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Michael Current

Associate Professor
Murphy Library
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Michael Current

Associate Professor

Murphy Library

Specialty area(s)

Special and Reference Collections Librarian:
Government information/documents, reference collection, maps, Special Collections

Brief biography

Special and Reference Collections Librarian, 2024-
Reference Librarian, 2010-2024
Library Department Chair, 2015-2021
Government Information Public Services Librarian, 2003-2010

Education

MA, Excelsior College, 2007
MA, University of Iowa, 1994
BA, Carleton College, 1993

Career

Professional history

Carleton College, 1995-2003

Research and publishing

Current, M. D. Review of Fremery, Wayne de, Cats, Carpenters, and Accountants: Bibliographical Foundations of Information Science. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews. October, 2024. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=60912

Current, M.D. (2023), "Tracking student learning outcome engagement at the reference desk to facilitate assessment", Reference Services Review, Vol. 51 No. 1, pp. 13-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-03-2022-0011

Current, M. D., Assessment Commons 2023: REBOOT!, "Tracking SLO Engagement at the Reference Desk," UWL CATL. (January 18, 2023).

Current, M. D. (Co-Presenter), Harper, E. (Co-Presenter), Mulhern, N. (Co-Presenter), Snyder, E. (Co-Presenter), WAAL Annual Conference, "Life After the Free Statistical Abstract: Free Government Sources of Statistics," Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Green Lake. (April 20, 2016).

Current, M. D., Government Information Day, "GPO PURL Referrals: UW-L Catalog vs Primo," WLA Government Information Round Table, UW-Madison, Memorial Library. (June 6, 2014).

Current, M. D., Hamilton, S. (2014). LibQUAL+ 2014 Results Summary: UW-La Crosse Murphy Library. UW-L Murphy Library. (Published: October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2014).
Results summary.

Putz, J. E., Current, M. D., Prucha, C. L., xx_Reinert, T. D., President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, "Communication Studies and Information Literacy: An Ongoing Interdisciplinary Lesson Study," University of Wisconsin System, Madison. (April 14, 2011).

Current, M. D., Jax, J. N., Prucha, C. L., CUWL Annual Conference, "Home Brewed Assessment," Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries, Madison. (June 2, 2010).

Current, M. D., Mulhern, N., WAAL Annual Conference, "Fake It 'til You Make It with Government Documents," Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Green Lake. (April 23, 2009).

Current, M. D., Prucha, C. L. (2009). iSkills Notable Results. UW-L Murphy Library. (Published: April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2009).

Cherne, M. B., Current, M. D., Elder, W., Prucha, C. L. (2007). Hawk or Handsaw? Researching Hamlet's Madness. A Theatre Studies Library Lesson Study Plan (https://lessonstudyproject.com/2011/08/08/theatre-art-researching-hamlets-madness/). (Published: August 21, 2007).

Chilton, G., Current, M. D., Holman, J. S., Prucha, C. L., WAAL Annual Conference, "Lesson Study: An Experience in Collaborative Inquiry," Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Wisconsin Dells. (April 19, 2007).

Chilton, G., Current, M. D., Holman, J. S., Prucha, C. L., Putz, J. E., Reinert, T. D., Belter, B. L. (2007). Teaching Library Information Literacy Skills to Students Enrolled in an Introductory Communication Course: A Collaborative Study. Teaching Forum: A Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, http://www.uwlax.edu/teachingforum/. (Published: March 2007). Also available at:  
https://lessonstudyproject.com/2011/08/04/library-communication-studies-information-lit/

 

 

Kudos

awarded

Michael Current, Murphy Library, received an award for one of the Top 20 Instruction Articles for 2023 from the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association.

Submitted on: July 24

published

Michael Current, Murphy Library, authored the article "Tracking student learning outcome engagement at the reference desk to facilitate assessment" in Reference Services Review published on March 7 by Emerald.

Submitted on: Mar. 8, 2023