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Katie Klein

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Information Science

College: College of Information

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5420.401Literature for Youth in School LibrariesSpring 2026
INFO 5345.401School Library Program DevelopmentSpring 2026
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5420.401Literature for Youth in School LibrariesFall 2025 SPOT
INFO 5345.401School Library Program DevelopmentFall 2025 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Klein, K.E., Marquardt, L., Oberg, D. (2025). What principals need to know about school libraries: A survey of charter school leaders. School Librarians and Principals: Leading Together: International Perspectives. 126-137. Bloomsbury.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2025). Professional Identity and Threats to Non-Normative Identities: Grand Challenges for LIS Education. 2025: ALISE Proceedings. University of Illinois Main Library. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.1945
  • Burress, R., Klein, K., Krutka, K., Santos Green, L., Johnston, M., Kodama, C., Moore, J., Cahill, M., Li, X., Pryde, K. (2025). School Library SIG: Evolving Practice and Elevating Libraries. 2025: ALISE Proceedings. University of Illinois Main Library. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.2026
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2025). Navigating the Opinions of the Colonizers on What it Means to Be You: A Pedagogical Framework for Responding to Identity Conflicts. 2025: ALISE Proceedings. University of Illinois Main Library. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.1946
  • Church, A., Croft, M., Everhart, N., Farmer, L., Klein, K., Marquardt, L., Oberg, D. (2025). Principals and librarians: Partners for quality education. Other. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/8809
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2024). Who am I? How public library staff manage conflicting information about the self‐concept. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 61 (1) 914-916. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1138
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2024). Customer service, hard work, and normativity: Identity standards encoded into public library routines. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2022). What guides knowledge work in the library? Maps, routines, and workarounds. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 59 (1) 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.606

    • Journal Article

  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2025). Who am I? How public library staff manage conflicting information about the self-concept. Journal of Documentation. 81 (7) 293-311.
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2025). Workplace technology as a threat to worker identity: Evidence from Public Libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105021849116
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2025). Be who we all want you to be: Navigating identity regulation in the public library. Library Quarterly. 95 (4)
  • Freeburg, D., Klein, K. (2024). Are library staff autonomous? The influence of routines and the development of workarounds. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 56 (1) 223-240.
  • Klein, K. (2023). “What library?” A survey of charter school leaders about school library services. School Libraries Worldwide. 28 (1) 78-97. University of Alberta Libraries. https://doi.org/10.29173/slw8680

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Klein, K., Harrison, A., Burgess, R. (2024). Q and A: How to build relationships in nontraditional schools. Knowledge Quest. 52 (4) 42-45.
  • Klein, K. (2024). What about charter school libraries? Understanding library services in charter schools. Knowledge Quest. 52 (3) 44-48.
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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