Publications
Books
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (Eds.) (2023). Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Refereed Journal Articles
Hicks, A., Grant, V & Jenkins, C. (2024). From hierarchies of exclusion to participant-led inclusion: A qualitative research agenda for health information literacy. Library and Information Science Research 45(2).
Matsuno, S., Drewry, C., Hicks, A., & Inskip, I. (2024). How could the Library and Information Studies curriculum better prepare graduates to address equity, diversity and inclusion issues in their workplace?. Journal of Information Science. [Accepted]
Hicks, A., McKenzie, P., Bronstein, J. Hyldegård, J., Ruthven, I., & Widén, G. Collaborative interpretation as craft: slow theory development in Library and Information Science. (2024, April 1). Information Matters 4(4). https://informationmatters.org/2024/04/collaborative-interpretation-as-craft-slow-theory-development-in-library-and-information-science/
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2023). Fractured academic space: Digital literacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Documentation 79(6), 1309-1324.
Hicks, A. (2023). Risky (information) business: An informational risk research agenda. Journal of Documentation. [Forthcoming]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2022). Agency and liminality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Why information literacy can’t fix vaccine hesitancy. Journal of Information Science.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Information Research, 27.
Hicks, A., McKinney, P., Inskip, C., Walton, G., and Lloyd, A. (2022) Leveraging information literacy: Mapping the conceptual influence and appropriation of information literacy in other disciplinary landscapes. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 55(3), 548-566.
Hicks, A. (2022). The missing link: towards an integrated health and information literacy research agenda. Social Science and Medicine.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2022). Reaching into the basket of doom: Learning outcomes, discourse, and information literacy. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 55(2) 282–298.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2022). Saturation, acceleration, and information pathologies: The conditions that influence the emergence of information literacy safeguarding practice in COVID-19-environments. Journal of Documentation, 78(5), 1008-1026.
Hicks, A & Lloyd, A. (2022). Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education. Journal of Library and Information Science 54(3), 415-426.
Hicks, A., Nicholson, K., & Seale, M. (2022). Make me think! Exploring library UX through the lens of (critical) information literacy. Library Quarterly 92(2), 109-128.
Seale, M., Hicks, A., & Nicholson, K. (2022). Towards a Critical Turn in Library UX. College and Research Libraries 83(1), 6-24.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2021). Contextualising Risk: The unfolding information work and practices of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Documentation, 77(3), 1052-1072.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2021). Participation and Presence: Interrogating Active Learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 21(4), 749-771. [Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2022]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy discourse: Peeling back the layers in higher education. Journal of Library and Information Science 53(4), 559-571.
Hicks, A, Reyes, B & Maxson, B. (2021). “Hay muchos Méxicos”: A new approach to designing international information literacy instruction opportunities. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 21(4), 859-884. [Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2022]
Hicks, A. (2020). Negotiating change: Transition as a central concept for information literacy. Journal of Information Science 48(2), 210-222.
Barriage, S. & Hicks, A. (2020). Mobile apps for visual research: Affordances and challenges for participant-generated photography. Library and Information Science Research, 42(3).
Hicks, A. (2020). Moving beyond the descriptive: The grounded theory of mitigating risk and the theorisation of information literacy. Journal of Documentation 76(1), 126-144.
Hicks, A. (2019). Mitigating risk: Mediating transition through the enactment of information literacy practices. Journal of Documentation 75(5), 1190-1210.
Hicks, A. (2019). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international populations. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(2), 146-152.
Hicks, A. (2018). Developing the methodological toolbox: Grounded theory, information literacy and visual research. Library and Information Science Research, 40(3-4), 194-200.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2018). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 229-238.
Reyes, B. M., Hicks, A., & Maxson, B. K. (2018). Information literacy practices of Spanish-speaking graduate students at the University of Kansas. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 18(3), 595-615.
Hicks, A. (2017). Participation as pedagogy: Student and librarian experiences of an Open Access publishing assignment. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 58(3), 160-175.
Hicks, A. (2016). Student perspectives: Redesigning a research assignment handout through the Academic Literacies model. Journal of Information Literacy 10(1), 30-43. [Featured in InfoLit Journal Club]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2016). It takes a community to build a framework: Information literacy within intercultural settings. Journal of Information Science 42(3), 334-343.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2015). Examining Mendeley: Designing learning opportunities for digital scholarship. portal: Libraries and
the Academy 15(3), 531-549.
Hicks, A. (2015). LibGuides: Pedagogy to oppress? Hybrid Pedagogy. [Featured in #digped chat][Featured in ACRL/NY May Distance Learning meeting] [Featured by ALIA Sydney][Featured in University of Iowa Teaching Librarians Journal Club]
Hicks, A. & Howkins, A. (2015). Tipping the iceberg: A collaborative librarian-historian approach to redesigning the undergraduate
research assignment. The History Teacher, 48(2), 339-370.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson C. (2015). Critical connections: Personal learning environments and information literacy. Research in Learning
Technology, 23.
