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Dr. Paulette Kerr

Paulette Kerr :
BA, Dip Lib, MA, PhD
Campus Librarian
Telephone: 
EXT. 7101; 876.970.6569

Research Interest

  • Information Literacy
  • Teaching/Learning in Academic Libraries
  • Human Information behavior 
  • Research and Practices in LIS education

Select Publications

  • Culver, Sherri and Kerr, P. (2014).  Eds.  MILID Yearbook: Global Citizenship in a Digital World. NORDICOM/International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 
  • Kerr, P. (2014). Strategic promotion and expansion of information literacy education: Professional development and outreach programmes.  In Sherri Culver and Paulette Kerr (Eds.) MILID 2014 Yearbook: Global Citizenship in a Digital World.  (pp378-387). NORDICOM/International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 
  • Carroll, M., Kerr, P. Musa, A. & Afzal, W. (2013).  Commonwealth of uncertainty: How British and American professional models of library practice have shaped LIS education in selected former British Colonies and Dominions.  IFLA Journal 39 (2) 121-133. 
  • Kerr. P. (2013). Theory of action and information literacy: Critical assessment towards effective practice. In SerapKurbanoğlu, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Ralph Catts, Sonja Špiranec (Eds.) CCIS.  Worldwide Commonwealth Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice (pp.429-435).  Springer International. 
  • Kerr, P. (2012).  Explicit goals, implicit outcomes: Information literacy education in developing university graduate attributes.  UWI Quality Education Forum. 18 (Jan):71-88. 
  • Kerr, P. (2011).  Victims or Strategists?  Nineteenth century female lodging-house keepers in Jamaica.  In Verene Shepherd (Ed.) Engendering Caribbean History: Cross Cultural Perspectives (pp. 467-477).  Kingston: Ian Randle (republication of previous book chapter). 
  • Kerr, P., Myrtle Harris and Judith Rao. (2011). Eds. School Libraries: Empowering the 21st Century Learner.  Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference & 15th International Forum on Research in School Libraries.  UWI, Mona. 
  • Kerr, P.&Verlejs, J. (2011).  A new model for evaluating the online tutorial: Does your tutorial reflect your mission.  In B. Seitz (Ed.), Blazing Trails: On the path to information literacy (pp.3-12).  LOEX Press. 
  • Kerr, P.& Vernon, J. (2003).  Jamaica Library Association.  Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 2nd ed. 1423-1435. 
  • Kerr, P. (1995).  Victims or Strategists?  Nineteenth century female lodging-house keepers in Jamaica.  In B. Bailey, B. Brereton and V. Shepherd (Eds.) Engendering History: Caribbean Women in Historical Perspectives (pp.197-212).  London: James Curry, Kinston: Ian Randal. [Cited in more than 14 publications]

Awards

  • UWI, Mona Principal’s Award for Outstanding Research Publication (article category), 2012 
  • Travel Award from the Centre for International Scholarship in School Libraries, Rutgers University to  IASL Research Forum and Annual Conference, 2009 
  • Teaching Assistant Award, School of Communication and Information, (SC&I), Rutgers University, 2007 
  • Fullbright Faculty Development Fellowship to pursue Ph.D. at School of Communication Information and Library Studies, (SCILS) Rutgers University, 2005 
  • Sherlock-Macmillian ACURIL Award [jointly with Verna George] for Paper and Presentation at 2002 ACURIL Conference, 2003 
  • ACURIL Award for excellence in Information Literacy [jointly with Verna George], 2003 
  • United States Department of State International Visitor Program Fellowship – June –July, 2000
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