Tara Zimmerman, PhD
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I respect students as individuals with different backgrounds, skills, and areas of interest. In my classes, I encourage them to engage with course materials from their own unique perspectives, organically linking new learning to their personal experience. I apply my background as a public school librarian, chair of the Oklahoma School Librarians, and a board member of the Oklahoma Library Association to various aspects of library and information science. By interweaving my work and life experience with new subject matter, such as information retrieval, big data, or human computer interaction, I model for students ways to build upon past experience as they learn. This approach spurs creative and innovative thinking in students as they make connections between their own experience and the new knowledge they acquire. ​
GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES 

​Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma


LIS 4303 Children's Literature                                                       Winter Intersession 2020-2021

Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas

INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior                                    Spring 2019, Spring 2020
 
INFO 5000 Information & Knowledge Professions                      Fall 2018
 
INFO 5040 Human Information Behavior                                     Spring 2018
 
INFO 5307 Knowledge Management Tools & Technologies      Fall 2017, Fall 2019
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K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL - Library Media Specialist

High School Research Writing and Citation Style                         2008 - 2017
High School Academic Research                                                     2008 - 2017
High School Online Research Basics                                               2008 - 2017
Middle School Research Skills                                                          2008 - 2014
Upper Elementary Research Skills                                                  2008 - 2014
Lower Elementary Research Skills                                                  2008 - 2014

PreK & K Storytime/Book Basics                                                      2008 - 2014

Contact:     tzimmerman@utexas.edu
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