Research Interests
Currently, my research focuses on defining intellectual freedom and understanding how personally held religious beliefs affect professional librarianship in practice. I am also interested in researching storytelling as a pedagogical method, using narrative to enhance community within libraries, embedding librarianship, and creating connections between patrons and the library through outreach.
Select Scholarly Work
Peer-reviewed article, Lisbon, A. H. & Welsh, M. E. Building a Cloud-based Onboarding Guide for New Academic Librarians. Library Leadership & Management, 31(4). Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7219
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. (2017). Intellectual Freedom at a Crossroads: Intersecting Professional and Religious Values, Colorado Academic Library Association Academic and Intellectual Freedom and the Academic Library. Denver, CO, 21, July, 2017.
Poster session, Welsh, M. E. (2017). A "Difficult Matter:" Discussions of "Intellectual Freedom" in Catholic Library World between 1980 and 2015, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 15 Jun 2017.
Conversation Group Facilitator, Welsh, M. E. (2017). Intellectual Freedom: Meaning and Practice, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 15 Jun 2017.
Peer-reviewed article, Welsh, M. E. Expressing Intellectual Freedom: A Content Analysis of Catholic Library World from 1980 to 2015. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 11(4). Retrieved from: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/27980
Peer-reviewed article, Welsh, M. E. Libraries and Intellectual Freedom: A History of Definition and a Framework for Application. Library Quarterly. [Submitted. In revision, August 2016]
Poster session, Welsh, M. E. (2015). “Nothing hinders:” A crossroads of Catholicism and professional values, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 18 Jun 2015.
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. & Haynes, G. (2015). Picture this! Instagrammable education, Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology, Boulder, CO, 5-6, August, 2015.
Presentation, Lisbon, A. H. & Welsh, M. E. (2014). New Librarians: Building Culture and Connections through an Experienced- Based Training Manual, Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference, Loveland, CO, 16 Oct 2014.
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. (2013). Juggling outreach and office life. ACRL/NEC Conference, Worcester, MA. 10 May 2013.
Poster Session, Welsh, M. E. (2012). “Here there be dragons:” Navigating the waters of information literacy through storytelling. Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference, Columbus, OH. 4 May 2012.
Book review, Welsh, M. E. (2012). Review of Embedded librarians: Moving beyond one-shot instruction, ed. Cassandra Kvenild & Kaijsa Calkins. Colorado Libraries, 36(4).
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. (2017). Intellectual Freedom at a Crossroads: Intersecting Professional and Religious Values, Colorado Academic Library Association Academic and Intellectual Freedom and the Academic Library. Denver, CO, 21, July, 2017.
Poster session, Welsh, M. E. (2017). A "Difficult Matter:" Discussions of "Intellectual Freedom" in Catholic Library World between 1980 and 2015, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 15 Jun 2017.
Conversation Group Facilitator, Welsh, M. E. (2017). Intellectual Freedom: Meaning and Practice, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 15 Jun 2017.
Peer-reviewed article, Welsh, M. E. Expressing Intellectual Freedom: A Content Analysis of Catholic Library World from 1980 to 2015. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 11(4). Retrieved from: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/27980
Peer-reviewed article, Welsh, M. E. Libraries and Intellectual Freedom: A History of Definition and a Framework for Application. Library Quarterly. [Submitted. In revision, August 2016]
Poster session, Welsh, M. E. (2015). “Nothing hinders:” A crossroads of Catholicism and professional values, American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 18 Jun 2015.
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. & Haynes, G. (2015). Picture this! Instagrammable education, Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology, Boulder, CO, 5-6, August, 2015.
Presentation, Lisbon, A. H. & Welsh, M. E. (2014). New Librarians: Building Culture and Connections through an Experienced- Based Training Manual, Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference, Loveland, CO, 16 Oct 2014.
Presentation, Welsh, M. E. (2013). Juggling outreach and office life. ACRL/NEC Conference, Worcester, MA. 10 May 2013.
Poster Session, Welsh, M. E. (2012). “Here there be dragons:” Navigating the waters of information literacy through storytelling. Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference, Columbus, OH. 4 May 2012.
Book review, Welsh, M. E. (2012). Review of Embedded librarians: Moving beyond one-shot instruction, ed. Cassandra Kvenild & Kaijsa Calkins. Colorado Libraries, 36(4).
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