RESEARCH CONSULTATIONS

 

About

Jessica McClure is the Virtual Instruction Librarian at the University of Memphis. She works with faculty and staff to create instructional materials for courses and enhance the University Libraries’ online instructional presence. She meets with students and faculty online and in the classroom setting to help them be successful in their courses. She assists student, faculty, and staff at the Reference Assistance Desk and Chat. She works as the Chair and ongoing member of various University of Memphis committees focusing on online instruction and accessibility. She is an advocate for intellectual freedom, serving as Co-Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Tennessee Library Association..

Education

• M.L.S. Library Science - University of Tennessee (Academic Libraries)
• B.A. English - Harding University (Secondary Education)

Certificates

• User Experience for Libraries Certificate - Library Juice Academy
• UM Global Summer Institute 2020 (Mastery)
• UM Global Summer Institute 2020 (Foundations)

Research Interests

• Accessibility
• User experience
• Instructional design and technology
• Online instruction
• Embedded librarianship

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, Virtual Instruction Librarian, University Libraries Research and Instructional Services Department - University of Memphis - 2020 - present
• Library Specialist, University Libraries Research and Instructional Services Department - University of Memphis - 2019 - 2020

Teaching Experience

• JRSM 7050 (Embedded Librarian, Fall 2020 - Spring 2022)
• UNIV 4995 (Embedded Librarian, Spring 2020 - Fall 2020)
• PRST 7920 (Embedded Librarian, Fall 2020)
• ENGL 1020 (Embedded Librarian, Spring 2021)
• EDPR 2111 (Embedded Librarian, Spring 2021)

Service

• Tennessee Library Association - Co-Chair, Intellectual Freedom - June 2020 - present
• Tennessee Library Association - Divisional Representative, Advocacy - June 2020 - present
• University of Memphis - Member, Accessibility Committee - November 2020 - present
• University of Memphis - Co-Chair, Digital Environment Subcommittee, Accessibility Committee - March 2021 - May 2022
• University Libraries - UM3D Organizational Committee - April 2021 - present
• University Libraries - Secretary, Libraries Faculty - June 2020 - June 2021
• University Libraries - Chair, Research Guides Redesign Working Group - October 2020 - present
• University Libraries - Chair, Online Instruction Working Group - June 2020 - January 2022
• University Libraries - Accessibility Committee - February 2021 - present
• University Libraries - Outreach Committee - May 2021 - January 2022
• University Libraries - Libraries Writing Group - September 2019 - present

Presentations

• Harrington, C. & McClure, J. (2022, May 20). Imposter Phenomenon Roundtable [Presentation]. Library Instruction Tennessee Retreat 2022.
• Jones, B. & McClure, J. (2021, April 9). Intellectual Freedom Roundtable Discussion [Presentation]. Tennessee Library Association Conference 2021
• McClure, J. (2020, August 25) Best Practices for Assisting Students with Disabilities [Presentation]. Center for Writing and Communication.
• Lange, T., Mothersell, J., & McClure, J. (2020 June 19) Summer Institute: Creating Accessible Content [Presentation] UM Global Summer Institute 2020.

Book Reviews

• McClure, J. (2021). [Review of the book Proposition 13 - America's Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival by C.I. Guarria]. Tennessee Libraries, 71(1). https://www.tnla.org/page/71_1_McClure 
• McClure, J. (2020). [Review of the book Living by Inches: The smells , sounds, tastes, and feeling of captivity in Civil War prisons by E.A. Kutzler]. Tennessee Libraries, 70(2). https://www.tnla.org/page/70_2_McClure
• McClure, J. (2020). [Review of the book Hard-fighting Soldiers: A History of African American Churches of Christ by Edward Robinson]. Tennessee Libraries, 70(1).  https://www.tnla.org/page/70_1_McClure 
• McClure, J. (2019). [Review of the book The Current by Tim Johnston]. Tennessee Libraries, 69(4). https://www.tnla.org/page/69_4_McClure