Roberto Arteaga

Assistant Professor & Instruction and Reference Librarian

he/him

Roberto Arteaga at PLU

Phone: 253-535-7505

Email: rarteaga@plu.edu

Office Location: Mortvedt Library - 100

Status:Working Hybrid

Website: https://plu.libcal.com/appointments/rarteaga

Blog: https://guides.library.plu.edu/blog/

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • MA, Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, 2014
  • BA, Economics & Management, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2009

Books

  • Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project (Maize Books 2021) : View Book
  • The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Chapters Chapters Visions of the Possible: A Critical Pedagogical Praxis for Information Literacy Instruction. (ACRL 2019)
  • Improving Library Services in Support of International Students and English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners. Chapters Chapters Welcome to Your Library: How an Orientation Can Set Up International Students for Academic Success. (ACRL 2019)

Selected Presentations

  • Critical Library and Pedagogy Symposium, Do I Have to Have a Librarian Come to my Class? Power imbalances and power moves in library instruction., University of Arizona (09/2020)
  • Critical Library and Pedagogy Symposium, Design Thinking in an Hour? Or, Design Thinking: A Cautionary Tale., University of Arizona (11/2018)
  • LOEX, Charting the Library Firmament: Transforming Teaching to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences for Students., Lexington, KY (05/2017)

Biography

Roberto is an Instruction and Reference Librarian at Pacific Lutheran University. His research interests include critical information literacy, instructional design, and e-learning. Off work, he listens to a lot of music and tries to find time to play video games, watch anime, and read.