Publications

Cairns, Virginia L. “Rate that source”. (in press) The Critical Thinking About Sources Cookbook. ed Sarah Morris. Chicago: ACRL Publications, 2018.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Natalie Haber and Lane Wilkinson. “Modular Design, Consistent Pedagogy and Curriculum a la Carte”. in Creative Instructional Design: Practical Applications for Librarians. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries Press, 2017. pp 41-53.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Theresa Liedtka. “Facilities for the Director: Communication and Process”. in So You Want to Be a Library Director. Chicago: ALA – Neal Schuman Press, 2017.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Lane Wilkinson. “Life Beyond the One-Shot: Librarians Teaching a For-Credit Course”, Tennessee Libraries, V. 60, No. 3, October, 2010.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Caitlin Shanley, “Help Me I’m Drowning: Implementing LibraryH3lp at UTC”, Tennessee Libraries, V. 60, No. 3, October, 2010.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Toni Carter Dean. “Creating a Library Orientation for the iPod Generation”. Tennessee Libraries, V. 59, No. 2-3, October 2009.

Cairns, Virginia L and Valarie Adams and Theresa Liedtka. “Studentopia: build the students what they want”. Tennessee Libraries, V. 59, No. 2-3, October 2009.

Cairns, Virginia L. “The Coffee Can Appetizer, or What is a Database?” The Information Literacy Cookbook, Ed. Ryan L. Sittler and Douglas Cook. Chicago: ACRL Publications, 2009. pp. 36-37.

Cairns, Virginia L. “Recognizing Opportunities to Advance Your Career”, InfoCareer Trends: The LISJobs.com Career Development Newsletter, V. 10, No. 3, May 2009.

Cairns, Virginia L. and Toni Carter Dean. “Library iTour: Introducing the iPod generation to the academic library”. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Instructional Technology Conference, Spring 2009.

Cairns, Virginia L. “Email is SO 5 minutes ago”, Tennessee Libraries, V. 57, No.1, June 2007.

Cairns, Virginia L. “Demonstrating your worth to administration”, Tennessee Libraries, V.56, No.2, June, 2006.