Library Science and
Information Services
Department of Educational Leadership and Human Development
University of Central Missouri,
Lovinger 4200A, Warrensburg,
Missouri 64093
660.543.8879, jrobins@ucmo.edu
BA Language Arts
& Sciences, MA Curriculum and
Instruction,
Distributed major in Sociology and Communication
Minor Computer Science
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1994
Education
Emphasis in Educational Technology
School of Education,
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1997
PhD Library and
Information Science
Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2003
Graduate
Classes Regularly Taught
--Reference
Sources and Services
--Using
Online Resources
--Action
Research in School Libraries
--Library
Systems and Information Technology
--Seminar
Robins, J.
(2008). Responses from the field: What can teacher-librarians do to promote their
work and the school library media program? the
terrain. Teacher Librarian, 36 (2-3).
Robins, J.
(2007). Beyond the Bird Unit.
In Rosenfeld, E., & Loertscher, D. (Eds).
Toward a 21st Century School Library
Media Program. Scarecrow.
Robins, J.
(2006). What works for me: Electronic portfolios as a bridge. Intervention in School and Clinic,
46(3), 198-209.
Robins, J.
(2005). Beyond the bird unit.
Teacher Librarian, 33 (2).
Jurkowski,
O., Antrim, P., & Robins, J. (2005). Building bridges between students and
practitioners. Journal of Education for
Library & Information Science.
Robins, J.
(2004). Affording a place: The persistent
structures of LEEP. In C. Haythornwaite
& M. Kramer (Eds.), Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education:
Research and Practice. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Group.
Robins, J.
(2002). Affording a place: The role
of persistent structures in social navigation. Information Research, 7(3). Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/7-3/infres73.html
Smith, L. C., Lastra,
S. & Robins, J. (2001). Teaching online: Changing models of teaching
and learning in LEEP. Journal of Education for Library and Information
Science (JELIS), 42(4), 69-84.
Haythornthwaite, C., Kazmer M., Robins, J., & Shoemaker S. (2000). Community development among distance learners: Temporal and technological dimensions. Journal of Computer Mediated Communications, 6(1). Available at: http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue1/haythornthwaite.html
Bulletins, Reports, and Conference Proceedings
Prenger,
K., Gibbons, R., & Robins, J. (2007). Leadership in the library:
Superheroes Daily. In (D. Loertscher, Ed.), Into
the Center of the Curriculum: Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat.
October 24-26, Reno, NV.
Robins, J. & Snow, J. (2005). Using portfolio
items to assess information literacy. Proceedings of the International Association of School
Librarianship (IASL). July 8-12, Hong Kong, China.
Robins, J.
(2002). StoneSoup: A
contextualized portfolio system. Proceedings of Computer
Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community (p.
538-539). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Bruce, B. C., Bishop, A. P., & Robins, J.
(2002).
The Inquiry Page: A collaboratory for curricular innovation. Proceedings of
Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
(p. 746). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Robins, J. (2001). Social navigation and the role of persistent structures in a collaborative virtual environment. Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ECSCL), March 22-24, Maastrich, Netherlands.
Robins, J.
(2000). Inquiry page: a collaboratory using
socially intelligent agents. Proceedings of the American
Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fall Symposium, Socially
Intelligent Agents - The Human in the Loop, November 3-5, North Falmouth, MA.
Robins, J.
(2000). K-12 collaboratories.
Bulletin of the American Society for
Information Science. Feb/March, 8-10.
Robins, J.
(2000). Teachers, computer networks, and
the Internet at TechCity High. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED 441399).
Robins,
J., & Pentlin, F. (2009, November). The
Great Database Debate. Presentation at American
Association of School Librarians National Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Antrim,
P., & Robins, J. (2009, November). Rev Up Learning for
All Students using Layered Curriculum. Presentation at
American Association of School Librarians National Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Antrim,
P., Robins, J., Ball, M. Durnell, T., & Mooney,
J. (2009, April).
Layered curriculum: Passport to learning for all students.
Presentation at Missouri Association of School Librarians
Spring Conference, Tan-Tar-A, MO.
Antrim,
P., & Robins, J. (2009, January). ALA OA AASL/NCATE program review training. Presentation at ALA Midwinter Meeting, Denver, CO.
Robins, J. (2008,
April). Capture the students
voice. Presentation at Midwest
Education Technology Conference, St. Charles, MO.
