Gina Trask

Bio

Gina Trask is an Assistant Librarian for Assessment & Instruction. In this role she teaches information literacy skills and oversees the instruction efforts of the team at the Kaplan Family Library. She assesses student learning outcomes and the library's core functions. Trask is passionate about empowering people through information discovery.

Trask's research interests are assessment in libraries, user experience, and instructional design. She holds degrees from Pratt Institute and Hobart & William Smith Colleges, and has worked in libraries for over 15 years. When she's not on campus, she is spending time with her family, practicing yoga, and listening to Mike Birbiglia's comedy podcast.

Degrees
Pratt Institute, M.S.L.I.S., Library and Information Science
Hobart & William Smith College, B.A., Psychology and Studio Art

Memberships and Professional Associations
American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries

Achievements / Awards
President, Board of Trustees, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (2022-2024)

Publications

• Trask, G. Improving accessibility, engagement, and usefulness of online information literacy tutorials based on student feedback [conference paper]. Conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries,  July 11-13, 2023.
• Trask, G. (2023, April). User testing while under construction: Incorporating Student feedback during the development of asynchronous tutorials [poster]. Presented at the 2023 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session. https://acrl.ala.org/dols/events/distance-and-online-learning-virtual-poster-session/user-testing-while-under-construction
• Trask, G. (2021). LMS and YouTube analytics: Strategies for assessing student engagement with an asynchronous online lesson (abstract). Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 15(3), 221-222.