Member Profile

Esther Grassian

Title:: Adjunct Librarian; Adjunct Lecturer; Distinguished Librarian, Emerita & Information Literacy Consultant

Primary Discipline:: Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy

Primary Affiliation:: Los Angeles Pierce College (Education, Community/Technical College, CA, United States)
Secondary Affiliation:: University of California System - Los Angeles (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, CA, United States)

Education / TeacherEd / Teaching Methods (Advanced)
Teach librarians how to design, develop, teach, assess and revise instruction, including F2F, online, and other formats.
Arts / Fiber (Intermediate)
Amateur knitter - see Pinterest Board "Knitting Projects": http://www.pinterest.com/esthergrassian/knitting-projects/
Education (Advanced)
Reference and information literacy instruction (information researching and critical thinking about information research tools and materials)

American Library Association
Member 09/1981 – Current
American Library Association, Association of College & Research Libraries, Instruction Section
Chair 09/1995 – 09/1996

Grassian, Esther S. & Kaplowitz, Joan R.. (2009). Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (2d ed.). Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc..
Grassian, Esther S. & Kaplowitz, Joan R.. (2005). Learning to Lead and Manage Information Literacy Instruction. Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc..
Grassian, Esther S. & Kaplowitz, Joan R.. (2001). Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice. Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc..

Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Technique (Current)
- UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, Dept. of Information Studies – Information Literacy
- By the end of this (4-unit) course graduate students (MLIS and Ph.D.) will be able to identify and analyze information literacy instructional needs, design, implement, and evaluate appropriate instructional responses, and make revisions as necessary.
FIAT LUX: "How to Stop Just Googling... & Find the Really Good Stuff!" (Spring 2010)
- UCLA Honors Collegium – Information Literacy
- I taught this 1-unit, Quarter-long undergraduate course 5 times, 2005-2010
Information Literacy & Researching Skills (Winter 2003)
- UCLA English Composition – Information Literacy
- Information Literacy - I taught this 1-unit undergraduate course each Quarter from Winter 2003 through Winter 2005.

Distinguished Alumni Award (05/2015)
UCLA Department of Information Studies: "In recognition of her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Library Sciences."
Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (ALA ACRL Instruction Section) (07/2014)
...recognizes a librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to advancement of instruction in a college or research library.... award honors Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in... bibliographic instruction... http://goo.gl/Y2vgZj
Librarian, Emeritus (06/2011)
UCLA Academic Senate and Chancellor's designation requiring special career review and support by UCLA Library administration

The Case of the Missing Librarians, 04/23/2014
Keynote - Alabama Library Association Conference
How to Identify and Analyze Instructional Problems, 10/23/2013
Workshop - ECIL (European Conference on Information Literacy)- Istanbul, Turkey
Occupy Their Minds! The Politics of Information Literacy, 06/07/2012
Keynote - LOEX of the West - Burbank, California

Adjunct Lecturer (part-time) (09/1984 – Current) UCLA Information Studies Deparment
Adjunct Librarian (part-time) (02/2015 – Current) Los Angeles Pierece College