Research & Publications

Research Experience

Environmental Scan of Adult Services in Colorado Libraries, Colorado State Library and Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina, Greensborough, 2025

First of its kind in Colorado libraries scan of adult services and programs in the state's public libraries
Leading and supervising research team - external contracted researcher as well as state library team members - from developing research plan, creation of survey instrument, and overseeing data collection methodology and communication plan
Update 04/04/2025: An uncorrected draft of this report is available on the Colorado State Library Adult Services webpage (Community Needs & Population Data >> Research & Reports) while it is being updated for content and copyedited by Cristy and Noah, the final report will be uploaded when it is available
Update 04/10/2025: Submitted final digital 1st edition of "Adult Services in Colorado Libraries: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How" by Dr. Noah Lenstra to State Publication Library for cataloging and uploading to digital repository

“Access, Experiences and Educational All from a Backpack at Your Library: An Overview of the Check Out Colorado State Parks Program,” Colorado State Library, 2022

Primary author, co-investigator, co-author: Sara Wicen, Research Assistant, Library Research Services

“College Read Implementation & Impact: A Case Study,” Broward College, 2018-19

Two-year case study investigating the impact of common reading program, College Read, at Broward College
Determining the level of participation of students and faculty in the common reading program
Approved by Institutional Review Board

"Impact of Virtual Research Consultations on Information Literacy Self-Efficacy," Broward College, 2019

Co-investigator: Simone Williams

- Investigating the viability and impact to student belonging of student research consultations via LibChat
- Developed through Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Community of Practice, 2018-2019
- Awarded Broward College's SoTL & Faculty Innovation Grant, 2019
- Approved by Institutional Review Board

“Information Literacy Across the Curriculum: A Study of Faculty Attitudes and Perspectives,” Broward College, 2017

- Investigating the perceptions of information literacy on discipline faculty at Broward College
- Success of initial study resulted in ongoing evaluation, recurring every 2-3 years
- First distribution: 2017, second distribution: 2020 (scheduled Jan)
- Approved by Institutional Review Board

Publications

Peer- Reviewed Journal Publications

Moran, C. (2019). Disconnect: Contradictions and disagreements in faculty perspectives of information literacy , The Reference Librarian, 60(3), 149-168. doi: 10.1080/02763877.2019.1572573

- - Voted one of LIRT's Top 20 articles from 2019

Jordan, C., Lawrence, V., and Moran, C. (2018). Experience from the field: programming in a joint-use partnership library, The Reference Librarian, 59(3), 134-145. doi: 10.1080/02763877.2018.1472717