Matthew Weirick Johnson

Matthew Weirick Johnson, MSLS is the Director of Research & Instruction at the University of South Florida Libraries and a PhD student in Educational Measurement and Evaluation also at USF. You can also download a PDF of my CV.

Education

  • Ph.D. Measurement & Evaluation exp. 2027
    • University of South Florida
  • M.S. Library Science 2018
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Master’s Paper: “Not playing that game”: An exploratory study of queer men’s health information behavior on location-aware dating and sex-seeking mobile applications
    • Certificates: Interdisciplinary Health Communication, Interdisciplinary Health Disparities, SILS Diversity Advocate
  • B.A. English 2016
    • Virginia Tech

Academic Positions

  • Associate Librarian & Director, University of South Florida 2023 – Present
    • Director of Research & Instruction, Tampa campus
  • Associate Librarian, UCLA, 2019 – 2023
    • Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian, 2019-2023
    • Lead for Teaching & Learning, 2020-2023
    • Humanities & Social Sciences Lead for Research Services, 2020-2022

Publications

A complete list of publications with available open access options can be found on my Research page.

Edited Books

  • Training Library Instructors, Vol 1: A Guide to Training Graduate Students
    Matthew Weirick Johnson (Ed.). ACRL.
  • Training Library Instructors, Vol 2: A Guide to Training Librarians
    Matthew Weirick Johnson (Ed.). ACRL.

Peer-reviewed Articles

2024

  • Use of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory among US academic librarians: Examining construct validity through factor structure and model fit
    Matthew Weirick Johnson. The Journal of Academic Librarianship.
  • Academic instruction librarians' feelings of job control: Quantitative analysis of responses to a job control inventory
    Matthew Weirick Johnson. The Journal of Academic Librarianship.
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2023

  • The limits of inclusion in open access: Accessible access, universal design, and open educational resources
    Matthew Weirick Johnson, Salma Abumeeiz. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.
  • Job control and its impacts on burnout in academic instruction librarians
    Matthew Weirick Johnson. Journal of Library Administration.
  • Collaborative research services: A peer-led cohort approach
    Matthew Weirick Johnson, Estéfani Bowline, Diana Leigh King, Antonia Osuna-Garcia, Sylvia Page, Alohie Tadesse, Maggie Tarmey, Matthew Vest. Reference Services Review.
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2021

  • The Community Workshop Series: A case study for community-engaged learning in LIS
    Matthew Weirick Johnson, Meggie Lasher. Library Trends.
  • Collaborative digital projects in the undergraduate humanities classroom: Case studies with TimelineJS
    Spencer D. C. Keralis, Courtney E. Jacobs, Matthew Weirick Johnson. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy.
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Book Chapters

  • Library instruction training and the MLIS: A review of the literature
    2024. Matthew Weirick Johnson.
    In M. W. Johnson (Ed.) Training Library Instructors, Vol 1: A Guide to Training Graduate Students.
  • Everyday evidence to assess teaching and learning: A programmatic assessment of library instruction
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Michelle Brasseur, Monica Hagan, Diane Mizrachi, Jimmy Zavala.
    In C. W. Wiley, A. B. Click & M. Houlihan (Eds.) Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Reflections.
  • Transforming our identities as learners and instructors: A library instruction training program
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Michelle Brasseur, Alexandra Solodkaya, Hannah Sutherland.
    In A. N. Hess (Ed.) Instructional Identities and Information Literacy (Vol 2): Transforming Our Programs, Institutions, and Profession.
  • Promoting critical reading through learner-centered design: WI+RE’s approach to open online learning
    2023. Salma Abumeeiz, Christopher Lopez, Matthew Weirick Johnson, Kian Ravaei, Renee Romero, Hannah Sutherland, Doug Worsham.
    In H. G. Rempel & R. Hamelers (Eds.) Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians, Volume 2.
  • Writing and Research Training Program: A UCLA campus partnership to support BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and disabled student researchers
    2023. Akua Agyen, Jason Araújo, Matthew Weirick Johnson, Simon Lee, Ashley Newby, Renee Romero, Laurel Westrup.
    In M. K. Hensley, H. Fargo & S. Davis-Kahl (Eds.) Undergraduate Research and the Academic Librarian: Case Studies and Best Practices, Volume 2.
  • What’s in a workload? Affect, burnout, and complicating capacity in academic librarians
    2022. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Sylvia Page.
    In C. Holm, A. Guimaraes & N. Marcano (Eds.) Academic Librarian Burnout: Causes and Responses.
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Other Publications

  • Keeping up with...burnout
    2024. Matthew Weirick Johnson. ACRL Keeping Up With... Series.
  • Teaching in the digital library: A partnership between teaching librarians and digital library staff
    2021. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Salma Abumeeiz, Elizabeth McAulay. College & Research Libraris News.
  • Book Review: Library Trends issue: Labor in academic libraries
    2020. Matthew Weirick Johnson. The Librarian Parlor.
  • Book Review: Masked by trust: Bias in library discovery
    2019. Matthew Weirick Johnson. The Librarian Parlor.
  • Book Review: Critical approaches to credit-bearing information literacy courses
    2019. Matthew Weirick Johnson. The Librarian Parlor.
  • Personal health data, surveillance, & biopolitics: Toward a personal health data information literacy
    2018. Matthew Weirick Johnson. Progressive Librarian.
  • ‘All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil’: Connections between person and place in Wuthering Heights
    2016. Matthew Weirick Johnson. Philologia.
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Talks & Presentations

