Jeff Knapp
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About Me
Academic Support Areas
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
Subject Expertise
- Film-Video Studies
- Advertising
- Communications and Media Studies
- Communication Arts and Sciences
- Telecommunications
Publications
Uncovering the Research Behaviors of Reporters: A Conceptual Framework for Information Literacy in Journalism, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2022
The collaborative book review as an opportunity for undergraduate research skill development, Higher Education Research & Development, 2020
The collaborative book review as an opportunity for undergraduate research skill development, Higher Education Research & Development, 2019
Learning "scholarship as conversation" by writing book reviews, Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2019
Reporting in the “Post-Truth” Era: Uncovering The Research Behaviors of Journalism Students, Practitioners, and Faculty, 2019
Scholarship as conversation: Using book reviews to think about scholarly communication, College & Research Libraries News, 2019
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive: Harnessing an open-source platform to host digitized collections online, IFLA Journal, 2018
Engaged scholarship and embedded librarianship, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
Retaining students by embedding librarians into undergraduate research experiences, Reference Services Review, 2014
Tracking Changes in Political Science through Citation Analysis of Doctoral Dissertations, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2013
Tracking Changes in Political Science Dissertations at Penn State: 1953-2010, Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, 2013
Travel for Peer Review of Instruction, Interview, 2012
Plugging the "whole": Librarians as interdisciplinary facilitators, Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 2012
Speaking up: Empowering individuals to promote tolerance in the academic library, Library Administration and Management, 2012
Talking to Children about Race, Interview, 2011
Walls Tumbling Down: Opportunities for Librarians in Interdisciplinary Research, De Gruyter Saur, 2010
Social Bookmarking for the Diversity Committee, Interview, 2008
Just Browsing, Penn State Alumni Library Web Site, 2008
Using ProQuest to Get You Through the Holidays, Penn State Alumni Library Web Site, 2006
Performances
Celebrating our Humanity: 100 Years of the Pulitzers, Diversity Reading Room, 11/1/2016
100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating a Pennsylvania Journalist, News & Microforms Lobby, 11/1/2016
A Reading by Carrie Freie from Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years, Altoona, PA, USA
A Reading by Elizabeth Happeny from To Kill a Mockingbird, Altoona, PA, USA
A Reading by Erin Horning from The Lord of the Flies, Altoona, PA, USA
A Reading by Sandra Petrulionis from Beloved, Altoona, PA, USA
Sarah McDonald Reads an excerpt from Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Altoona, PA, USA
Steven Sherrill reads words from Webster's New World Dictionary, Altoona, PA, USA
Other Publications
Blogs
Penn State Engaged Scholarship Symposium, Undergraduate Research Blog, 2014
Presentation at University Libraries Diversity Colloquium, Undergraduate Research Blog, 2013
"Sensible Shoes" on the Ground: The Embedded Librarian, Undergraduate Research Blog, 2012
Chapters
Building a text mining service at a university library from the ground up: A case study, Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, 2025
Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations, Magazines for Libraries, 2023
Google and Wikipedia: Friends or foes?, Teaching Generation M: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators, 2009
Book/Film/Article Reviews
The Cold War: Interpreting conflict through primary documents, CHOICE, 2019
The Last Superpower Summits: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush: Conversations that Ended the Cold War, Choice, 2017
A Guide to Intrastate Wars: An Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816–2014, Choice, 2016
Memes in Digital Culture, The Information Society, 2016
I am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform, The Information Society, 2016
Political Dilemmas at Work: How to Maintain your Integrity and Further your Career, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 2012
Encyclopedia of the Cold War, Choice, 2008
The Cold War Presidency: A Documentary History, Choice, 2007
Newsletters
News Resources and Tips: The "News-tritional" Pyramid, Penn State News Literacy Initiative, 2023
An academic librarian teaching a credit course, online, Library Instruction Round Table Newsletter, 2012
Others
Nexis Uni, Charleston Advisor, 2018
Socialism on Film, Choice, 2017
Early American Newspapers, Series 10 and 11, 1730-1900, Choice, 2015
Think Tanks and Civil Society Program, Choice, 2015
Cold War Intelligence Online, Choice, 2014
World Politics Review, Choice, 2011
American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries, Choice, 2010
ProCon.org, Choice, 2009
Legal Research: An Introduction to Key Online and Print Sources, Choice, 2009
EurActiv.com, Choice, 2008
AnthroSource Portal, ANSS Currents, 2008
European Social Survey Website, Choice, 2008
IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Website, Choice, 2008
Political Handbook of the World: Online Edition, Choice, 2007
American Periodicals Series Online, Choice, 2007
Convergence in the library's news room: Enhancing news collections and services in academic libraries, College and Research Libraries, 2006