Keven Jeffery (he/him)
Digital Technologies Librarian
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Academic Rank: Librarian; Tenured
(619) 594-3405
kjeffery@sdsu.edu
Office: Love Library 221
University Library,
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive,
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
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. He is a University Senator and serves as the chair of the Senate Faculty Affairs Committee. Keven has presented at national conferences 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.
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
Select Professional Activities
- Lucy Campbell, Keven M. Jeffery & Rebecca Nowicki (2025). AI, acronyms, and the future of facets, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Lucy Campbell & Keven M. Jeffery (2024). Using UX Testing to Optimize Discoverability of Non-traditional Resources , Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 10.18438/eblip30594 [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki & Keven M. Jeffery (2024). Prompting the Robot: Testing Heuristic Acronyms for Successful AI Faceted Searching, American Library Association Annual Conference 2024 [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Lucy Campbell & Keven M. Jeffery (2024). Pipelines and Bridges to Discovery, ELUNA Annual Meeting [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Kate Holvoet, Lucy Campbell, Keven M. Jeffery & Rebecca Nowicki (2024). Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment, American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Library Symposium 2024 [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Keven M. Jeffery (2023). Automating librarian profile pages with Active Programming Interfaces (APIs) , American Library Association Annual [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Keven M. Jeffery (2023). Exporting Reading Lists with Primo Favorites API, Ex Libris Users of North America 2023 Developers Day+ [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Greta Heng, Ashley Wilson & Keven M. Jeffery (2022). Digging Into User Search Queries: Leading Towards Evidence Based Information Literacy Instruction., American Library Association Annual Conference [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Kate Holvoet, Keven M. Jeffery & Rebecca Nowicki (2020). Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results., American Library Association Annual Conference [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Jenny Wong-Welch & Keven M. Jeffery (2018). The ROI of Sustaining an Academic Library Makerspace., Coalition for Networked information, San Diego, CA. [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Thomas Dowling & Keven M. Jeffery (2018). Talk to the Phone (Because the Human is Overwhelmed)., LITA Forum, Minneapolis, MN [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Jordan Nielsen & Keven M. Jeffery (2017). Sensors In the Stacks: The Internet of Things and Libraries., [CONFERENCE PAPER]
- Keven M. 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]
- Jeffery, K.M., 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]
- Keven M. Jeffery & Jordan Nielsen (2017). Implementing Proximity Beacons at an Academic Library, Code4Lib Conference [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Jordan Nielsen & Keven M. 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]
- Laurel Bliss, Alex Herbias, Keven M. Jeffery, Jordan Nielsen, Gloria Rhodes & Jessica Santos (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 M. Jeffery (2016). The Master Builders of an Academic Library Makerspace., New Media Consortium, Rochester, NY. [CONFERENCE POSTER]
- Keven M. 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]
- Keven M. 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]
- 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 [BOOK]
- Keven M. 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]
- 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 [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Keven M. 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]
- Jeffery, K.M., 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 [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Dworak, E. & Jeffery, K. (2009). Wiki to the rescue: Creating a more dynamic intranet, Library Hi Tech. 10.1108/07378830910988531 [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Keven M. Jeffery, Maggio, L, Blanchard, M & Wiecha, J (2008). EBM Tutorial: Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Out of Print), MedEdPORTAL [ONLINE RESOURCE]
- Maggio, L.A. & Jeffery, K.M. (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 [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Maggio, L, Keven M. Jeffery, Blanchard, M & Wiecha, J (2007). EBM Tutorial: Formulating a Clinical Question (Out of Print), MedEdPORTAL [ONLINE RESOURCE]
- Harzbecker, J, Keven M. Jeffery, Maggio, L, Flynn, D & Blanchard, M (2007). Organizing electronic resources with a database-driven website, Medical Library Association, Philadelphia, PA. [CONFERENCE POSTER]
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