Hicks, A. (2014). Broadening the landscape: Information literacy in foreign language education. NECTFL Review, 74, 35-54.
Hicks, A. (2014). Bilingual workplaces: Integrating cultural approaches to information literacy into foreign language educational
practices. Journal of Information Literacy, 8(1), 21-41.
Stephens, M., Wedaman, D., Freeman, E., Hicks, A., Matthews-De Natale, G., Wahl, D. & Spiro, L. (2014) Academic 15: Evaluating
library and IT staff responses to disruption and change in higher education. First Monday, 19(5).
Hicks, A. (2013). Cultural shifts: Putting critical information literacy into practice. Communications in Information Literacy, 7(1),
50-65.
Sinkinson, C., Alexander, S., Hicks, A., & Kahn, M. (2012). Guiding design: Exposing librarian and student mental models of research
guides. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 12(1), 63-84.[Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2013]
Hicks, A. (2012). Analyzing la cuna: New approaches for mentoring in professional associations. Collaborative Librarianship, 4(1), 2-13.
Hicks, A., & Sinkinson C. (2011). Situated questions and answers: Responding to library users with QR codes. RUSQ, 51(1), 60-69.
Hicks, A., & Graber, A. (2010). Shifting paradigms: Teaching, learning and web 2.0. Reference Services Review, 38(4), 621-633.
Books
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (Eds.) (2023). Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Refereed Journal Articles
Hicks, A., Grant, V & Jenkins, C. (2024). From hierarchies of exclusion to participant-led inclusion: A qualitative research agenda for health information literacy. Library and Information Science Research 45(2).
Matsuno, S., Drewry, C., Hicks, A., & Inskip, I. (2024). How could the Library and Information Studies curriculum better prepare graduates to address equity, diversity and inclusion issues in their workplace?. Journal of Information Science. [Accepted]
Hicks, A., McKenzie, P., Bronstein, J. Hyldegård, J., Ruthven, I., & Widén, G. Collaborative interpretation as craft: slow theory development in Library and Information Science. (2024, April 1). Information Matters 4(4). https://informationmatters.org/2024/04/collaborative-interpretation-as-craft-slow-theory-development-in-library-and-information-science/
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2023). Fractured academic space: Digital literacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Documentation 79(6), 1309-1324.
Hicks, A. (2023). Risky (information) business: An informational risk research agenda. Journal of Documentation. [Forthcoming]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2022). Agency and liminality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Why information literacy can’t fix vaccine hesitancy. Journal of Information Science.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Information Research, 27.
Hicks, A., McKinney, P., Inskip, C., Walton, G., and Lloyd, A. (2022) Leveraging information literacy: Mapping the conceptual influence and appropriation of information literacy in other disciplinary landscapes. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 55(3), 548-566.
Hicks, A. (2022). The missing link: towards an integrated health and information literacy research agenda. Social Science and Medicine.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2022). Reaching into the basket of doom: Learning outcomes, discourse, and information literacy. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 55(2) 282–298.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2022). Saturation, acceleration, and information pathologies: The conditions that influence the emergence of information literacy safeguarding practice in COVID-19-environments. Journal of Documentation, 78(5), 1008-1026.
Hicks, A & Lloyd, A. (2022). Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education. Journal of Library and Information Science 54(3), 415-426.
Hicks, A., Nicholson, K., & Seale, M. (2022). Make me think! Exploring library UX through the lens of (critical) information literacy. Library Quarterly 92(2), 109-128.
Seale, M., Hicks, A., & Nicholson, K. (2022). Towards a Critical Turn in Library UX. College and Research Libraries 83(1), 6-24.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A. (2021). Contextualising Risk: The unfolding information work and practices of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Documentation, 77(3), 1052-1072.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2021). Participation and Presence: Interrogating Active Learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 21(4), 749-771. [Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2022]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy discourse: Peeling back the layers in higher education. Journal of Library and Information Science 53(4), 559-571.
Hicks, A, Reyes, B & Maxson, B. (2021). “Hay muchos Méxicos”: A new approach to designing international information literacy instruction opportunities. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 21(4), 859-884. [Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2022]
Hicks, A. (2020). Negotiating change: Transition as a central concept for information literacy. Journal of Information Science 48(2), 210-222.
Barriage, S. & Hicks, A. (2020). Mobile apps for visual research: Affordances and challenges for participant-generated photography. Library and Information Science Research, 42(3).
Hicks, A. (2020). Moving beyond the descriptive: The grounded theory of mitigating risk and the theorisation of information literacy. Journal of Documentation 76(1), 126-144.
Hicks, A. (2019). Mitigating risk: Mediating transition through the enactment of information literacy practices. Journal of Documentation 75(5), 1190-1210.
Hicks, A. (2019). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international populations. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(2), 146-152.
