Experience
University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN
Studio Librarian, Associate Professor. 2025 – present
Studio Librarian, Assistant Professor. 2019 – 2025
Interim Director, Studio. June 2024 – July 2024
- Develop and maintain the Studio as an effective student-learning environment
- Guide Studio patrons in use of technology resources
- Teach classes and workshops, provide reference services and assist in curriculum development
- Promote educational technology and the Studio services to the campus
- Identify, evaluate, and recommend multimedia and emerging technologies for campus and library needs
- Assist in the development of the vision, goals, objectives, and actionable Studio Team events
- Promote student success and retention through advocacy of use of library services and resources
- Coordinate multimedia projects for the UTC Library
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Created virtual reference and socially distanced reference procedures and documentation to ensure continued Studio services during COVID-19 pandemic
- Planned and conducted successful Library Relaxation Livestreams on Reading Days in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021
- Assisted with instructional design and course development for Philosophy 1110, Applied Critical Thinking
- Created a self-guided asynchronous tutorial for 3D modeling software SketchUp that has received over 29,000 hits from around the world in three years
- Created asynchronous tutorial for Adobe Audition that has been incorporated into course resources at universities including Dartmouth University and University of Colorado
Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, GA
Reference Services Coordinator and Librarian Assistant Professor. January 2017 – March 2019
Dominican University. River Forest, IL
Reference and Instruction Librarian. January 2016 – December 2016
Meadville Lombard Theological School. Chicago, IL
Library Assistant. August 2014 – December 2016
Education
MLIS. Master of Library and Information Science, Dominican University
BA. History, University of Wisconsin Madison
Scholarship
Selected publications and presentations.
Peer reviewed publications
Kantor, S., & McNutt, D. (2025). Critical information literacy in the real world: Using real life examples to understand media manipulation. In Kehoe, L. and Hornick, J. (Eds.), Critical Information Literacy Applications in Libraries. ALA Editions.
Kantor, S., & Rodriguez, V. (2025). The reference interview for creative technology labs, The reference librarian, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2025.2515017
Kantor, S. (2023). Professional service expectations: Causes and prevention of librarian burnout. In C. Holm, A. Guimaraes, & N. Marcano (Eds.), Academic librarian burnout: Causes and responses (pp. 185-204). Association of College & Research Libraries.
Holm, C.E., & Kantor, S. (2021). Reference is not dead: A case study of patron reference habits and library service models, portal: Libraries and the academy 21(2): 299-316.
Non-peer reviewed publications
Kantor, S. (2022, July/August). Purrfessional audio quality on a shoestring budget, Computers in libraries 42(6): 23-27.
Kantor, S. (2020). Evaluating mystery ingredients: Chopping the CRAAP test. In S. E. Morris (Ed.), ACRL critical thinking about sources cookbook (pp. 96-98). Association of College & Research Libraries.
Kantor, S. (2020). Reference speed dating: Creating a spark at the reference desk, College & research libraries news, 81(2): 80-83.
Presentations
Kantor, S., & Thompson, E. (2025, May 29). Creating critical consumers: Incorporating information literacy into teaching AI. [Poster session] Teaching and Learning with AI Conference, Orlando, FL.
Kantor, S., & Thompson, R. (2024, October 7). Beyond the barcode: Using custom check out sheets for circulation, training, and instruction of audiovisual equipment [presentation]. Back in Circulation Conference, Madison, WI.
Kantor, S., & Rodriguez, V. (2024, July 31). Facilitating creativity: Adapting the reference interview for creative technology spaces [Conference session]. Association of Creative Technologies in Academic Libraries Virtual Conference, virtual.
Kantor, S. (2023, July 21). Let’s make a podcast: Moving from information literacy to creative fluency [Presentation]. Kentucky Library Association Library Instruction Round Table Retreat, virtual.
