“I enjoy observing our students become thoroughly engaged in applying the tools and strategies necessary to accomplish high-quality library research leading to excellent academic work.”Dr. Buchanan on what she finds rewarding in her profession.
Doctor of Education, Postsecondary Educational Leadership, Western Kentucky University, 2017, A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities Presidents and Provosts (unpublished dissertation) https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130/
Master of Library Science, Indiana University, 1983
Bachelor of Arts in English, University of North Carolina, 1982
International Graduate Summer School, University of Kent, Canterbury, 1978
I currently lead APSU Woodward Library's assessment projects to evaluate the usage, quality, impact, and value of the library's services in meeting the teaching, learning, and research needs of students, faculty, and other library users. In 1986, I was hired to establish a library research instruction program at APSU. I received the Tennessee Library Association's James E. Ward Instruction Award in 2002. Prior to APSU, I served for 3 years in the Marian College Library (Indianapolis), and 4 years in the School of Law Library and Perkins (Main) Library at Duke University.
Library assessment and evaluation
Transfer receptivity for community college student transfers.
Buchanan, L. E., and Wilson, K. B. (2017). Free community college and merit scholarships, New Directions for Community Colleges, 180: 67-74.
Buchanan, L., Garber, G., Dobbs, A., Snyder, N., and Berg, E. (2005). Information literacy in the first year: Collaborating, planning, and assessing at Austin Peay. Tennessee Libraries, 55, 29-37.
Berg, E., Allison, L., Buchanan, L, Pedigo, M., Scott, E, and Perry, R. (2005). Information literacy across Tennessee libraries. Tennessee Libraries, 55, 18-28.
Burd, B., & Buchanan, L. (2004). Teaching the teachers: teaching and learning online. Reference Services Review, 32, 404-412.
Buchanan, L., Burd, B., & Armstrong, A. (2004). Suggestions for success in an ACRL online seminar. College & Research Libraries News, 65, 314-316.
Buchanan, L. (2003). Assessing liberal arts classes. In Avery, E.F. (Ed.), Assessing student learning outcomes for information literacy instruction in academic institutions, pp. 68-79. Chicago: Association of Colleges & Research Libraries.
Buchanan, L., Luck, D., & Jones, T. (2002). Integrating information literacy into the virtual university: A course model, in "Teaching and assessing information skills in the 21st century", Library Trends, 51, 144-166.
Fetch, D. L., Luck, D. L., & Buchanan, L. E. (1996). APSU trains educators for leadership in networked information. Tennessee Educational Leadership, XXII, 8-11.
Buchanan, L., Luck, D., & Dulniak, N. (1996). Integrating electronic information sources
into the curriculum, Proceedings of the Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference.
College Bound Project materials. In Winn, P. G. (1991), Integration of the secondary
library media center into the curriculum. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
Buchanan, L. E. & Berwind, A. M. (1989). Using the Card Catalog to identify literary criticism. Research Strategies, 7, 180-186.
Buchanan, L., Berwind, A., & Carlin, D. (1989). Optical disk-based periodical indexes for undergraduates. College & Research Libraries News, 50, 10-14.