Head of Learning & Outreach
Stanford University
Felicia A. Smith, is Head of Learning & Outreach at Stanford University Libraries. She created a successful library activity using the virtual world of Second Life, when it was still an emerging technology. She is interested in ways that emerging technology can be used to increase Active Learning in library instruction. Felicia published a book (Cybrarian Extraordinaire) detailing her For-Credit classes, library classes taught while dressed in a full pirate costume; as well as Information Literacy programs using Kindles, for inmates in a Juvenile Jail. Felicia previously, worked as a Private Investigator in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in homicide and narcotics and carrying a .357 Magnum revolver.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM