Hu Womack
Hu’s subject areas include: Social Sciences; Journalism; Sociology; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Communication; Environment & Sustainability Studies; Film Studies
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Hu Womack ( he | him ) is an Outreach and Instruction Librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a BA in English and Studio Art. Hu received his MBA from the Babcock School at Wake Forest in 2000 and completed his MLIS degree from UNC-Greensboro in 2008. He currently serves as a member of Research, Instruction Services team, teaching for-credit courses in the library’s information literacy program, and serving as the library liaison to the Sociology and Communication departments.
Publications
Tedford, Rosalind, & Womack, Hubert. (2021). Memes are not Fact: Thinking Critically about Memes in a World of Misinformation. Teaching about Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences. Association of College and Research Libraries.: Chicago, IL.
Womack, Hubert, Webb, Meghan, & McCallum, Carolyn. (2018). Writers Camp @ ZSR: Camping, Writing, and Publishing in the Library!. North Carolina Libraries, 76(1), 11-17. https://www.ncl.ecu.edu/index.php/NCL/article/viewFile/5344/4927
Womack, Hubert, Smith, Susan, & Lock, Mary Beth. (2015). Large-Scale, Live-Action Gaming Events in Academic Libraries: How and Why. C&RL News, 76(4), 210-214. http://crln.acrl.org/
Johnston, Lucas, Collins, Bobbie, Boyle, Anne, & Womack, Hubert. (2012). Looking at Sustainability Through a Different LENS. Sustainability: The Journal of Record, 5(4), 244-247.
Womack, Hubert. (2011). “Game 43: The Bibliography Tournament.”. Let the games begin : engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. Neal-Schuman Publishers: New York.
Jeong, Sarah, & Womack, Hubert. (2011). Connecting@ZSR: Meeting the Research Needs of International Graduate Students. International Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Succes. Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).
Sutton, Lynn, & Womack, Hubert. (2008). Gaming in Academic Libraries: Collections Marketing, and Information Literacy. Get Game@ZSR — How We Did It and What We Learned Along The Way. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008: Chicago.
Collins, Bobbie, Womack, Hubert, & Tedford, Rosalind. (2008). ‘Debating’ The Merits Of Clickers In An Academic Library. North Carolina Libraries, (66 1/2), 19-24. https://www.ncl.ecu.edu/index.php/NCL
Book Reviews
Womack, Hubert. (2023). Review of “Disinformation: The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-truth Era”. Technical Services Quarterly, 40:2 (2023) 126-127, Taylor and Francis+NEJ, 40(2), 126-27.
Womack, Hubert. (2019). Review of “Successful campus outreach for academic libraries: building community through collaboration”. Technical Services Quarterly, 36:4 (2019) 429-430, Taylor and Francis+NEJM, 36(4), 429-430.
Womack, Hubert. (2019). Review of “Fake news and alternative facts: information literacy in a post-truth era”. Technical Services Quarterly, 36(2), 231–232.
Womack, Hubert. (2017). Review of “Marketing and Outreach for the Academic Library: New Approaches and Initiatives.”. Technical Services Quarterly, 34(2), 240–242.
Womack, Hubert. (2016). Review of “Meeting Community Needs: A Practical Guide for Librarians”. Technical Services Quarterly, 33(4), 481-2.
Presentations
Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2024, February). Timing is Everything: Planning and Managing Library Outreach for New Students During Their First Six Weeks. Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2024, Seattle Washington. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgO2CZpOmSZD6Ky0DXWJzABHKrHNGSzh/view
Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2023, November). Timing is Everything: Planning and Managing Library Outreach for New Students During Their First Six Weeks. 2023 LOEX Fall Focus, online. https://loexfallfocus2023.sched.com/
Kaufman, Amanda, Womack, Hubert, Webb, Meghan, & Tedford, Rosalind. (2023, October). Planting Seeds for Future Growth: Cultivating Campus Information Literacy through Faculty Workshops. NCLA 2023, Winston-Salem, NC. https://nclaonline.org/resources/Documents/2023%20conference/nbc_202310_agenda_pdf_powxb.pdf
Womack, Hubert, Kaufman, Amanda, & Webb, Meghan. (2022, April). Fake News, Fact-checking, and Facebook: Teaching misinformation and disinformation in the perfect storm. 2022 ACCelerate Creativity & Innovation Festival, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.. https://acceleratefestival.com/
Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2021, October). Empowering Student Voices: Inside a Library Ambassadors Program. North Carolina Library Association 64th Biennial Conference, October 2021, Winston Salem.
Womack, Hubert, Tedford, Rosalind, Kelley, Rebecca, Brown, Emily, Souza-Mort, Susan, Schiefer, Sandy, & O’Neill, Brittany. (2021, April). Breaking the mold: Taking Mis/Disinformation education on the road. ACRL 2021: Ascending into an Open Future, Virtual/Online.
