Carl O. DiNardo

Education 

  • Master of Science, Library Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, August, 2005
  • Bachelor of Science, Turfgrass Science, Pennsylvania State University, August, 1999
  • Masters coursework, 9 credits in Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 2008-2011

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Librarian, July 2022 to present, University of South Florida
    • Research and Instruction – faculty, graduate and undergraduate students
    • Librarian for the Biological Sciences (IB and MBS) and Chemistry departments
  • Assistant Brewer, May 2021 to March 2022, If I Brewed the World
  • Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Library Instruction/Science Librarian, July, 2013 to July, 2020, Eckerd College
    • Coordination of Library Instruction/Information Literacy program
    • Natural Sciences library liaison
    • Library Outreach and Marketing
    • Information Literacy Instruction
    • Reference Services
    • Supervision of Part Time Librarians
  • Assistant Professor & Information Literacy and Technologies Librarian, August 2009 to May 2013, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
    • Coordinate Information Literacy Program
    • Departmental library liaison
    • Reference
    • Information Literacy Instruction
  • Librarian, March 2009—August 2009, Mercyhurst College, North East
    • Oversee the general operations of the library including, budgeting, purchasing, cataloging, reference, instruction, hiring
  • Visiting Reference Librarian August 2007—December 2008, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
    • Reference & Instruction
  • Evening Reference Librarian September 2006—May 2007, Mercyhurst College
    • Reference & Instruction
  • Part-time Reference Librarian November 2005—August 2007, Dr. Raymond Blasco Memorial Library
    • Children’s and Adult Reference
  • Intern/Volunteer Reference Librarian January 2005—May 2006, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    • Archive digitization pilot project
    • Reference & Instruction
  • Assistant Superintendent November 1999—August 2004, New Castle Country Club
    • Supervised grounds crew of 15 personnel
    • Scheduling shifts
    • Daily monitoring to assess turf health and need vis-à-vis water, fertilizer, pesticides, etc.
    • Maintain highest standards for quality playing surface and golf course conditions

Teaching

  • On-campus
    • FD 210 – Understanding Information; Design, development and teaching of 3 credit Information Literacy Course, Eckerd College
    • Information Literacy, Research & Technology Instruction – partnering with classroom faculty
      • University of South Florida, August 2022 to present
      • Eckerd College, July 2013 to June 2020
      • East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, August 2009 to May 2013
      • Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, August 2007 to December 2008
      • Mercyhurst College September 2006 to May 2007
  • Scuba and Environmental Service in Cozumel, MX; March, 2019 (including study abroad)
  • Tropical Marine Environments: Roatán; January, 2018 (including study abroad)
  • Service on SCUBA: Conducting fish population surveys; March, 2018 (including domestic travel)
  • Natural History of the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador; January, 2017 (including study abroad)
  • Enrichment in Ecuador: gain perspective while helping those in need; March, 2016 (including study abroad)
  • Laboratory Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Soil Science, Spring 1997
  • Laboratory Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Turfgrass Management, Fall 1997

Areas of expertise/research focus

  • Game-based Learning
  • Information Literacy in Higher Education
  • Librarian Pedagogy

Areas of functional support expertise

  • EndNote
  • Evidence Synthesis

Publications

DiNardo, C. O., Jacobs, S. A., & Ariew, S. A. (in progress). Mapping the ACRL Framework and companion documents to online library instruction workshops.

DiNardo, C. O. (in press). Undergraduate service with a side of community science. In E. Bongiovanni, M. Gainey, C. Greigo & L. Beltran (Eds.), The Open Science Cookbook. Association of College and Research Libraries.

DiNardo, C. O. & Ariew, S. A. (in press). Diversify the forest: Applying the ACRL framework companion documents to information literacy programs. LOEX Conference Proceedings 2024.

Association for College and Research Libraries (August, 2022). Companion document to the framework for information literacy in higher education: Science, technology, engineering and mathematics. http://www.ala.org/ acrl/standards/Framework_Companion_STEM.pdf

DiNardo, C. O. & Broussard, M. (2019). Commercial tabletop games to teach information literacy. Reference Services Review. 47(2), pp. 106-117.

