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Biography

Keven Jeffery is a tenured faculty member at San Diego State University, where he holds the rank of Librarian. His responsibilities include investigating and implementing emerging digital technologies and applications for the University Library. Keven has presented internationally and has authored articles that have been published in journals such as the Journal of the Medical Library Association, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Library Hi Tech, the Journal of Web Librarianship, and Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. Keven recently co-chaired the committee responsible for the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers.

Curriculum vitae

Professional History

Digital Technologies Librarian, 2007—Present
University Library, San Diego State University
Information Services Librarian & Web Coordinator, 2004—2007
Alumni Medical Library, Boston University Medical Campus
Mental Health Information Network Project Librarian, 2002—2004
Alumni Medical Library, Boston University Medical Campus
Web Producer , 2001—2002
Financial Websites, Globe and Mail Inc

Education

Master of Library & Information Science, Western University, 2001
BA (Honors) Anthropology, Western University, 1999

Service

Chair, Committee on Committees & Elections (Core Committee), 2025—Present
University Senate, San Diego State University
Co-Chair, ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force, 2024—2025, Association of College and Research Libraries
Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee (Core Committee), 2023—2025
University Senate, San Diego State University

Invited Positions

ITS Library Digital Technologies Faculty Fellow, 2024—Present
Instructional Technology Services, San Diego State University
Library Faculty Technology Consultant, 2023—Present
OneIT, San Diego State University

Grants

Enhancing Library Access for Humanities Research, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2026-2026, 12,200 USD

Journal Articles

Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki & Keven Jeffery (2025). AI, acronyms, and the future of facets: Mnemonics as heuristic instructional tools for structuring GenAI prompts, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries [journal-article]
Lucy Campbell & Keven Jeffery (2024). Using UX Testing to Optimize Discoverability of Non-traditional Resources , Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 10.18438/eblip30594 [journal-article]
Jeffery, K., Houk, K.M, Nielsen, J.M & Wong-Welch, J.M. (2017). Digging in the mines: Mining course syllabi in search of the library, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 2-s2.0-85015209396 [journal-article]
Jeffery, K. & Dworak, E. (2010). Who moved my intranet? The human side of introducing collaborative technologies to library staff, Journal of Web Librarianship. 10.1080/19322909.2010.500848. 2-s2.0-77956233479 [journal-article]
Jeffery, K., Maggio, L & Blanchard, M (2009). Making generic tutorials content specific: Recycling Evidence-based Practice (EBP) tutorials for two disciplines, Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 10.1080/02763860802615872. 2-s2.0-61449129769 [journal-article]
Dworak, E. & Jeffery, K. (2009). Wiki to the rescue: Creating a more dynamic intranet, Library Hi Tech. 10.1108/07378830910988531. 2-s2.0-70350327195 [journal-article]
Maggio, L & Jeffery, K. (2008). Helping a dental school put the "e" in evidence-based dentistry, Journal of the Medical Library Association. 10.3163/1536-5050.96.2.152. 2-s2.0-41949099020 [journal-article]

Books & Chapters

Jordan Nielsen & Keven Jeffery (2017). Using Proximity Beacons and the Physical Web to Promote Library Research and Instructional Services, Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries: Innovative Services for Research and Learning [book-chapter]
Jeffery, K. & Dworak, E. (2013). Who moved my intranet? The human side of introducing collaborative technologies to library staff, Designing and Developing Library Intranets. 10.4324/9780203722244. 2-s2.0-84919523057 [book-chapter]