International & National

  • Meaningful work & librarian agency: Exploring job control among academic instruction librarians
    2024. Matthew Weirick Johnson. Conference on Academic Library Management. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • Developing librarian-research confidence with Research Fridays
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson. LOEX Fall Focus. Online. Lightning Talk.
  • Burnout in libraries: A research & advocacy panel
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Jessica Jones, Lynn Hoffman (moderator). Core Forum. New Orleans, LA. Panel Presentation.
  • Accessible access, universal design, and the limits of inclusion in open educational resource development: An interactive workshop
    2022. Salma Abumeeiz, Matthew Weirick Johnson. Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • Writing and research are inseparable: Helping instructors integrate research and writing instruction in writing across the curriculum course planning
    2021. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Sylvia Page, Laurel Westrup. LOEX. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • Conflicting interests and begrudging partnerships: Turning critical pedagogy on human resources
    2020. Matthew Weirick Johnson. Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • Desiring SUVs: Masculinities, masculine overcompensation, and gender segregation in academic libraries
    2019. Matthew Weirick Johnson. IDEAL. Columbus, OH. Conference Presentation.
  • Writing beyond the academy: Writing & digital literacy skills courses in local public libraries
    2018. Matthew Weirick Johnson. International Writing Centers Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. Conference Presentation.
  • Learning from the library: Information worlds & information poverty
    2017. Matthew Weirick Johnson. International Writing Centers Association Conference. Chicago, IL. Conference Presentation.
  • Committed to write: Writing centers, libraries, & prisons in collaboration
    2016. Matthew Weirick Johnson. International Writing Centers Association Conference. Denver, CO. Conference Presentation.
  • The Writing Partners Program: A case study of ELL students and beginning coaches
    2015. Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Weirick Johnson. International Writing Centers Association Conference. Panel: Who Do We Think We Are? Institutional, Student, and Disciplinary Perceptions of the Writing Center. Pittsburgh, PA. Panel Presentation.
  • Don Juan in love (and lust)
    2015. Matthew Weirick Johnson. Messolonghi Byron Society’s 10th Annual International Student Byron Conference. Messolonghi, GR. Conference Presentation.
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Regional, Local & Institutional

  • The limits of open access in open educational resources: Incorporating accessibility into the WI+RE Way at UCLA Library
    2022. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Salma Abumeeiz. California Conference on Library Instruction. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • The limits of inclusion in open access: Accessible access, universal design, and open educational resources
    2022. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Salma Abumeeiz. UCLA Library Research Forum. Online. Conference Presentation.
  • UCLA Library’s Anti-Racist Pedagogy Workshop Series
    2021. Matthew Weirick Johnson. LAUC Assembly DEI Lightning Talks. Online. Lightning Talk.
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Invited Talks

  • Teaching information literacy: Considering current and future approaches and models
    2024. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Heidi Julien, Jane Hammons, Bill Badke, Karen Kaufmann (moderator). Continuing the Conversation Webinar Series hosted by Ohio State University Libraries. Online. Invited Panel Presentation.
  • Best of Core Forum: Burnout in libraries: A research & advocacy panel
    2024. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Jessica Jones, Lynn Hoffman (moderator). Best of Core Forum Webinar Series. Online. Invited Panel Presentation.
  • Burnout and affective labor
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Sylvia Page. Recipe for Resilience: Strategies for Combating Burnout in the Workplace sponsored by the Medical Library Association (MLA). Online. Invited Panel Presentation.
  • Missing in the open: Accessibility and OER and open access
    2023. Matthew Weirick Johnson, Salma Abumeeiz, Sylvia Page. UCLA Library Open Access Week 2023. Online. Invited Panel Presentation.
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Editorial & Peer Review Service

Editorial Service

  • College & Research Libraries, Social Media Editor 2023 – 2026
  • ACRL Choice, Editorial Board Member 2023 – 2025
  • Public Services Quarterly, Editorial Board Member 2023 – Present

Peer Reviews

  • College & Research Libraries 1 review
  • The Journal of Academic Librarianship 7 reviews
  • Journal of the Medical Library Association 1 review
  • Journal of New Librarianship 3 reviews
  • New Media & Society 2 reviews
  • Public Services Quarterly 4 reviews

Professional Service

American Library Association (ALA)

  • Conference Committee, ACRL Representative 2022 – 2023

Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

  • Publications Coordinating Committee, Member 2023 – 2025
  • Choice Editorial Board, Member 2023 – 2025
  • College & Research Libraries Editorial Board, Member 2023 – 2026
  • Nominations and Policies Audit Task Force, Chair 2022 – 2023
  • Professional Development Committee, Chair 2022 – 2023
  • Professional Development Committee, Member 2019 – 2022

ACRL Instruction Section (IS)

  • Executive Committee, Archivist 2024 – 2025
  • Executive Committee, Secretary 2023 – 2024
  • Peer-reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee, Member 2023 – 2025
  • Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, Member 2018 – 2020

ACRL University Libraries Section (ULS)

  • Professional Development Committee, Member 2023 – 2025

ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS)

  • Core Books Project (HIV & AIDS, British Literature), Member 2021 – Present
  • Awards Committee, Member 2021 – 2023

Rainbow Round Table (RRT)

  • Stonewall Book Awards - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Committee, Member 2022 – 2024
  • News & Reviews Committee, Member 2019 – 2021
  • Resources Committee, Member 2017 – 2019

Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)

  • Top 20 Committee, Member 2023 – 2025
  • Newsletter Committee, Member 2017 – 2019