Copenhaver, K., DiNardo, C., Koclanes, A., & Schuler, N. (March, 2017). Cephalonian 2.0: Transforming large-scale library orientations to support student success. Contributed paper presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries conference, Baltimore, MD. http://hdl.handle.net/11213/17722

Association for College and Research Libraries (2016). Framework for information literacy in higher education. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework

DiNardo, C. (2009). Web 2.0: Using wikis to extend learning beyond the classroom walls. D. Cook & R. L. Sitttler (Eds.) Practical pedagogy for library instructors: 17 innovative strategies to improve student learning. Association of College and Research Libraries.

Presentations, conferences 

Johnson, M. W., Szempruch, J. N., DiNardo, C. O., & Mann, E. Z. (2024, October 25). Information literacy professional development for disciplinary faculty through a summer institute [Conference presentation]. FACRL 2024 Annual Conference, Online. https://facrl.wildapricot.org/FACRL-2024-Virtual-Conference

Bergstrom, G., DiNardo, C. O. & Porter, M. (2024, June 29). GameRT president’s program: Using games to engage patrons [Invited Panel Presentation].

Szempruch, J., Beman-Cavallaro, A., Norton, E., Mann, E., Ariew, S., & DiNardo, C. O. (2024, June 29). All together now: Creating a sustainable and inclusive instruction community of practice [Poster presentation]. ALA Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.

DiNardo, C. O. (2024, May 3). Diversify the forest: Applying the ACRL framework companion documents to information literacy program assessment and development [Conference presentation]. LOEX 2024 Conference, Naperville, IL, United States. https://www.loexconference.org/index.html

DiNardo, C. O. (2023, August 9). I will drop this class if you are the spy! Teaching information literacy with tabletop games [Invited presentation]. Indiana State University Library What the Research Says Series, Terre Haute, IN, United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QhYcbKCbug

Jacobs, S. A., DiNardo, C. O., & Ariew, S. A. (2023, October 20). Library instruction curriculum assessment: Mapping framework concepts to online workshops [Conference presentation]. Florida Association of College & Research Libraries 2023 Virtual Annual Conference, FL, United States.

DiNardo, C. (2023). The rules are not the experience: Break the rules (barrier) for new TTRPG players. [Presentation]. American Library Association Game & Gaming Round Table March Mini Con. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1isH2Eb0nbUWVNUAFO2sTh5Pt8xcho P01jvOY2Hb2LV4/edit?pli=1

DiNardo, C., & Moran, E. (2023). Tabletop games in the academic library: A survey of selection, management, and use [Poster presentation]. Association of College & Research Libraries 2023 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

Foster, B., DiNardo, C., Brungard, A. B., Cannon-Rech, D. N., Dommermuth, E. H., Hamelers, R., Kuglitsch, R. Z. Orozco, & Renirie, R. (2020). Framing our future: The development of the science and technology framework for information literacy in higher education [Poster presentation]. Science & Technology Section American Library Association Annual Conference. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/lib-facpresent/147

DiNardo, C., & Koclanes, A. (May, 2019). Rolling the dice on a tabletop game collection [Conference presentation]. Florida Library Association Annual Conference.

Copenhaver, K., DiNardo, C., & Johnston, L. (Fall 2018). My Eckerd library: Outreach on a dime [Poster presentation]. Tampa Bay Library Consortium Fall meeting.

Bryan, J., Cooke, R., DiNardo, C., Karshmer, E., Marino, M., & Neely-Sardon, A. (May, 2017). Delving into the disciplines: Applying the information literacy Framework in library instruction [Workshop]. Florida Library Association annual conference, Orlando, FL.

Copenhaver, K., DiNardo, C., Koclanes, A., & Schuler, N. (March, 2017). Cephalonian 2.0: Transforming large-scale library orientations to support student success [Conference presentation]. Association of College & Research Libraries conference, Baltimore, MD.

