
Lori Townsend
Associate Professor
Learning Services Coordinator
Learning and Outreach Services
Contact Information
- Centennial Library L259
- (505) 277-0419
- lt@unm.edu
Biography
Lori Townsend (Shoshone-Paiute) is the Learning Services Coordinator and Engineering Librarian for the University Libraries. Her research interests include threshold concepts and information literacy, academic librarians of color and cultural humility.
Lori holds a BA in history from the University of New Mexico and an MLIS from San Jose State University. Before coming to UNM, she worked as the Electronic Collections Librarian at California State University, East Bay from 2005-2010.
Recent Presentations & Publications
Russo, A., Jankowski, A., Beene, S., & Townsend, L. (2019). Strategic source evaluation: Addressing the container conundrum. Reference Services Review, 47(3), 294-313. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-04-2019-0024
Hurley, D., Kostelecky, S., & Townsend, L. (2019). Cultural humility in libraries. Reference Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-06-2019-0042
Hofer, A. R., Lin Hanick, S. and Townsend, L. (2019). Transforming information literacy instruction: Threshold concepts in theory and practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. https://www.abc-clio.com/LibrariesUnlimited/product.aspx?pc=A4947P
Koelling, G., & Townsend, L. (2019). Research clinics: An alternative model for large-scale information literacy instruction. Communications in Information Literacy, 13(1), 75-90.
Jankowski, A., Russo, A., & Townsend, L. (2018, May 16). "It was information based": Student reasoning when distinguishing between scholarly and popular sources. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. Retrieved from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/it-was-information-based/
Townsend, L., Hofer, A. R., Lin Hanick, S. and Brunetti, K. (2016). Identifying threshold concepts for information literacy: A Delphi study. Communications in Information Literacy, 10(1), 23-49.