection based on collection statistics, student need assessment, WLN Prospectus Method standards, and list-checking techniques. Show less

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Ph.D., Religious Studies

B.A., Psychology