Publications

Carpenter, B. (Anticipated 2024). The Robots Are Helpful: Using Generative AI With Undergraduates. Accepted for publication in the #DFLteach Toolkit, Volume 4 

Carpenter, Beth. (April 2024). The Metaliteracy of Memes: Having Students Track the Flow of Information. Teaching Digital Storytelling: Inspiring Voices Through Online Narratives. 

Kamela, M. & Carpenter, B. (December 2023). We Should Talk About Bruno: Modeling Scholarly Conversation with TikTok.” Current Studies in Librarianship.

Carpenter, Beth. "How Ted Lasso Changed My Librarianship." LibraryJournal, 2022. (Library Link of the Day, 6/13/22)

Carpenter, Beth & Bria Sinnott. “Memes and the Art of Information Literacy Maintenance.” The Journal of Creative Library Practice,
2021.

Research

• Information literacy for undergraduate students
• AI literacy in the first-year curriculum
• The impact of social media and internet culture on undergraduate research habits

Professional Memberships

American Library Association (ALA)

Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Core

Forward Libraries

League of Awesome Librarians

Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT)

Reference & User Services Association (RUSA)

Presentations

National

Carpenter, Beth. (May 2023). The Paper's Due Tomorrow!: Adapting Friday Night at the ER for Information Literacy. Competitively selected presentation at LOEX, Harrisburg, PA. 

Carpenter Beth. & Swick-Jemison, Jocelyn. (March 2023). Disrupting Citation: Re-examining Purpose and Form. Competitively selected poster session at ACRL, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Carpenter, Beth. (March 2020). Got Banned from My Last Campaign Because I Insisted Paladin was Pronounced Paula Deen and Other Memes. Competitively selected presentation at The Collective, Knoxville, TN.