Jacobs, J., Davis, L., & Kantor, S. (2023, July 21). Teaching identities and you: Overcoming imposter syndrome and finding your teacher voice [Workshop]. Kentucky Library Association Library Instruction Round Table Retreat, virtual.
Anderson, M., Andrews, L., Busch, H., Cononie, V. Epstein, M., Kantor, S., Kocevar-Weidinger, E., Morley, J., & Safin, K. (2023, March 28). Framing our work: Mapping threshold concepts to the reference interview [Presentation]. Reference and User Services Association Virtual Forum, virtual.
Cononie, V., Anderson, M., Morley, J., Safin, K., Kocevar-Weidinger, E., Busch, H., & Kantor, S. (2023, March 17). Reference services: Connecting interactions to the ACRL framework [Roundtable discussion]. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kantor, S. (2022, November 16). Creative technology instruction without the technology: teaching digital media in a low-tech classroom [Conference session]. Association of Creative Technologies in Academic Libraries Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Kantor, S., Minnich, L., & Roach-Freeman, A. (2022, November 2). Who are we measuring? Assessment and inequity in librarian labor [Conference session]. Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium, virtual.
Holm, C., & Kantor, S. (2022, August 3). Is reference dead?: Practical considerations for evaluating and improving your reference services [Webinar]. Niche Academy. Invited.
Kantor, S. & Smith, W. (2022, January 23). Mind the gap: Looking for new opportunities in library programming [Conference session]. LibLearnX Conference, virtual.
Kantor, S., & Cuebas, J. (2021, February 25). Building something out of nothing: Creating a virtual reference point during a pandemic [Conference session]. North American Virtual Reference Online Conference, virtual.
Kantor, S., Thompson, E., & Smith, W. (2020, September 25). Transforming the academic paper for a visual world [Conference session]. International Visual Literacy Association Conference, virtual.
Kantor, S. (2018, June 8). Flushing the CRAAP test: A new method for teaching evaluation [Conference session]. Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA.
Creative Activity
Kantor, S. Ed Johnson Memorial [Exhibition]. (2021). Ed Johnson Memorial, Chattanooga, TN.
Kantor, S. (producer). (2014-2016). A Talking Cast!?! [Audio podcast].
Service
Professional service
Selected service activities
2024 – present
Association of Creative Technologies in Academic Libraries Conference Steering Committee, Member
2024 – present
Reference Services Section Education and Professional Development Committee (ALA/RUSA), Member
2024 – 2025
Emerging Technology Section Programming Committee (ALA/RUSA), Member
2023 – 2024
Emerging Technology Section Hot Topics Committee (ALA/RUSA), Member
2022 – 2023
2023 North American Virtual Reference Online Conference Planning Committee, Member
2020 – 2023
Research Services Section Research Help in Academic Libraries Committee (ALA/RUSA), Member
2018 – 2021 Journal of New Librarianship, Reviewer
Institutional service
University of Tennessee
2025 –
Faculty Awards Committee, Chair
2023 – 2025
Faculty Awards Committee, Member
2024 – 2025
Faculty Grants Committee, Member
2024
WUTC Production Assistant Search Committee, Member
2023 – 2024
Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Member
2020 – 2023
Student Media Board, Member
University of Tennessee Library
2025 – present
Library Faculty Council, Vice-Chair
2024 – 2025
Faculty Bylaws Committee, Co-chair
2023 – 2024
UX Committee, Member
2022 – 2023
Public Services Task Force, Member
2021 – 2023
Library Electronic Resources Committee, Member
2021
Manuscript Archivist Search Committee, Member
2020
Library Book Club, Member
2019 – 2020
Library Birthday Party Committee, Member
Awards and Distinctions
2025
2024
2024
2022 – 2023
2020 – 2021
2015
Tenured and Promoted to Rank of Associate Professor
Exceeds Expectations for Rank
Dr. Joseph A. Jackson Library Award
Exceptional Merit
Exceptional Merit
Beta Phi Mu