2024-2025 Impact Report_final version

Jennifer Bidwell

FUN FACT: I love singing in community choral groups. I was a

Hi, I’m Jennifer Bidwell, the Knauss School of Business (KSB) Business Librarian. I started in Copley Library in the Fall of 2022. It was an exciting time to join the library faculty as an embedded librarian in the school. Serving the KSB lets me work directly with students, faculty, and staff. I design programs and services that fit the school’s needs across classes, club meetings, trainings, workshops, and events. I support both undergraduate and graduate students. I hold a Master of Library & Information Science from San Jose State University and a Master of Arts (History) from Claremont Graduate University. I have over 12 years of professional experience as a librarian. Before joining USD, I served for two years as the Assistant Business Librarian at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Also, I worked as a Reference Librarian at multiple community colleges in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Additionally, I was an Adjunct History Instructor at Citrus College in Glendora. I support one of the largest information literacy instruction areas, teaching up to 56 sessions annually and assisting students, faculty, and staff with their research inquiries in person and through Zoom, email, or Google Chat. I lead workshops, including Introducing Bloomberg Terminals , and recently co-taught an AI literacy session with my colleague, Michael Massaro, for students participating in the Fowler Business Concept Challenge, an annual business pitch competition. I participate in outreach by attending faculty research presentations and other KSB events to promote embedded librarian services and stay informed of the school’s needs. I am a contributing member of two library committees: AI and Retreat Committees. I chair the Elections Committee and am an alternate member of the University Senate this year. Professionally, I am an active member of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS/ALA) — Student Travel Award Sponsored by SimplyAnalytics. I am also a member of the Business Librarians Affinity Group with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). My research interests focus on critical business information literacy and on leveraging technology to boost student engagement and learning. I am currently researching whether screen-casting videos, designed to answer a specific research question, improve information literacy outcomes for graduate students.

member of the soprano section of Chorale Bel Canto, a community chorus in Whittier, for five years. We sang choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, as well as pieces by contemporary composers such as Ariel Ramirez and Eric Whitacre. We also performed Annelies by James Whitbourn, based on the Diary of Anne Frank , at the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles.

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