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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

Library Faculty Technology Consultant, 2023—Present
OneIT, San Diego State University
ITS Library Digital Technologies Faculty Fellow, 2024—2026
Instructional Technology Services, San Diego State University

Grants

Enhancing Library Access for Humanities Research, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2026-2026, 12,200 USD
Common Experience Faculty Award, San Diego State University, Division of Undergraduate Studies, 2016-2017

Publications

Journal Articles

AI, acronyms, and the future of facets: Mnemonics as heuristic instructional tools for structuring GenAI prompts

Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2025, journal article

Using UX Testing to Optimize Discoverability of Non-traditional Resources

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2024, journal article

Digging in the mines: Mining course syllabi in search of the library

Keven Jeffery; Houk, K.M.; Nielsen, J.M.; Jenny Wong-Welch

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2017, journal article

Who moved my intranet? The human side of introducing collaborative technologies to library staff

Keven Jeffery; Dworak, E.

Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010, journal article

Wiki to the rescue: Creating a more dynamic intranet

Dworak, E.; Keven Jeffery

Library Hi Tech, 2009, journal article

Making generic tutorials content specific: Recycling Evidence-based Practice (EBP) tutorials for two disciplines

Keven Jeffery; Maggio, L.; Blanchard, M.

Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2009, journal article

Helping a dental school put the "e" in evidence-based dentistry

Maggio, L.A.; Keven Jeffery

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2008, journal article

Book Chapters

Using Proximity Beacons and the Physical Web to Promote Library Research and Instructional Services

Jordan Nielsen; Keven Jeffery

Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries: Innovative Services for Research and Learning, 2017, book chapter

Who moved my intranet? The human side of introducing collaborative technologies to library staff

Keven Jeffery; Dworak, E.

Designing and Developing Library Intranets, 2013, book chapter

Conference Talks

Prompting the Primo Search API for Pedagogical Purposes: Building an AI Discovery Assistant

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery

2026 ELUNA Annual Meeting , 2026, conference presentation

Succession planning for losing an all-star: A Moneyball approach

Nerissa Lindsey; Brian Moore; Keven Jeffery

Ex Libris User Group of North America Annual Conference, 2026, conference presentation

From Questions to Queries: Using AI to surface metadata in library search

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery

CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group Conference, 2026, conference paper

From principles to practice: Developing artificial intelligence applications for discovery in the academic library space

Hartman, M; Lucy Campbell; Kohn, T; Napoleone, M; Keven Jeffery

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), 2025, conference paper

ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers

Keven Jeffery; Jason Coleman

Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference, 2025, conference presentation

Lowering the stakes: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators.

Connor Franklin Rey; Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery

16th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries Conference Proceedings, 2025, conference paper

Qualitative Research Made Easy: Implementing the Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl in Your Library.

Connor Franklin Rey; Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery

17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, 2025, conference paper

From natural language to Boolean bliss: Empowering students to become expert searchers

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery

2025 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference, 2025, conference paper

Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment

Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery

American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division (AAAS-PD) Conference, 2024, conference paper

Pipelines and Bridges to Discovery.

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery

ELUNA Annual Meeting, 2024, conference paper

Exporting Reading Lists with Primo Favorites API

Keven Jeffery

Ex Libris Users of North America 2023 Developers Day+, 2023, conference paper

Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results

Kate Holvoet; Keven Jeffery; Rebecca Nowicki

ALA Virtual Conference, 2020, conference presentation

The ROI of Sustaining an Academic Library Makerspace.

Jenny Wong-Welch; Keven Jeffery

Coalition for Networked information, San Diego, CA., 2018, conference paper

Talk to the Phone (Because the Human is Overwhelmed).

Thomas Dowling; Keven Jeffery

LITA Forum, Minneapolis, MN, 2018, conference paper

Sensors In the Stacks: The Internet of Things and Libraries.

Jordan Nielsen; Keven Jeffery

2017, conference paper

We Solemnly Swear that We Are Up to No Good: Pop Culture Marketing in the Library.

Keven Jeffery; Jordan Nielsen

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA., 2017, conference paper

Creating and Sustaining a Digital Syllabus Collection: A Collaborative Approach for Librarians and Academic Units

Keven Jeffery; Katherine Houk; Jenny Wong-Welch; Jordan Nielsen

University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium, 2015, conference paper

Conference Posters

Prompting the Robot: Testing Heuristic Acronyms for Successful AI Faceted Searching.

Lucy Campbell; Keven Jeffery; Rebecca Nowicki

2024 American Library Annual Conference, 2024, conference poster

Automating librarian profile pages with Active Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Keven Jeffery

American Library Association Annual, 2023, conference poster

Digging Into User Search Queries: Leading Towards Evidence Based Information Literacy Instruction.

Greta Heng; Ashley Wilson; Keven Jeffery

American Library Association Annual Conference, 2022, conference poster

Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results.

Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery

2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, 2020, conference poster

Implementing Proximity Beacons at an Academic Library

Keven Jeffery; Jordan Nielsen

Code4Lib Conference, 2017, conference poster

The Master Builders of an Academic Library Makerspace.

Jenny Wong-Welch; Keven Jeffery

New Media Consortium Summer Conference, Rochester, NY., 2016, conference poster

The Communication Super Friends: Powering Communication, Strengthening Engagement, and Defeating Unawareness in an Academic Library.

Laurel Bliss; Alex Herbias; Keven Jeffery; Jordan Nielsen; Gloria Rhodes; Jessica Santos

American Library Association, Orlando, FL., 2016, conference poster

Replacing the Tour Guide With a Cell Phone: A Comparison of a Guided and a Self-Guided Library Tour

Keven Jeffery; Zoe Jarocki; Carolyn Baber

American Library Association, San Francisco, CA, 2015, conference poster

Texting call numbers from the catalog: A look at a semester of use at the SDSU library

Keven Jeffery; Brian Moore

Library Information Technology Association, Atlanta, GA., 2010, conference poster

SDSU Research Cloud: A visual representation, displayed in real-time, of research performed at San Diego State University

Keven Jeffery; Kyle Murley

Library & Information Technology Association, Salt Lake City, UT, 2009, conference poster

Organizing electronic resources with a database-driven website

Harzbecker, J; Keven Jeffery; Maggio, L; Flynn, D; Blanchard, M

Medical Library Association, Philadelphia, PA., 2007, conference poster

Other

Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment

Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Connor Franklin Rey; Keven Jeffery; Rebecca Nowicki

University of San Diego, 2025, public speech

EBM Tutorial 2: Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Out of Print)

Keven Jeffery; Maggio, L; Blanchard, M; Wiecha, J

MedEdPORTAL, 2008, online resource

EBM Tutorial 1: Formulating a Clinical Question (Out of Print)

Maggio, L; Keven Jeffery; Blanchard, M; Wiecha, J

MedEdPORTAL, 2007, online resource

Keven Jeffery (he/him)

Digital Initiatives Librarian, Head of Library Digital Initiatives