Brianne Markowski

Teaching and Learning Department Head

Teaching and Learning Department


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Role in the Library

Brianne leads a team of librarians who support the students, faculty, and staff of the Auraria campus through information literacy instruction and research services.

More About

Before joining Auraria Library in 2024, Brianne was the Head of Teaching and Learning at the University of Northern Colorado’s Michener Library. Her research has focused on how students develop their information literacy abilities and how librarians grow as teachers.

Education

M.L.I.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.A. University of Chicago

Select Publications

Dineen, R., Ward, S., Floersch, N., Ilett, D., Markowski, B. (2023). Transforming Together: Developing a Professional Learning Community of Information Literacy Educators. In Amanda Nichols Hess (Ed.), Instructional Identities and Information Literacy, Volume 1: Transforming Ourselves. Chicago, Illinois: ACRL Editions.

Markowski, B., McCartin, L., Ward, S. (2018). Meeting students where they are: Using rubric-based assessment to inform information literacy curriculum. Communications in Information Literacy, 12(2), 128-149. doi: 10.15760/comminfolit.2018.12.2.5