Instructional Design in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

As Librarian for the Behavioral Sciences and Open Knowledge, Charlene Martoni supports the research endeavors of faculty, students, and staff in the disciplines of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Sociology. Charlene provides customized library instruction to meet the needs of students and educators, and she advises other faculty on course transformation. By leading a working group of open education specialists and coordinating an annual symposium in celebration of Open Education Week, Charlene champions the university’s initiatives that promote open and affordable education and support student success.

Charlene Martoni attained her Master of Information Science from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She also completed her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and her Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education through the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her research investigates faculty experiences using open and affordable online learning resources, as well as information seeking behavior in conflict-affected environments.

Charlene offers in-person, virtual, and asynchronous library instruction that ranges from introductions to the GSU Library to intricate database searching. She can personalize lessons, lectures, or workshops to prepare students for research, class assignments, scholarly publication in the social sciences, career opportunities, and more. She is also happy to present or offer workshops at orientations, residence hall events, and university programming. These are just some of the sessions available:

• Ready for Research! A presentation and discussion about research preparedness and motivation, intended for beginner-level researchers.
• Information Navigation: Searching Like a Captain A course-adaptable lesson on the information landscape and search strategy development.
• Select Sources, Seriously An active group-based lesson on critical source evaluation and intentional selection.
• Primary, Popular? Scholarly, Empirical? A course-adaptable lesson on the information production cycle and strategies for identifying the nature of content accessible through and beyond the library.
• Joining the Scholarly Conversation  A discussion and lesson on scholarly communication, research synthesis, analysis, and interpretation.
• Literature Reviews, Explained An introduction to the purpose of literature review within the research process, common literature review formats, and strategies for reviewing past research.
• Research Workshop A group-based peer-review workshop with 1:1 research support from Librarian Charlene.
• Dancing with Databases A tutorial focused on navigating course and subject-specific databases.
• Instructional Resources in the Social Sciences A presentation for graduate teaching assistants and new faculty on library resources for educators.
• Open for Student Success: Ensuring Equity with Open Educational Resources (OER) A presentation for instructors on the purpose and value of OER in higher education, and an introduction to OER copyright practices, source location, and instructional evaluation.

To schedule an appointment to discuss library instruction or workshops, email Charlene at cmartoni@gsu.edu.

Charlene offers 1:1 and group research consultation services tailored to your specific needs.

• Engage in a short informational interview where we discover the root of your information goals.
• Explore and engage with resources that target your information needs.
• Apply information strategies that assist you in acquiring access to resources.
• Evaluate information sources for reliability and relevance.
• Create a plan for next steps in your information process.

To schedule a research consultation, visit:
rooms.library.gsu.edu/appoointments/charlene

Research is often interdisciplinary in nature, and you have access to librarians with specialties in many areas.

• To find another GSU subject specialist, click here.
• To contact the Online Learning Librarian, click here.
• For Research Data Services, click here. 
• For Special Collections & Archives, click here.