Conference Presentations

Keven Jeffery & Jason Coleman (2025). ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers, Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell, Katherine G. Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2025). Lowering the stakes: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators, LibPMC 2025 [conference-paper]
Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki, Katherine G. Holvoet, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2025). Qualitative Research Made Easy: Implementing the Pub(lic Opinion) Crawl, 17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2025) [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell & Keven Jeffery (2025). From natural language to Boolean bliss: Empowering students to become expert searchers, 2025 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell, Hartman, M, Kohn, T, Napoleone, M & Keven Jeffery (2025). From principles to practice: Developing artificial intelligence applications for discovery in the academic library space, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell & Keven Jeffery (2024). Pipelines and Bridges to Discovery, ELUNA Annual Meeting [conference-paper]
Lucy Campbell, Katherine G. Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2024). Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment, American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Library Symposium 2024 [conference-presentation]
Keven Jeffery (2023). Exporting Reading Lists with Primo Favorites API, Ex Libris Users of North America 2023 Developers Day+ [conference-paper]
Jenny Wong-Welch & Keven Jeffery (2018). The ROI of Sustaining an Academic Library Makerspace., Coalition for Networked information, San Diego, CA. [conference-paper]
Thomas Dowling & Keven Jeffery (2018). Talk to the Phone (Because the Human is Overwhelmed)., LITA Forum, Minneapolis, MN [conference-paper]
Jordan Nielsen & Keven Jeffery (2017). Sensors In the Stacks: The Internet of Things and Libraries. [conference-paper]
Keven Jeffery & Jordan Nielsen (2017). We Solemnly Swear that We Are Up to No Good: Pop Culture Marketing in the Library., Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA. [conference-paper]
Keven Jeffery, Katherine Houk, Jenny Wong-Welch & Jordan Nielsen (2015). Creating and Sustaining a Digital Syllabus Collection: A Collaborative Approach for Librarians and Academic Units, University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium [conference-paper]

Conference Posters

Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki & Keven Jeffery (2024). Prompting the Robot: Testing Heuristic Acronyms for Successful AI Faceted Searching, American Library Association Annual Conference 2024 [conference-poster]
Keven Jeffery (2023). Automating librarian profile pages with Active Programming Interfaces (APIs) , American Library Association Annual [conference-poster]
Greta Heng, Ashley Wilson & Keven Jeffery (2022). Digging Into User Search Queries: Leading Towards Evidence Based Information Literacy Instruction., American Library Association Annual Conference [conference-poster]
Rebecca Nowicki, Katherine G. Holvoet & Keven Jeffery (2020). Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results., American Library Association Annual Conference [conference-poster]
Keven Jeffery & Jordan Nielsen (2017). Implementing Proximity Beacons at an Academic Library, Code4Lib Conference [conference-poster]
Laurel Bliss, Alex Herbias, Keven Jeffery, Jordan Nielsen, Gloria Rhodes et al. (2016). The Communication Super Friends: Powering Communication, Strengthening Engagement, and Defeating Unawareness in an Academic Library., American Library Association, Orlando, FL. [conference-poster]
Jenny Wong-Welch & Keven Jeffery (2016). The Master Builders of an Academic Library Makerspace., New Media Consortium, Rochester, NY. [conference-poster]
Keven Jeffery, Zoe Jarocki & Carolyn Baber (2015). Replacing the Tour Guide With a Cell Phone: A Comparison of a Guided and a Self-Guided Library Tour, American Library Association, San Francisco, CA [conference-poster]
Keven Jeffery & Brian Moore (2010). Texting call numbers from the catalog: A look at a semester of use at the SDSU library, Library Information Technology Association, Atlanta, GA. [conference-poster]
Keven Jeffery & Kyle Murley (2009). SDSU Research Cloud: A visual representation, displayed in real-time, of research performed at San Diego State University, Library & Information Technology Association, Salt Lake City, UT [conference-poster]
Harzbecker, J, Keven Jeffery, Maggio, L, Flynn, D & Blanchard, M (2007). Organizing electronic resources with a database-driven website, Medical Library Association, Philadelphia, PA. [conference-poster]

Other Works

Keven Jeffery, Maggio, L, Blanchard, M & Wiecha, J (2008). EBM Tutorial 2: Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Out of Print), MedEdPORTAL [online-resource]
Maggio, L, Keven Jeffery, Blanchard, M & Wiecha, J (2007). EBM Tutorial 1: Formulating a Clinical Question (Out of Print), MedEdPORTAL [online-resource]

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