LibGuide: History of Opera in the United States: The culminating project for INFO 244-01 required the development of a LibGuide, a web-based guide that outlines best practices for locating and evaluating information sources and provides curated resources to help learners initiate scholarly research.

I created an accessible, learner-centered LibGuide that serves as a companion to the SJSU course, History of Opera in the United States. Encompassing a broad range of research orientations and subjects, U.S. opera history is a rich, interdisciplinary area of study that encourages learners to apply myriad search techniques and explore a variety of media, from books and journal articles to archival footage and photographs. The LibGuide design strategically supports learners in these efforts, helping them to build the critical thinking, information literacy, and online searching skills that are essential to high-quality scholarship. Visit the LibGuide: History of Opera in the United States.

Camille Charette is an MLIS student, Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, and Reading Nation Waterfall Project Co-Manager at San José State University’s School of Information, and the English Language Coordinator of the peer-reviewed Balkan Journal of Philosophy. She holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University and a B.A. in French Literature and B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include critical pedagogy, open educational resources, and whole person librarianship. She is the 2017 recipient of the Georgia State University Student Philosophy Symposium’s Robert F. Almeder Award, and her recent work on trauma-informed librarianship can be found in Young Adult Library Services. She is passionate about advancing equitable access to information and leveraging emerging technology to support information literacy and responsible digital citizenship.