Rosalind Tedford

Rosalind’s subject areas include: History; Humanities; American History; English Literature; Politics; Psychology; World History; World Languages & Literature; African American Studies; Law; Medieval & Early Modern Studies
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Rosalind has her BA (Psychology/English) and her MA (English) from Wake Forest University and her MLIS from UNC-Greensboro. She has been a full-time staff member at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library since 1994 and currently serves as the Director for Research, Instruction, and Outreach Services. In addition to managing the research and instruction programs at Wake Forest she teaches for-credit information literacy courses and is the liaison to the Politics and International Affairs and English departments.
Publications
Tedford, R., Womack, H., Kaufman, A., & Webb, M. (2025). Working Across Disciplines: Faculty Workshops on Information Literacy. In A. Dye-Reeves & E. Watson (Eds.), How to Work with Academic Faculty: Partnerships, Collaborations, and Services in the Academic Library. Association of College & Research Libraries.
Tedford, Rosalind, Gambill, Joy, Kaufman, Amanda, & Ellis, Elizabeth. (2023). 20 years of credit-bearing courses: Reflections, takeaways, and next steps. College and Research Libraries News, 84(10), 369-372. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26112/34034
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.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2017). Expert, Guide, Cheerleader, Coach, Fake News Combatant: The Many Hats of Academic Research Librarians in Supporting Students. Against the Grain, 29(5), 14-15. http://www.against-the-grain.com/
Tedford, Rosalind. (2016). Marketing and Promotion of Reference Services in Linda Smith and Melissa Wong, eds. Reference and Information Services 5th Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2016. Reference and Information Services 5th Edition. Libraries Unlimited, (5th), 281-305.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2015). Never Waste a Good Crisis, Leadership is not Supervision and More Lessons from the Career of a Reluctant Leader. Crucible Moments: Inspiring Library Leadership. Mission Bell Media: Santa Barbara, CA.
Tedford, Rosalind, Corbett, Lauren, & Lock, Mary Beth. (2013). “How Transformational Leadership Translates into Recognized Excellence in Academic Libraries”. Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries. Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Woodhead Publishing: Cambridge. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843347026
Tedford, Rosalind, & Pressley, Lauren. (2010). Administrative Support for Librarians Teaching For-Credit Information Literacy. Best Practices for Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses. Association of College and Research Libraries: Chicago, IL. https://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3222
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
Tedford, Rosalind. (2019). Review of “Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies”. Technical Services Quarterly, 36(4), 427-428.
Presentations
Tedford, Rosalind. (2023, November). From zombie citations to research revolutions: How AI/ChatGPT is changing what we do in libraries. Charleston Conference, Virtual.
Tedford, Rosalind (2023, October) Surviving to Thriving: Cultivating Healthy Workplace Environments panel discussion. North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference. Winston Salem, NC.
Kaufman, Amanda, Womack, Hubert, Webb, Meghan, & Tedford, Rosalind. (2023, October). Planting Seeds for Future Growth: Cultivating Campus Information Literacy through Faculty Workshops. North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, 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/
Tedford, Rosalind. (August, 2022) Technology & Ethics: Practicing & Teaching Technoethics panel presentation. Critical Thinking Bootcamp, Online with SAGE Publications
Tedford, Rosalind. (August, 2022). Why Algorithms Matter: Algorithm Literacy for Search, Research, & Bias Awareness panel presentation. Critical Thinking Bootcamp, Online with SAGE Publications
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.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2020). Misinformation, Disinformation, and COVID-19. Critical Thinking Bootcamp, Online with SAGE Publications.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2020, May). A New Approach to Info Lit (Episodes 122, 124, 126 and 128). Authority File Podcast, Online. https://www.choice360.org/podcasts/episode-122/
Tedford, Rosalind. (2019, November). From fakes to facts: How librarians can foster critical thinking among all students. Charleston Conference 2019, Charleston, SC.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2018, November). Thriving (or just surviving) as a liaison librarian: a lively discussion of our evolving roles, opportunities, and challenges. Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC.
Tedford, Rosalind (2017 March) Charting a New Course: New Horizons in For-credit Information Literacy Instruction in the Disciplines panel presentation. Association of College and Research Libraries Biennial Conference. Baltimore, MD.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2017, November). Keeping Pace with Research Patrons’ Practices: A Discussion on Faculty and Student Needs in 2017. Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC. https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/
Tedford, Rosalind (2016). Climbing Capitol Hill: The Basics of Congressional Research. North Carolina Library Association Government Resources Roundtable. Virtual.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2015, July). The Many Hats of Academic Librarians. SAGE/CQ Press Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA. https://www.slideshare.net/roztedford/the-many-hats-of-academic-librarians
Tedford, Rosalind. (2014, June). Future of Discovery: Analytics, Meet Instruction. American Library Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2013, October). “New Research Shows” – or does it? Using Junk Science in Information Literacy Instruction. North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, Winston-Salem, NC. https://www.slideshare.net/roztedford/ncla2013-junk-science
Tedford, Rosalind. (2013, August). Climbing Capitol Hill: The Basics of Congressional Research. Help! I’m an Accidental Government Librarian, Online.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2013, January). Letting Summon Happen at Wake Forest. ALA Midwinter Conference, Seattle, WA.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2012, June). Junk Science: Encouraging Critical Thinking in a Communication Research Methods Class. American Library Association National Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2011, May). How to Build it So They Will Come: Implementing a Successful For-Credit Information Literacy Program. Librarians Association of Chapel Hill Research Forum, Chapel Hill, NC.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2011, March). QR Codes in Academic Libraries: Searching for the Tipping Point. Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Tedford, Rosalind, & Keener, Molly. (2010, June). Take Five: Using Documentary Film in Information Literacy Instruction. Metrolina Library Association 5th Annual Information Literacy Conference, Johnson & Wales University; Charlotte, NC.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2009, July). REVIEW OF WEB GUIDE SOFTWARE FOR LIBRARIES. American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Tedford, Rosalind. (2009, March). Google Docs: Collaboration Made Easy. Association of College and Reserach Libraries Biennial Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Professional Committees & Offices Held
Editorial Board, Communications in Information Literacy (2020-present)
Peer Reviewer, Communications in Information Literacy (2015-present)
ACRL Politics, Policy, and International Relations, Past Chair. (2014-2015).
ACRL Politics, Policy, and International Relations, Chair. (2012-2014).
ACRL Politics, Policy, and International Relations, Vice-Chair. (2011-2012).
Praeger Library Advisory Board for US Politics and Government, Member. (2014-2018).
SAGE/CQ Press Academic Library Advisory Board, Member. (2012-2020).
ABC-CLIO Library Advisory Board for American Government and Political Science, Member. (2-11-2016).
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