SDSU Library and Information Access

Subject Specialties

Research Guides:

Professional History

Research Librarian for Engineering

Carlson Science & Engineering Library; University of Rochester, 2013-2014

Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant

Grainger Engineering Library; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2013

Education

Master of Science (Library & Information Science)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2013

Bachelor of Arts (Joint Mathematics & Economics)

University of California, San Diego, 2010

Selected Publications & Presentations

Wong-Welch, J., White, L., Casabar, C. & Jalal, R. (2018). build IT Makerspace @ San Diego State University Library. In A. Jackson, C. Pierard, S. Schadl (Ed.), Scholarship in the Sandbox: Academic Libraries as Laboratories, Forums, and Archives for Student Work (p. ). Chicago, IL: ACRL (In Press).

Wong-Welch, J. (2018, May). Lessons from build IT. Presentation at the meeting of the CSU Maker Convening, Rohnert Park, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. & Jeffery, K. (2018, April). The ROI of Sustaining an Academic Library Makerspace. Presentation at the meeting of the Coalition for Networked information, San Diego, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Jun). How to Leverage your Academic Library’s Makerspace to Help Advance Your Local Community. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Libraries Association, Chicago, IL.

Smith, J. & Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Aug). Makerspace/Emerging Technologies. Presentation at the meeting of the California State Universities Libraries Information Technology / Institution Repository Conference, Chico, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Sept). build IT @SDSU Library: A Reason to have a Makerspace in Academic Library. Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Symposium of Academic Makerspaces, Cleveland, OH.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Nov). Implementing Internet of Things at Your Library: Tips and Tricks. Presentation at the meeting of the Library Information Technology Association, Denver, CO.

Bunn, M. & Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Dec). Hosting Affordable STEAM Outreach Events and Summer Camps for Girls. Presentation at the meeting of the California STEAM Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017). Master Builders of build IT @San Diego State University Library. In E. Rinto, J. Watts, & R. Mitola (Eds.), Peer-Assisted Learning in Academic Libraries (pp. 121-132). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Apr.). Making in the Library, or, a Popular Culture Revolution. Presentation at the meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Mar.). Using 3D Printers to Teach Information Literacy to College Students. Presentation at the meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Baltimore, MD.

Jeffery, K., Houk, K., Nielsen, J. & Wong-Welch, J. (2017, Jan.). Digging in the Mines: Mining Course Syllabi in Search of the Library. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(1), 72-84. Find Full–Text

Smith, J. & Wong-Welch, J. (2016, March). Making & Innovating: Year One at Two Universities. Presentation at the meeting of the Computers in Libraries, Washington, DC.

Wong-Welch, J. (2016, February). Build IT for ALL. Presentation at the meeting of the Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium, Tucson, AZ.

Wong-Welch, J. & Jeffery, K. (2016, June). The Master Builders of an Academic Library Makerspace. Poster session presented at the meeting of the New Media Consortium, Rochester, NY.

Houk, K., Nielsen, J. & Wong-Welch, J. (2016, Mar.). Demonstrating the Academic Library's Value through Research Data Management Services. Presentation at the meeting of the California Academic & Research Libraries, Costa Mesa, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2015, June). Librarian as Engineering: Being a 3D Printing Mentor. Presentation at the meeting of the 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Society of Engineering Education, Seattle, WA.

Wong-Welch, J. (2015, September). build IT @SDSU Library, Insights from an Academic Library Student-Run Makerspace. Presentation at the meeting of the Fablearn, Stanford, CA.

Jackson, P., Jarocki, Z. & Wong-Welch, J. (2015, June). But I found it on Google: Teaching college students Critical Digital Literacy. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Library Association , San Francisco, CA.

Wong-Welch, J. & Nielsen, J. (2015, March). 3D Technology in the Academic Library: Informing, Collaborating, and Implementing. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Association of College & Research Libraries, Portland, OR.

Jeffery, K., Houk, K., Wong-Welch, J. & Nielsen, J. (2015, April). Creating and Sustaining a Digital Syllabus Collection: A Collaborative Approach for Librarians and Academic Units. Presentation at the meeting of the University of San Diego 2015 Digital Initiatives Symposium, San Diego, CA.

Sympson, P., Wong-Welch, J., Palumbo, L. & Flury Carlson, N. (2013). Engineering Division. Sci-Tech News, 67(4), 14-23. Find Full–Text