Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

 
E-Learning Librarian
Baylor University Libraries, Waco, Texas (July 2007-present)

Created a variety of online instructional materials; oversaw the implementation of LibGuides for online subject and course guide creation within the reference department; researched, implemented and troubleshoot the popular virtual reference service; provide reference and research help to Baylor students, faculty and staff; serve as librarian consultant to five academic departments and with their combined budgets of over $100,000, select library materials; teach introductory and advanced library instruction classes, research and technological workshops; brought the Zotero citation management software to popular use on campus through workshops and education; with the website advisory committee, helped implement several iterations of a new library website design; investigated and continue to implement the libraries’ social media presence.

Graduate Assistant, Instructional Services, University Libraries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (August 2006-May 2007)

Taught introductory library instruction classes to English composition students; provided reference and research help at the Undergraduate Library reference desk; created online instructional materials under the direction of the Instructional Design Librarian; provided technical assistance in the multimedia design lab.

Graduate Assistant, Slavic and East European Collections, University Libraries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (January 2006-July 2006)

Assisted with the ordering and acquisition of Slavic materials, particularly materials from the former Yugoslavia; transcribed Cyrillic materials and entered the initial cataloging record into Millennium database.

Education

 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (August 2005 – May 2007)
MSLS

Master’s Paper: “Freedom of Information in Post-Communist Countries: Case Studies of the Czech Republic, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina”

Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois (June 2001)
Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (June 1998)
Croatian for Foreigners, 2nd Level

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (August 1993 – May 1997)
BA in Comparative Literature, minors in History, German & English

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (July 1996)
Croatian and Serbian, Summer Workshop in Slavic and Eastern European Studies

Publications, Presentations & Scholarly Activity

 
Peer-reviewed Articles

Solis, Jacqueline and Hampton, Ellen M. (2009) “Promoting a comprehensive view of library resources in a course management system” New Library World, Vol. 110, No. 1-2., pp. 81-91

Peer-Reviewed Tutorials

Hampton, Ellen and Schuetz, Carol, “Company and Industry Research” – online tutorial accepted into PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) a peer-review committee of the Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries) (Spring 2008)

Other Articles
Filgo, Ellen Hampton, “#Hashtag Librarian: Embedding Myself Into a Class via Twitter and Blogs”, Computers in Libraries, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 78-80.

Presentations

Ellen Hampton Filgo, “Embedded by Hashtag: Using Twitter to Provide Real-Time Reference and Instruction” Presentation, Virtual Reference Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter 2011.

Ellen Hampton Filgo “Embedded by Hashtag: Using Twitter to Provide Real-Time Reference and Instruction” Presentation, Mississippi State University Libraries Emerging Technology Summit “Steal This Idea” Concurrent Session. Starkville, MS, September 2010

Ellen Hampton Filgo “A Librarian and a Hashtag: Embedded Virtually in a Classroom via Twitter” Presentation, LOEX 2010, Dearborn, MI, May 2010

W. Gardner Campbell, Ellen Hampton Filgo and Alexis Tracy “Twitter Symbiosis: A Librarian, a Hashtag, and a First-Year Seminar” Presentation, ELI Annual Meeting Austin, TX, January 2010

Online Presentations

Ellen Hampton Filgo, “A Librarian and a Hashtag: Embedded Virtually in a Classroom via Twitter” LOEX Virtual Encore Session. May 27, 2010

Amanda Clay Powers and Ellen Hampton Filgo “Bringing Web 2.0 into Academic Libraries: A Grassroots Approach” Webjunction.org Webinar, June 30, 2009

Paper Presentations

Jacqueline Solis and Ellen Hampton, “Incorporating Digital Library Resources into a University Course Management System” Libraries in the Digital Age 2007, Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia (May 2007)

Poster Presentations

ACRL 2011 (March-April 2011)
“Hashtag Librarian: Embedded in a Class via Twitter and Blogs”

Educational Technology Showcase, Baylor University (April 2010)
“Using Zotero for Citation Management”

Educational Technology Showcase, Baylor University (March 2009)
“Library Research Guides 2.0”

Educational Technology Showcase, Baylor University (April 2008)
“Incorporating Library Resources into Blackboard Course Pages”
“Instant Messaging and the Baylor Libraries”

Teaching

 
Baylor University

Embedded virtual reference and instruction librarian for:

