Guides: Kelly Safin: Librarian

Selected Presentations

Jamming Together: Composing Jazzy Information Literacy Sessions with Your Librarian
Safin, K. and Kiner, R. (2025) Jamming Together: Composing Jazzy Information Literacy Sessions with Your Librarian. In: National Organization for Student Success 49th Annual Conference, New Orleans.
Teams Spirit: Making the Most of the Communication Tool
Kiner, Renee and Safin, Kelly (2024) Teams Spirit: Making the Most of the Communication Tool. In: WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2024 Conference, Slippery Rock University.
ACRL 2023 Roundtable
Anderson, Melissa and Andrews, Linda and Busch, Heidi and Cononie, Virginia and Kantor, Sarah and Kocevar-Weidinger, Elizabeth and Morley, Juliana and Safin, Kelly. (2023)
Reference Services: Connecting Interactions to the ACRL Framework. Association of College and Research Libraries conference, Pittsburgh.
RUSA Virtual Forum 2023
Research Help in Academic Libraries Committee. (2023) Framing Our Work: Mapping Threshold Concepts to the Reference Interview. Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Virtual Forum, online.

LOEX 2022
Kiner, Renee and Safin, Kelly (2022, May) Continuous Improvement and Respect for People: Lessons Learned and Implemented from Studying the Toyota Production System's Principles. LOEX 2022 Conference, Ypsilanti, MI.
RUSA Virtual Forum
Kiner, Renee and Safin, Kelly. (2022, March). Through a Pandemic and Beyond: Still Reaching First-Year Students Wherever They Are. Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Virtual Forum, online.
Connecting: Student Engagement Despite COVID-19
Safin, Kelly & Kiner, Renee (2022, February). REACHing Together: Supporting Students and Ourselves in Uncertain Times. Connecting: Student Engagement Despite Covid-19, online.
RUSA First Year Experience Interest Group - ALA Annual Conference
Safin, Kelly and Kiner, Renee. (2021, June). Through a Pandemic and Beyond: Reaching First-Year Students Wherever They Are. Reference and User Services Association First Year Experience Interest Group - ALA Annual Conference. online.
40th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
Baldwin, C., Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2021). Flip, Don’t Flop: Librarians Provide Effective Hybrid Learning Experiences. 40th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, online. 45-minute presentation.
Connecting: Student Engagement Despite COVID-19
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2021, February). In the Zoom Where it Happens: Moving Information Literacy Instruction Online. Connecting: Student Engagement Despite Covid-19, online. 30-minute presentation.

39th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
Kelley, A., Kiner, R., Kupas, D., Poljak, L., & Safin, K. (2020, February). Supporting curricular and co-curricular needs at the campus library. 39th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Washington, DC. 60-minute presentation.
Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) 2019 Annual Conference
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2019, October). Spotlight on Second Careers as Academic Librarians. Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, Erie, PA. Poster session
WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2019 Conference
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2019, June). Please Read the Comments: Switching to Online Student Feedback. WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2019 Conference, Washington, PA. Ten-minute presentation.
WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2018 Conference
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2018, May). Display fails and favorites. WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2018 Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 60-minute presentation and discussion.
ACRL 2017 Contributed Paper
Folk, A.L., Safin, K., & Williford, A.M. (2017, March). ‘Let me learn’ or ‘just the answer’? Research consultations and Dweck’s theories of intelligence. Association of College & Research Libraries 2017 Conference, Baltimore, MD. Contributed paper presentation.
WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2016 Conference
Williford, A.M., Kiner, R., Bradish, K. & Folk, A. (2016, June). It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Planning That Will Go the Distance at Your Library. WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2016 Meeting, Greensburg, PA. 15-minute presentation.
Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) 2015 Annual Conference
Folk, A., Williford, A.M., Bradish, K., & Miller, A. (2015, October). Dynamic duo: Reference and instruction are better together. Pennsylvania Library Association 2015 Annual Conference, State College, PA. 75-minute presentation.
WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2015 Conference
Bradish, K., Miller, A., Williford, A.M., & Folk, A. (2015, June). #Trendy or #Targeted? Developing Your Outreach Plan. WPWVC/ACRL Spring 2015 Meeting, Clarion, PA. 45-minute presentation.

