Carol Collier Kuhlthau

 The highly regarded educators’ newsletter, Marshall’s Memo highlighted a synopsis of “Making the Shift” From Traditional Research Assignments to Guiding Inquiry Learning.” by Leslie Maniotes and Carol Kuhlthau published in Knowledge Quest November/December 2014.

Check the 2015 edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences ELIS for updated article on the “Information Search Process.”

Kuhlthau’s article “Rethinking the 2000 ACRL Standards: Some Things to Consider” in Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) Special Issue “Reflecting on the Standards” received ALA Library Instruction Round Table’s 2013 top twenty award.  (Link to CIL)

Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School Written by: Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, and Ann K. Caspari Click here to read description of Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School. Available on Amazon and ABC-CLIO.

Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century

Written by: Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, and Ann K. Caspari

Click here to read the Preface of Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.

Available on ABC-CLIO.

A 2nd edition of Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services is available through Libraries Unlimited. Available on Amazon and ABC-CLIO.

Highly cited JASIS article – Inside the Search Process: Information Seeking from the User’s Perspective

Guided Inquiry: School Libraries in the 21st Century.

• Kuhlthau to receive ASIS&T Merit Award November 5, 2013 (Montreal, Canada) Read More…
• Keynote speaker at the International Reading Literacy Symposium and the School Library Initiatives for Asia & Pacific (SLAP) GLOBALIS project with workshop leader, Leslie Maniotes, January 12-13, 2013, University of Tokyo, Japan. Keynote: “Children’s Reading in Guided Inquiry.”
• University of Zadar, Croatia, Summer School in User Studies in the PhD Program in Knowledge Society and Information Transfer, April 11-14.  Keynote – “Building on the Classics: Current Trends in User Studies.” Lecture –  “Building a Research Agenda: Problems, Models, Theories.”  Workshop – “Operationalizing Research Results for Application in Services and Systems.” 2012.
• University of Tampere, Finland, Summer School on Knowledge, Identity and Learning, for researchers in teacher education and information literacy, August 6-7, 2012.  Keynote “Guided Inquiry: A Framework for Independent Learning.”
• International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Satellite preconference “The Road to Information Literacy: Librarians as Facilitators of Learning” organized by IFLA standing committees on Continuing Professional Development and the Workplace Learning and Information Literacy Section, in Tampere, Finland, August 8-10, 2012.  Keynote “Facilitating Learning through Guided Inquiry.”
• University Tallinn, Estonia, Visiting Professor, Digital Library Learning International (DILLI) joint MA program, May 2011.
• University Parma, Italy, Visiting Professor, Digital Library Learning International (DILLI) joint MA program, October 2010.
• IASL 2009 in Padua, Italy. Preconference Workshop on August 31”Guided Inquiry: Strategies for Teaching the 21st Century Learner.” Plenary Address on September 2 “Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.”, August 31-September 4, 2009. Opening keynote address at the International Association of School Librarians conference in Padua, Italy on September 2, 2009.
• AASL National Conference in Charlotte NC, Preconference Workshop “Using Guided Inquiry to Accomplish 21st Century Learner Standards” with Leslie Maniotes and Ann Caspari. Concurrent Session with Maniotes and Caspari “Guided Inquiry and AASL Standards = 21st Century Learning”, November 5-7, 2009.
• University of Zadar, Croatia, Fulbright Senior Specialist, May 2009.
• Lazerow Memorial Lecture, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee October 8, 2008, Knoxville, Tennessee, “Guided Inquiry: Application of Information Seeking Research in pre K-12 Education.”
• New Jersey Association for School Librarians (NJASL) Annual Fall Conference, November 14 and 15, 2008, “Guided Inquiry +AASL Standards = 21st Century Learning” with Leslie Maniotes and Ann Caspari.
• Keynote at the Symposium on Social Aspects of Digital Libraries and Information Seeking at the National Taiwan University, December 11-12, 2008, “Individual in Community: Social Aspects of the ISP”.
• “Considerations for learning in the 21st century.” Public lecture at the University of Gothenburg, Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society (LinCs), April 3, 2008.
• “Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st century.” Keynote at Learning, Innovation and the use of Information conference, Aalborg University Library, Aalborg, Denmark, April 1-2, 2008.
• “ISP Revisited: Is the ISP model still useful?” With Jannica Heinstrom and Ross Todd. Paper accepted for presentation at the Information Seeking in Context conference, Vilnius Lithuania, September 17, 2008.
• “Information Search Process” an entry in the 3rd edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, edited by Marcia Bates and Mary Niles Maack. 2007.
• Visiting Professor at the Department of Information Management, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, June 2007.
• Keynote Address at the i3 conference, “Building on Success” Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, June 25, 2007. “From Information to Meaning: Confronting Challenges of the Twenty-first Century Libri,  8:2, 66-73, 2008.
• The Lazerow Lecture at the University of Kentucky, School of Library and Information Science on April 2, 2007.
• Professor Kuhlthau was awarded the American Society of Information Science and Technology, SIG USE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research, 2006.
• NJASL has honored Professor Kuhlthau for her contribution to school librarianship in NJ with lifetime membership.