Karla Justice, EdD

Professor, School Library Studies

Karla Justice
Location

SEC 525G

Phone
(319) 273-7241

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Karla Justice, EdD

Professor, School Library Studies

   https://coe.uni.edu/lese
 

Dr. Karla Justice is a professor in the School Library Studies and Literacy programs within the LESE Department. She formerly was an elementary and secondary teacher librarian at Southeast Webster Schools and at New Hampton High School. Her professional interests include preparing teacher librarians for K-12 schools to help students become passionate readers, discerning consumers of information, and responsible digital citizens as students read for understanding, depth, and pleasure.

Education
  • EdD, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Northern Iowa
  • MA, Library Science, University of Northern Iowa
  • BA, English/Secondary Education, Luther College
Teaching Interests
  • Methods of Teaching Content Literacy in the intermediate Grades
  • Children's Literature
  • Research / Practicum in School Libraries
  • School Library Curriculum
  • Methods 1: Elementary Curriculum
Research Interests
  • School library curriculum standards and collaborative teaching
  • Information literacy, digital literacy, and media literacy curriculum
  • Instruction in source evaluation
  • A source evaluation model designed to support K-12 teaching in school libraries and collaboratively throughout content areas -- ASEC 4 Library: TRAC Source Evaluation through 4 Lateral Tasks
Professional Accomplishments
  • Krueger, K., & Taylor, J. (2022). Discerning users of information: A qualitative analysis of student inquiry. Open Information Science, 6 (1), 74-94. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5326/
  • Taylor, J., Hora, A., & Krueger, K. (2019). Self-selecting books in a children’s fiction collection arranged by genre. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(3), 852-865. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/473/
  • Downes, K., Krueger, K., & Taylor, J. (2017). Impact of a less restrictive circulation policy in an elementary library. Teacher Librarian, 45(1), 16-20. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ci_facpub/22/
  • Iowa School Library Standards Work Group & Iowa Department of Education. (2019). Iowa school library program standards. Retrieved from https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/standards/instruction/library  [Authors: Chris Kolarik, Karla Krueger, Denise Rehmke, and Joan Bessman Taylor, with assistance of the Iowa Department of Education: Jen Adams, Stacie Stokes, and Eric Heitz, created the standards using an Iowa SAMI format and in keeping with the 2018 AASL National School Library Standards.]
  • Guldager, N., Krueger, K., & Taylor, J. (2016). Reading promotion events recommended for elementary students. Teacher Librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals, 43(5), 13-19. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ci_facpub/5/
  • Milestone Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate Students, UNI Graduate College, for chairing 10 of more graduate student culminating research papers--2022 (recognized my chairing 32 master’s research papers since my last Milestone award)

Publications available through the UNI Library, Scholarworks.