Burress,
R., Mcgrew, C., &
Robins, J., (2008, April). Nothing succeeds like success. Presentation at Missouri Association of School
Librarians Spring Conference, Tan-Tar-A, MO.
Robins, J. (2007,
November). The Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) speaks to
administrators. Presentation at Southern Regional Council on Educational
Administration, Kansas City ,
MO.
Boggs-Hargrave, R., Gibbons, R., &
Robins, J. ( 2007, October). 21+ Ideas to Spark Collaboration.
Presentation at the Fall Meeting of the Missouri Association
of School Librarians (MASL). Jefferson City, MO.
Robins, J.
(2007, April). Discussant: Evaluation and Assessment in Online Instruction.
Presentation at American Educational
Research Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Robins, J., Boggs-Hargrave, R., Clark, K., Gibbons, R., Shannon, P.,
& Weigers, A. (2007,
April). 21+ Ideas to Spark Collaboration.
Presentation at the Spring Meeting of the Missouri Association
of School Librarians (MASL). Osage Beach, MO.
Pentlin,
F., & Robins, J. (2007, April). The Great Database
Debate: Round 2. Presentation at the annual meeting
of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL). Osage Beach,
MO.
Pentlin,
F., & Robins, J. (2006, April). The Great Database Debate. Presentation
at the annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).
Osage Beach, MO.
Robins, J., Fagan, P., King, C., Ingram, K.,
& Pierce, L. (2005, April). Beyond the Bird Unit. Presentation
at the annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).
Osage Beach, MO.
Jurkowski,
O., Antrim P., & Robins, J. (2005, January). Building bridges
between students and practitioners. Presentation at the annual meeting of
the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Boston,
MA.
Robins, J.
(2004, April), StoneSoup:
Technology for assessing information literacy. Presentation
at the annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).
Osage Beach, MO.
Robins, J. & Snow, J. (2004). StoneSoup: Designing in a classroom context using
a form-based system. Presentation at the American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). April 12-16, San
Diego, CA.
Robins, J.
(2003, January). Community-centered design. Presentation at Association
for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE 2003), Declaration of
Interdependence: Connecting Research with Practice. Philadelphia, PA.
Haythornthwaite, C., Lunsford, K., Kazmer M., C., Nazarova, K., & Robins, J., (2003, January). The generative dance in pursuit of generative
knowledge. Presentation at the
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS2003-36).
Big Island, HI.
Robins, J. (2001, October). The
Inquiry Page collaboratory. Presentation at the
Association of Internet Research 2.0: INTERconnections,
the Second Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Smith, L.C., Lastra, S. & Robins, J. (2001, January). Teaching
online: changing models of teaching and learning in LEEP Presentation at Association
for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE 2001), Reconsidering
Library and Information Science Education, Washington, DC.
Robins, J.
(2000, October). Stone Soup: A distributed collaboratory Using Software
Agents. Presentation at Center for Innovative Learning
Technologies (CILT2000), McClean,
VA.
Doctoral Dissertation
Robins, J. (2003). The Role of a Mediating Information Structure in a Contextualized System. Dissertation Abstracts International 64-03A (UMI No. 3086166).
Offices Held
Treasurer 2009-2010
MASL Spring Conference Committee
Missouri Association of School Librarians
Chair 2006-2008
Research, Education, Information, and School Libraries SIG
American Educational Research Association
President
2008-2010
Central Regional Association of School Librarians
President
Elect 2006-2007
Central Regional Association of School Librarians
Co-Chair
2005-2006
MASL Speaks
Missouri Association of School Librarians
American
Democracy Project Mini-Grant 2006-2007
American Democracy Project
Instructional
Research and Development Grant 2003-2004
Center for Teaching and Learning
University of Central Missouri
(declined due to teaching obligations)
August 2001
to July 2002, Doctoral Fellowship
Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
August 2001,
Dissertation Research Grant
Graduate College
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Special
Skills
Web-programming
in HTML, Javascript and
Perl
Office programming in Visual Basic
20+ years public accounting
Research
Interests
Promoting
Information Literacy, K12 Information Systems, Self-Directed Learning,
Authentic Assessment, Differentiated Instruction
Professional
Experience
2006 to Present
Associate Professor,
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
2003 to 2005
Assistant Professor,
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
1998 to 2003
Research/Teaching Assistant,
Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
1996 to 1998
Educational Technician
Center for Physics Education Research (CPER)
Physics Department
United States Air Force Academy