Christine D'Arpa
Christine D'Arpa joined the School of Information Sciences faculty as Assistant Professor in August 2017. Her research focuses on the history of libraries; the role of the federal government in information provision; and public libraries and community engagement. She has presented her research at regional, national, and international conferences including SHARP, Library History Seminar, i-Schools Conference, Digital Library Federation, Society of American Archivists, Midwest Archives Conference, ALISE, AERI, and ASIS&T. D'Arpa has designed and taught a range of courses in LIS including Community Archives, Digital Public History, Administration and Use of Archival Materials, Community Engagement, Administration of Cultural Heritage Organizations, Organization of Information, and Race, Gender, and Information Technology.
- Google Scholar profile
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dIAOSJ3H6w
- Research-related Facebook group engaging the question about how public libraries are addressing food literacy in their communities: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399101418755423; hashtag: #librariesandfood
Degrees and Certifications
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Certificate in Special Collections, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grant-Funded Research
Co-Investigator. Rubenstein, E., Burke, S, Lenstra, N., D’Arpa, C. Community health and wellness: Small and rural library practices, perspectives, and programs. National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), LG-18-19-0015-19. University of Oklahoma is the lead institution. Grant awarded: $475,785.00 for FY2019-2022.
Recent Publications
Lenstra, N., Oguz, F., D'Arpa, C., Wilson, L.S. (2022). Exercising at the Library: Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Lives of Older Adults, Library Quarterly, 92:1. DOI: 10.1086/717232
D’Arpa, C. (2021 online; 2022 print). Sharing the Science of Agricultural Practice: Information Transfer via the Annual Reports of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1862–1868, Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, 23:1-2, 9-27, DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2021.2010563
Lenstra, N., & D’Arpa, C. (2021). Reimagining public library programming during a pandemic. IFLA Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352211023076
D’Arpa, C. (2021). ¡Si, Se Puede! The United Farm Workers (https://ufw.org), Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, 22:1-2, 2-7, DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2021.1901182
D’Arpa, C., Lenstra, N., & Rubenstein, E. (2020) Growing food at and through the local library: An exploratory study of an emerging role.In B. St. Jean, G. Jindal, Y. Liao, & P. T. Jaeger (Eds.), Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 47). London: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Lenstra, N. & D’Arpa, C. (2019). “Food Justice in the Public Library: Information, Resources, and Meals.” The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 3(4), 45-67. https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v3i4.33010
D'Arpa, C., Lenstra, N., Rubenstein, E. & Burke, S. (2019). Small and rural public libraries: Supporting community health and wellness. ALISE 2019 Proceedings, Knoxville (TN), September 24-26, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105362
D'Arpa, C., Lenstra, N., Rubenstein, E. & Burke, S. (2019). Community health and wellness: Rural library practices, perspectives, and programs. iConference, College Park (MD), March 31-April 3, 2019. https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103302
Smith, D.M. & D’Arpa, C. (2017). What’s history got to do with it? Seventy Years of Historical Dissertation Research at the School of Information Sciences of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library Trends, 65(4). https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2017.0019
Willliams, S.C. & D’Arpa, C. (Eds.). (2017). Collaboration in Agricultural Librarianship and Information Work. Library Trends, 65(3). https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2017.0000
Courses taught by Christine D'Arpa
Fall Term 2023 (future)
- INF7885 - Cultural Heritage Institutions: Management and Leadership
- INF6210 - Organization of Information
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- INF7885 - Cultural Heritage Institutions: Management and Leadership
- INF6210 - Organization of Information
Winter Term 2022
Fall Term 2021
- INF7885 - Cultural Heritage Institutions: Management and Leadership
- INF6210 - Organization of Knowledge
- HIS7880 - Cultural Heritage Institutions: Management and Leadership