Todd Wiebe is head of research and instruction at Van Wylen Library. In this role he oversees the planning, promotion and implementation of all library and information literacy instruction initiatives, as well as the various research help services available. He serves on the Library Leadership Team and is responsible for developing library collections in select subject areas. In 2023–2024 Todd served as interim dean of libraries at Hope.

Todd’s graduate studies in library and information science (LIS) concentrated on archival administration, but through exposure to a wide range of LIS subjects via coursework and other hands-on experiences, he found himself most drawn to working in a liberal arts college library setting as a “generalist,” teaching research/information literacy skills and working with undergraduate students.

He is active in the profession at both the state and national level and has presented and published on numerous topics related to academic librarianship and information literacy. At Hope, he has served on a wide range of teams and committees including co-chairing the General Education Revision Task Force from 2018–2021.

Education

• MLIS, University of Denver, 2006
• B.A., history and education, Anderson University, 2003

Selected publications

• “Successful Student Scholars: Student Learning Through Long-term Embedded Librarian Work in Political Science Courses” (working title), with Virginia Beard, in Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies, Association of College and Research Libraries, forthcoming fall 2024
• “Improving Student Assessments of Elections: The Use of Information Literacy and a Course-embedded Librarian,” with Paula Booke, Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences (LATISS) 10, no. 2, 2017
• “Rethinking Indirect Measurement as a Means of Student Assessment,” in C.M. Ippolito and R.W. Gammons (eds.), User-Centered Design for First-Year Library Instruction Programs, ABC-CLIO, November 2016
• “The Library and Undergraduate Research in the Liberal Arts: Present Contributions and Future Opportunities,” College & Undergraduate Libraries 23, no. 3, September 2016
• “The Information Literacy Imperative in Higher Education,” Liberal Education 101/102, no. 4/1, 2016
• “Books and Websites, E-Journals or Print: If the Source Fits, Use It,” College & Undergraduate Libraries 19, no. 1, 2012
• “A Flag is Flipped and a Nation Flaps: The Politics and Patriotism of the First International World Series,” NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture 18, no. 2, 2010
• “College Students, Plagiarism, and the Internet: The Role of Academic Librarians in Delivering Education and Awareness,” Michigan Library Association Forum 5, no. 2, 2006
• “Issues Faced By Male Librarians: Stereotypes, Perceptions, and Career Ramifications,” Colorado Libraries 31.1, 2004

View more of Todd Wiebe’s published and presented work at Digital Commons.

Outside the college

Todd is married to his wife, Lora, with whom he has two children, Harrison (“Harry”) and Maya. His personal interests and hobbies include old-school skateboarding and freestyle BMX, drumming, tattoos, craft beer, walking the family guard dog, “Bingo,” and rooting for his favorite sports teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Blue Jays. In his high school and college days, Todd was a drummer for several moderately successful metal, punk and hard rock alternative bands based out of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (hometown), and Anderson, Indiana (college town). Ask him sometime about the “tour” one of his bands went on. Nowadays, he blasts out beats in the comfort of his own home and occasionally showcases his skateboarding and BMX prowess for the neighborhood kids, who pretend to be impressed.