CJ Garcia, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Phoenix Campus
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CJ Garcia, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Phoenix Campus
Biography:
CJ Garcia earned his Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Arizona in 2022, where he also earned a Certificated in Instruction and Teaching for Librarians. He previously earned a Bachelor’s degree in Classics from Arizona State University in 2019. Prior to coming to Creighton in 2023, he worked at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences and the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, both in the Phoenix Metro.
CJ is a member of the Medical Library Association, the Academy of Health Information Professionals, the Research Data Access and Preservation Association, NASIG, and the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.
His research interests include best practices in online instructional design, the role of libraries in advancing open science, the impact of artificial intelligence on scholarly publishing and evidence synthesis projects, and the intersection of research data management and archival practice.
Education
- Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Arizona, in 2022
- Graduate Certificate in Instruction and Teaching for Librarians from the University of Arizona, in 2022
- Bachelor’s degree in Classics from Arizona State University, in 2019
Publications:
Kelsey J. Picha, Bailey Jones, CJ Garcia, Zachary K. Winkelmann; Implementation of Educational Opportunities for Social Determinants of Health in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review. Athletic Training Education Journal 1 April 2024; 19 (2): 129–139. https://doi.org/10.4085/1947-380X-23-052
Garcia, C. (2024). Book Review: Data Science for Librarians, by Y. Du, & H. R. Khan, 2020, Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2024.2319256
Garcia, C. (2024). Biz of Digital—Teaching Research Data Management to Future Researchers. Against the Grain, 35(6), 46. https://www.charleston-hub.com/2024/02/biz-of-digital-teaching-research-data-management-to-future-researchers/
Garcia, C., (2022) “The Unsettling Knowledge Inequities Podcast”, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 10(1). https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.13897
Garcia, C. (2022). The Community Archiving Workshop Handbook. The American Archivist Reviews Portal. https://reviews.americanarchivist.org/2022/06/04/the-community-archiving-workshop-handbook