Western Carolina University

Publications

Carstens, T., & Buchanan, H. (2004). The future of the catalog: A user-friendly academic search engine. Technical Services Quarterly, 22(2), 37-47.
Kornegay, B., Buchanan, H., and Morgan, H. (2005, November 1). Amazing, magic searches: Subdivisions combine the precision of the cataloger with the freewheeling style of a Googler. Library Journal, p44-46.
Buchanan, H. & Schmidt, K. (in press). Invited article for The Balance Point column: Collectivism vs. Individualism in a Wiki World: Librarians Respond to Jaron Lanier’s Essay, “Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism.” Serials Review.
Henderson, B. & Buchanan, H.E. (in press). The scholarship of teaching and learning: A special niche for faculty at comprehensive universities? Research in Higher Education. Posted online by SpringerLinkPublishers.

Presentations

Assessment of a library orientation for freshmen. (2004, March 18). Poster presentation at the 2004 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Accepted panel presentation: We are all in the same boat: Public relations by committee at an academic library. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 13th National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, March 29 - April 1, 2007 for ACRL. Panel members: Heidi Buchanan, Dana Edge, Eloise Hitchcock, and Brandon Robinson.
Buchanan, H., Whitley, B., & Zanin-Yost, A (2006, October 6). Information literacy for rookies. Georgia Conference on Information Literacy.

Local Presentations

What is information literacy? (2005, February 23). Poster presentation at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faire, Western Carolina University.

Local Publications

“Can men get pregnant? (March 19-April 1). Western Carolinian, 67, p. 17. An article answering a reference question (also published in the Spring 2003 issue of Hunter’s Clarion).
Jamaican educators find library a haven. (2002, Spring). Hunter’s Clarion.
Tales from the reference desk: Helping students find and evaluate information. (2005). Renaissance of Teaching & Learning Booklet Series, Booklet 8. Cullowhee, NC: Coulter Faculty Center for the Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Western Carolina University.