Jessica E. Moyer

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Books

Integrated Advisory: Breaking Through the Book Boundary to Better Serve Library Users

The Readers Advisory Handbook

Research Based Readers' Advisory

Dissertation

Title: "Teens Today Don't Read Books Anymore!" A study of differences in interest and comprehension based on reading modalities:

New and Upcoming

Moyer, Jessica E.  “Audiobooks and Ebooks: A Literature Review and Discussion of Implications for Library Services.”  In press, Reference and User Services Quarterly, Summer 2012. Draft

Moyer, Jessica E. and Jennifer Thiele.  “Ebooks in Public Libraries: a Literature Review and Case Study.”  New Library World, in press, Spring 2012. 

Moyer, Jessica E., Kaite Mediatore Stover, Rebecca Vnuk,and Christy Donaldson.  “Reader’s Advisory in the Ebook Era.”  Public Library Association program, American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2012. 

Moyer, Jessica E., Kaite Mediatore Stover, Katie Dunneback.  “Good Books You Might Have Missed.”  Public Libraries Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012. 

Dunnback, Katie and Jessica E. Moyer.  “Converstarter: Ebooks and Public Libraries.”  Public Library Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012. 

Moyer, Jessica E. and Jennifer Thiele.  “Four Case Studies of Ebook Readers”  presentation, 2012 BOCATSSS Symposium.  Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 2012. 

Moyer, Jessica E. and Jennifer Thiele.  “Four Case Studies of Ebook Readers” 2012 BOCATSSS Symposium Proceedings.  Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 2012. 

Moyer, Jessica E.  “What Does it Really Mean to ‘Read’ a Text?”  Digital Literacies column, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 55:3 (Fall 2011) In press.

Moyer, Jessica E.  "Teens Today Don't Read Books Anymore": A study of differences in interest and comprehension based on reading modalities"  Poster and presentation, 2011 iConference and Doctoral Colloquium, Seattle Washington, February 8-11, 2011. Proceedings Abstract. 

Moyer, Jessica E.  "Teens Today Don't Read Books Anymore": A study of differences in interest and comprehension based on reading modalities: Introduction, Background and Methodologies."  Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, Vol 1, No. 1 (Fall 2010)

Bio

Jessica E. Moyer is an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Literacy Education and MS and CAS degrees from the University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Previously Moyer has taught reference and readers' advisory courses for the LIS program at the University of St. Catherine and San Jose State and continuing education courses for the American Library Association. Moyer has published articles in Reference and User Services Quarterly, New Library World, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacies, and the Libraries Unlimited Readers’ Advisor Newsletter, and is the author of Research-Based Readers’ Advisory (American Library Association, 2008), co-editor of The Readers Advisory Handbook (ALA Editions 2010) and editor of the Integrated Advisory Services (Library Unlimited 2010). An active member of ALA, Moyer is currently a member of the editorial boards for Reference and User Services Quarterly and Booklist’s Reference Books Bulletin, and a liaison for the Reference Services Section (RSS). She reviews fiction, audiobooks, reference books, and professional reading for Booklist and ebooks for Library Journal. Moyer regularly speaks and conducts workshops on audiobooks, ebooks and ebook readers, readers' advisory for all ages, and working with teen readers.  More information is available at http://jessicaemilymoyer.pbworks.com