  • FYS 1399 (Honors) – From Memex to Youtube: Introduction to New Media Studies

Developed and taught library instruction sessions for:

  • ENG 1304 – Thinking, Writing and Research
  • ENG 2306 – World Literature
  • BIC 1323 – World of Rhetoric
  • CHE 3238 – Organic Chemistry Lab
  • SPA 3300 – Introduction to Hispanic Literature
  • SPA 5302 – Literary Theory, Research and Writing (new Spanish master’s students)
  • GER 2301 – German Conversation and Composition
  • FRE 4331 – Introduction to French Literature I
  • MUS 5320 – Research Method and Bibliography (co-instructor – evaluating websites)
  • FCS 1300 – Apparel in Today’s Society (co-instructor)
  • JOU 3372 – Writing for Media Markets
  • FDM 4314 – Digital Media Technologies
  • PSY 2405 – Psychology Research Methods Lab
  • PSY 5325 – Ethics in Clinical Psychology (new Clinical Psychology doctoral students)
  • CSS 5351 – Methods in Graduate Study (new Communication Studies master’s students)
  • SWO 5372 – Professional Practice (Zotero and Google Docs/Sites) (master’s students)
  • FCS 1300 – Apparel in Today’s Society (co-instructor)
  • Honors College Proseminar Research Workshop (co-instructor)

Developed and taught workshops:

  • Using Technology for Personal and Academic Productivity (for graduate students)
  • Using Zotero for Citation Management (for faculty and students)
  • 7 Things You Should Know about RSS (Electronic Library “7 Things” Workshop series)
  • 7 Things You Should Know about Google Wave (Electronic library “7 Things” Workshop series)

Developed curriculum and taught:

  • EDP 1101 – Using Technology for Personal and Academic Productivity
  • Honors Colloquium (Spring 2008, Fall 2008)

Guest lecturer in:

  • CSI 3303 – Information Technology
  • SEES 2380 – Introduction to Slavic/East European Studies

University of North Carolina

Developed and taught library instruction sessions for:

  • ENGL 100 – Basic Writing
  • ENGL 101 – English Composition and Rhetoric
  • ENGL 102 – English Composition and Rhetoric
  • ENGL 120 – British Literature, Chaucer to Pope
  • POLI 067 – Designing Democracy (Honors course)
  • POLI 195 – Peace Settlements in Divided Societies (Honors course)

Professional Memberships & Contributions

 
American Library Association (member, 2005 – present)

  • Library Instruction Round Table (member, 2007 – present)
    • Teaching Learning and Technology Committee (member, 2007 – 2009)

Reference and User Services Association

  • RSS (member, 2007-present)
  • MARS (member, 2011-present)
    • Virtual Reference Services Committee (member, 2008 – present, co-chair, 2011-present)

Association of College and Research Libraries (member, 2005 – present)

Library Information and Technology Association (member, 2005-2007)

New Media Consortium

  • Campus Leaders Advisory Board, Baylor Representative (spring 2010 – present)

University Service

 
Baylor University Libraries

  • Central Libraries Teaching and Learning Taskforce (chair, spring 2010-present)
  • Central Libraries Collaboration and Partnership Taskforce (spring 2010- present)
  • BearCat Makeover Taskforce (fall 2009 – present)
  • Electronic Resources Database Makeover Taskforce (chair, spring 2008-present)
  • Educational Technology Showcase planning committee (2008-present)
  • Website Advisory Committee (2007-present)

Baylor University

  • Academy for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board (fall 2009 – present)
  • Teaching and Learning with Technology Committee (fall 2009 – present)
  • Honors Colloquium (spring 2008, fall 2008)

Honors & Awards

 
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (2005-2006, 2006-2007)

The FLAS is a Department of Education fellowship which I received through the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill to support the study of the Czech language.

Beta Phi Mu (Library and Information Science honor society, inducted 2008)

Beta Phi Mu Academic Achievement Award (for highest GPA in graduating class, 2008)

Public & Community Service

 
Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Waco, Texas (2007-present)

  • Member
  • Choir member and musician
  • Young Adult Ministry Co-Leader

Wings for Christ, International (2009-present)

Sanger-Heights Neighborhood Association (2010-present)

Rapoport Academy GEO (Guardian-Educator Organization) (2010-present)

  • Public Relations Committee member