Squad Goals: Best Practices for Research & Writing Communities
Dufour, C., Kiner, R., Safin, K. (2025). Squad goals: Best practices for research & writing communities. In P.C. Campbell and S. Nagle (Eds.), Librarians as researchers : Developing our scholarly identities. Bloomsbury.
QR Codes in Instruction and Outreach
Safin, K. and Sterner, E. (2024) QR Codes in Instruction and Outreach. Winter 2024 Tips and Trends. Instruction Section, Association of College and Research Libraries.
Evidence-Based Recommendations for Library Writing Groups
Johnson, C., Dufour, C. Kiner, R., Safin, K. Ross, S. Gulya, A. and Collister, L. (2023) Evidence-Based Recommendations for Library Writing Groups. Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 11 (1). 4 - 21.
Supporting Library Instruction with Learning Tools Interoperability
Safin, K. (2023) Supporting library instruction with Learning Tools Interoperability. Spring 2023 Tips and Trends. Instruction Section, Association of College and Research Libraries.
Transitioning to Academic Librarianship from Outside the Profession
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2023). Transitioning to academic librarianship from outside the profession. Journal of New Librarianship, 8 (1). 128-132.
It's Academic! blog posts
Posts for the Pennsylvania Library Association's College & Research Division Blog

Continuous Improvement and Respect for People: Lessons Learned & Implemented from Studying the Toyota Production System's Principles
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2022). Continuous improvement and respect for people: Lessons learned & implemented from studying the Toyota Production System's principles. LOEX Conference Proceedings. 7.
Campus Engagement: Faculty Recognition and the Library's Role
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2020). Campus engagement: Faculty recognition and the library's role. Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, 1(1), 1-5.
Reassessing Assessment
Kiner, R. & Safin, K. (2020). Reassessing assessment: Simplifying one-shot feedback. ACRL Instruction Section Newsletter, 37(1), 4.
The Value of Reference: Teaching Assessment Strategies
Bradish, K. (2016). [Book chapter]. The value of reference: Teaching assessment strategies. In L.A. Ellis (Ed.), Teaching reference today: New directions, novel approaches. (pp. 181-192). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Professional Activities

Member of:

American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries
- Instruction Section Website Editor, 2024-2027
- Instruction Section Instructional Technologies Committee
  - Chair, 2023-2024
  - Vice-Chair, 2022-2023
  - Secretary, 2021-2022
- Distance and Online Learning Section Web Committee, 2021-2025
Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Chapter of ACRL
- Communications Committee
- Website Administrator
Pennsylvania Library Association
Reference and User Services Association, 2020-2023
- Reference Services Section, Research Help in Academic Libraries Committee

University Service

University of Pittsburgh Library System
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

ULS Faculty Assembly

President, 2024-2025
Chair, Guidelines Revision Committee and Ad Hoc Committee, 2023-2025
Vice-President/President Elect, 2023-2024
Chair, Bylaws, Procedures and Elections Committee, 2016-2021
Member, Bylaws, Procedures and Elections Committee, 2015 and 2022-23

ULS Committees

Member, ULS LibGuides Review Team, 2017-present
Member, ULS Teaching and Learning Committee, 2021-present
Member, ULS Website Redesign Committee, 2019-2020
Member, ULS Workshops, Instruction, Consultation, and Co-Curricular Support (WICCS) Working Group, 2020
Co-chair, ULS Reference Specialist Track, 2015-2016

Secretary/Treasurer, Pitt-Greensburg Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2022-present

Pitt-Greensburg Faculty Senate Instructional Technology, Library, & Facilities Committee, 2025-2026

Member, Pitt-Greensburg Community for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT), 2015-present

University of Pittsburgh Library System

Course & Subject Guides

Kelly Safin

Education

Selected Presentations

Selected Publications

Professional Activities

University Service