Womack, Hubert. (2020, July). From Grumpy Cat to Baby Yoda: Using Memes in Teaching Mis/Disinformation. Triad Area Teaching Librarians Retreat (TATLR), Online. https://tinyurl.com/ycbpznta
Womack, Hubert, Brown, Stephanie, & Fountaine, Lara. (2019, December). Deep Dive Panel: News and Information Literacy. NCLINe-North Carolina Library Instruction Network, Raleigh NC. https://www.ncline.org/meeting
Foster, Amanda, Denlinger, Kyle, Krstevska, Summer, & Womack, Hubert. (2019, October). Watch this Space: Emerging Trends in Credit Bearing Information Literacy Courses. North Carolina Library Association 63rd Biennial Conference, October 2019, Winston Salem.
Denlinger, Kyle, Shields, Kathy, Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2019, October). #SquadGoals: Creating and Sustaining a Library Instruction Community. North Carolina Library Association 63rd Biennial Conference, October 2019, Winston Salem.
Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2019, October). Know when to hold ’em, Know when to fold ’em: Reinvigorating, reinventing (and occasionally relinquishing) library outreach programs. North Carolina Library Association 63rd Biennial Conference, October 2019, Winston Salem.
Rudd, Patrick, Ford, Dianne, Gambill, Joy, & Womack, Hubert. (2019, February). A World of Possibilities: Academic Library Partnerships for Intercultural Development. Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement (WISE) February 2019, Benton Convention Center-Winston Salem NC. https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/18/2019/06/FINAL-WISE-program-2019.pdf
Womack, Hubert. (2018, October). Writers’ Camp @ ZSR: Encouraging the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Young Writers. The Conference of Entrepreneurial Librarians, WInston Salem NC. https://entrelib.org/
Denlinger, Kyle, Shields, Kathy, Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2018, May). Not Missing the Point(s): Meaningful New Approaches to Assessment. The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), Radford, VA. https://theinnovativelibraryclassroom.weebly.com/
Womack, Hubert, Webb, Meghan, & Kaufman, Amanda. (2017, October). Writers in the Library. NCLA 62nd Biennial Conference, Winston Salem, NC. http://nclaonline.org/conferences/2017/program/sessions/writers-library
Womack, Hubert, & Siler, Vicki. (2017, October). Lightning Talk: Teaching a Tool for Organizing and Citing Sources: Models from Two Schools. NCLA 62nd Biennial Conference, Winston Salem, NC. http://nclaonline.org/conferences/2017/program/sessions/teaching-tool-organizing-and-citing-sources-models-two-schools
Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2017, October). Lightning Talk: Free Range Librarians: Bringing the Library to Unexpected Places. NCLA 62nd Biennial Conference, Winston Salem, NC. http://nclaonline.org/conferences/2017/program/sessions/free-range-librarians-bringing-library-unexpected-places
Womack, Hubert, Jeong, Sarah, & McMahan, Kaeley. (2017, October). Embedding Outside the Classroom: Three Academic Librarians in the Departments and Residence Halls. NCLA 62nd Biennial Conference, Winston Salem, NC. http://nclaonline.org/conferences/2017/program/sessions/embedding-outside-classroom-three-academic-librarians-departments-and
Dalton, Mary, Keener, Molly, & Womack, Hubert. (2017, March). Integrating Production and Critical Media Studies: From The Wire to Education and Popular Culture. Teachers, Teaching, and Media Conference, Wake Forest University. https://college.wfu.edu/ttmconf/
Womack, Hubert. (2016, August). Serving Diverse Populations: A Diversity, Inclusion, and Service Workshop Model for Library Student Assistant. National Diversity in Libraries Conference, Los Angeles CA.
Womack, Hubert, Lentz, Barbara, Still, Erica, & Buchanan, Christy. (2016, February). WFU Faculty Fellows: Embedding Faculty Without Living in the Halls. First-Year Experience Conference 2016, Orlando FL.
Buchanan, Christy, Womack, Hubert, & Still, Erica. (2016, February). The Uncommon Common Reading Project: Bringing Choice Around a Theme. First-Year Experience Conference 2016, Orlando FL.
Womack, Hubert. (2015, October). Flipping LIB210: The Flipped Classroom Model in Action. NCLA 61st Biennial Conference, Greensboro, NC.
Smith, Susan, Lock, Mary Beth, Webb, Meghan, & Womack, Hubert. (2015, October). A Library for the Whole Student: Creating a Multi-dimensional Culture of Health and Wellness at your Library. NCLA 61st Biennial Conference, Greensboro, NC.
Womack, Hubert. (2013, December). Lightning Talk: Incorporating Kindles into a Class for Social Science Majors. NC-LITe (Library Instruction and Instructional Technology) Winter Meeting, Wake Forest University.
Womack, Hubert, Smith, Susan, Consiglio, David, Vine, Scott, & Petruzzelli, Barbara. (2012, June). Reference Resurrected: Models for the 21st-Century College Library. American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA.
Smith, Susan, & Womack, Hubert. (2010, May). Preserving a County’s Past: Cross-Institutional Collaboration to Archive a Community’s History. LAUNC-CH Research Forum, Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC Chapel Hill.