LIS 477, "Digital Asset Management," Simmons University
This case study explored the Maryland Center for History and Culture's approach to Digital Asset Management. The case study was comprised of interviews with five staff members from the Center and seeks to explore how their Digital Asset Management (DAM) workflows respond to the institution's interdisciplinary needs with digital collections that represent both library and museum collections.
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Senior Integrative Exercise ("Comps"), Carleton College
This senior thesis is comprised of research on the characterization of the Weird Sisters, how their complex nature impacts culpability in the play, and exposes the larger intersection between the supernatural and reality in the Early Modern context. This thesis was completed in March 2020.
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Capstone for Medieval and Renaissance Minor, Carleton College
In addition to serving as the culminating, interdisciplinary capstone paper for the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor, this paper served as the final project for ENGL 310, "Shakespeare II," during the Winter 2019 trimester.This paper is comprised of research on the history of social structures during Shakespeare’s lifetime to shed light on how the use of otherwise unnamed “citizen” and “gentlemen” characters in Shakespeare’s Richard III and Henry VIII function as commoners in plays largely about aristocracy.
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Carleton College
Over the course of two classes and one summer research experience, Cecelia worked with Laird Bell Professor of History Susannah Ottaway as part of Professor Ottaway's ongoing work on English houses of industry. In the two classes, Cecelia co-designed a mini-game app for the museum’s tablet guides that is available to play at the museum as of Fall 2019 using Darwin software. During the summer research experience during the summer of 2018, Cecelia conducted archival research in Norwich with Professor Ottaway and two other Carleton students for one week and then the three students joined a fourth Carleton student at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Museum of Norfolk Life for two weeks. During that time, Cecelia worked with the other students to conduct a product test for new tablet guides at the museum, and she shadowed and collaborated with the museum’s curator at the time, Dr. Megan Dennis, to develop ideas for future exhibitions and events to complete steps to allow future projects to create 3D models of objects using Photogrammetry software.
2025 ACRL-NEC & NELIG Joint Annual Conference, Virtual/Worcester, MA, June 12, 2025
Abstract: Original research relies upon strong information literacy (IL) and research data management (RDM) skills. However, at Tufts University, research labs are highly specialized and often operate independently from the traditional curriculum where students interact with library instruction. The departments that host labs often also rely upon larger class sizes and exam-based curricula for core courses, making impactful IL instruction challenging. In addition, RDM is not commonly addressed in traditional classroom library instruction.
To improve IL and RDM skills among lab members and to increase collaboration between the library and original researchers, we developed an outreach plan to cater to individual labs and offer customized workshops. In these workshops, we led discussions with students, faculty, and professional lab staff members to develop skills such as literature searching, collaborative citation management and notetaking, organizing data, and data workflows. These workshops improve research practices by fostering a shared vocabulary amongst lab members. This lightning talk will describe the lucky break that kickstarted this project in the Psychology department, the collaboration between a liaison librarian and a research data librarian, our pilot initiative with the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, and our plans for growing the pilot into a workflow that can be adopted by other liaisons.
BLC Forum 2025, Boston University, June 5, 2025
Lightning Talk co-presented with Elizabeth McCall, Research Data Librarian, Tufts University
Abstract Original research relies on strong information literacy (IL) and research data management (RDM) skills. However, research labs are specialized and operate independently from the traditional curriculum. Traditional library instruction, especially impactful IL and RDM instruction, can be challenging in departments with high concentrations of labs. A Social Sciences librarian and a Research Data librarian partnered to address these challenges by hosting custom workshops for labs. This lightning talk will describe this pilot initiative in the Child Study and Human Development Department and our plans for growing the pilot into a workflow that can be adopted by other liaisons.
PaLA CRD "Connect and Communicate" Webinar Series, October 17, 2023
This webinar originated from Cecelia's blog post, "Exploring New Strategies For First-Year Information Literacy Instruction," for the "It's Academic!" blog. The blog is run by the College and Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association ("PaLA CRD"). Please see the Professional Projects page for more information about Cecelia's work with the blog.
The blurb for the webinar is as follows: "Do you feel stuck in a universe of one-shots for first year information literacy instruction? Come to this session to hear about Washington & Jefferson College's "multiverse" approach to the first year experience, combining sessions in First Year Seminars and English Composition with the Orientation experience. We'll discuss the successes and challenges of this program, including faculty buy-in and librarian workload distribution. Share your own experiences with your first year instruction and collaborate with fellow librarians to better improve first year student success!"
The webinar was presented live on Zoom and is now available to watch on YouTube. Watch the webinar. Access the Padlet (view only).
RBMS 2023 Conference, Virtual/Bloomington, IN, June 29, 2023
This lighting talk pannel discussed a variety of pressing topics in the GLAMS (Galeries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Special Collections), from advocating for a healthier workload amid staffing shortages to a new way to assess Special Collections Instruction Sessions, to programming that encourages the general public to engage with rare books, to the experiences of a hybrid intern and recent MSLIS student working on continuing projects. Cecelia moderated the panel.
Carleton College Virtual English Comps Symposium, May 2020
Please see the research section of this page for a full description of this project.
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MLA ARLD (Minnesota Library Association Academic & Research Libraries Division) Day Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 26, 2019
This breakout session discussed the role of students in reference and instruction departments at Carleton College and St. Olaf College. Both of these institutions are small liberal arts colleges in Northfield, Minnesota. The group presenting included two librarians, Claudia Peterson from Carleton and Maggie Epstein from St. Olaf, and three students, both Reference and Instruction interns from Carleton (Cecelia Lasley'20 and Emika Otsuka'20) and one student from St. Olaf (Harrison Clark'21). The students spoke about their experiences working in reference at their college libraries and being mentored by the reference and instruction librarians.