Schuler, N., Copenhaver, K., DiNardo, C., & Koclanes, Alyssa. (March, 2016). When the Amazing Race has run its course: re-envisioning a large-scale library orientation [Poster presentation]. Florida Library Association, 2016 Annual Conference. Daytona, Florida.

Carbery, A., Hensley, M. K., Gibson, C., DiNardo, C., & Miller, S. D. (2015, March 27). The framework for information literacy and its impact on student learning [Panel presentation]. Association for College & Research Libraries Conference, 2015. Portland, Oregon.

DiNardo, C., & Schuler, N. Library videos: For student excellence by excellent students [Conference presentation]. Presentation at the Florida Library Association Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. May 14, 2014.

Gibson, J. C., Jacobsen, T., & DiNardo, C O. (January, 2014). Revised information literacy competency standards [Open forum facilitator] American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2011, March 18). Presentation design principles [Presentation]. Annual SSHELCO conference. Harrisburg, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2010, March 25). Technical services futures [Round table facilitator]. Annual SSHELCO conference. Grantville, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2009, February 25). Web 3.0: what is next (next is now) [Workshop]. Stevenson Library Tech Week. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2009, February 25). Google Docs: an alternative way to work [Workshop]. Stevenson Library Tech Week. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2009, February 24) Putting the you in YouTube [Workshop]. Stevenson Library Tech Week. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2009, February 24). Web 2.0: YOU in your natural environment [Workshop]. Stevenson Library Tech Week. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

DiNardo, C. (2008, October 31) Digital nooks, analog crannies [Poster presentation]. Susquehanna Library Cooperative Fall gathering “Web 2.0 untangled.” Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA.

DiNardo, C., & Lilla, R. (2008, March 27). Amazon’s Kindle: Paper-less or paperweight? [Poster presentation]. Annual SSHELCO Conference. Grantville, PA.

DiNardo, C., & Van Dyke, R. (2008, March 18). Web 2.0 in higher education [Workshop]. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

DiNardo, C., & Lilla, R. (2008, March 17). Kindle: Current e-readers and the future of the e-book [Workshop]. LHUP, Lock Haven, PA.

Honors and awards

  • Beta Phi Mu, National Library Science Honors Society

Service to the Profession

Academic Service & Leadership

  • USF Council for Educational Policy and Issues 2023—present
  • USF Libraries Governance & Elections Committee 2024—present
  • Co-Chair, ALA Games & Gaming Round Table Programming Committee 2024—present
  • ALA Games & Gaming Round Table Member-at-Large 2023—present
  • ALA Games & Gaming Round Table Strategic Planning Committee 2023—present
  • Co-Chair, ACRL/STS Information Literacy Framework Task Force 2018—2022
  • Chair, Eckerd College Student Affairs Committee 2017—2019
  • Eckerd College Educational Policy and Procedure Committee 2016—2017
  • Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force (2013-2015)
  • Eckerd College Faculty Observer to the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee 2014-2015)
  • Eckerd College Educational Assessment Committee 2014—2016
  • Chair-Elect, ESU Faculty Research and Development Committee, October 2011—May 2013
  • Co-Chair, ESU Scholar Series Faculty Development and Research Sub-Committee September 2009—May 2013
  • Chair, ESU Sabbatical Leave Committee, 2011-2012

General Membership

  • American Library Association (ALA)
    • Games and Gaming Round Table (GAMERT)
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
    • ACRL Instruction Section (IS)
    • ACRL Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)
    • University Libraries Section (ULS)
    • College Libraries Section (CLS)
  • Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FLACRL)
  • Florida Library Association (FLA)

Consultation

  • Stevenson Library “Library Tech Week” Consultant, February 2009, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
  • James F. Drane Bioethics Institute Library Consultant, July 2006—Aug. 2006, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Journal Editing

  • Assistant Editor, Rural Libraries. 2004—2005
  • Assistant Editor, Bookmobile and Outreach Services. 2004—2005