Hicks, A. (2018). Developing the methodological toolbox: Grounded theory, information literacy and visual research. Library and Information Science Research, 40(3-4), 194-200.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2018). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 229-238.
Reyes, B. M., Hicks, A., & Maxson, B. K. (2018). Information literacy practices of Spanish-speaking graduate students at the University of Kansas. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 18(3), 595-615.
Hicks, A. (2017). Participation as pedagogy: Student and librarian experiences of an Open Access publishing assignment. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 58(3), 160-175.
Hicks, A. (2016). Student perspectives: Redesigning a research assignment handout through the Academic Literacies model. Journal of Information Literacy 10(1), 30-43. [Featured in InfoLit Journal Club]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2016). It takes a community to build a framework: Information literacy within intercultural settings. Journal of Information Science 42(3), 334-343.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2015). Examining Mendeley: Designing learning opportunities for digital scholarship. portal: Libraries and
the Academy 15(3), 531-549.
Hicks, A. (2015). LibGuides: Pedagogy to oppress? Hybrid Pedagogy. [Featured in #digped chat][Featured in ACRL/NY May Distance Learning meeting] [Featured by ALIA Sydney][Featured in University of Iowa Teaching Librarians Journal Club]
Hicks, A. & Howkins, A. (2015). Tipping the iceberg: A collaborative librarian-historian approach to redesigning the undergraduate
research assignment. The History Teacher, 48(2), 339-370.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson C. (2015). Critical connections: Personal learning environments and information literacy. Research in Learning
Technology, 23.
Hicks, A. (2014). Broadening the landscape: Information literacy in foreign language education. NECTFL Review, 74, 35-54.
Hicks, A. (2014). Bilingual workplaces: Integrating cultural approaches to information literacy into foreign language educational
practices. Journal of Information Literacy, 8(1), 21-41.
Stephens, M., Wedaman, D., Freeman, E., Hicks, A., Matthews-De Natale, G., Wahl, D. & Spiro, L. (2014) Academic 15: Evaluating
library and IT staff responses to disruption and change in higher education. First Monday, 19(5).
Hicks, A. (2013). Cultural shifts: Putting critical information literacy into practice. Communications in Information Literacy, 7(1),
50-65.
Sinkinson, C., Alexander, S., Hicks, A., & Kahn, M. (2012). Guiding design: Exposing librarian and student mental models of research
guides. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 12(1), 63-84.[Awarded LIRT Top Twenty Article: 2013]
Hicks, A. (2012). Analyzing la cuna: New approaches for mentoring in professional associations. Collaborative Librarianship, 4(1), 2-13.
Hicks, A., & Sinkinson C. (2011). Situated questions and answers: Responding to library users with QR codes. RUSQ, 51(1), 60-69.
Hicks, A., & Graber, A. (2010). Shifting paradigms: Teaching, learning and web 2.0. Reference Services Review, 38(4), 621-633.
Book Chapters
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (2023). Conclusion: Alerting us to difference. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (2023). Introduction: Themes, Patterns and Connections. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2023). Locating information literacy within discursive encounters: A conversation with positioning theory. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2018). Making the case for a sociocultural perspective on information literacy. In K. Nicholson & M. Seale (Eds.) The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship (pp.69-85), Library Juice Press.
Hicks, A. (2017). Señor Google: Exploring Spanish workplace information practices. In M. Long, (Ed.), Trends in Language for Specific Purposes Research and Curriculum Development. Georgetown University Press.
Hicks, A. (2016). Developing digital scholars: from the ivory tower to the Twittersphere. In L. Martin & A. MacKenzie, (Eds.), Developing digital scholarship: Emerging practices in academic libraries (pp.157-172). Facet Publishing. [Invited]
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2016). Reflections on the retention narrative: Extending critical pedagogy beyond the classroom. In N. Pagowsky & K. McElroy (Eds.) Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook (pp.171-183). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. [Collection awarded Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award]
Hicks, A. (2016). Reframing librarian approaches to international student information literacy through the lens of New Literacy Studies. In S. McNicol (Ed.) Critical Literacy for Information Professionals (pp.43-56). Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2016). Studying at a distance. In C. McMaster, C. Murphy & A. Threlkeld (Eds.), Graduate study in the USA: Surviving and
succeeding. Peter Lang.
Hicks, A. (2015). Knowledge societies: Learning for a diverse world. In, H. Jagman & T. Swanson (Eds.), Not Just Where to Click:
Teaching Students How to Think About Information (pp.217-242). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
[Collection awarded Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award]
Hicks, A. (2015). Google and transcultural competence. In, C. Smallwood (Ed.), The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries:
Research, User Applications and Networking (pp.113-122). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hicks, A. (2014). Research in the foreign languages. In, P. Keeran and M. Levine Clark (Eds.), Research within the disciplines:
Foundations for reference and library instruction. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. 2nd.Ed. [Invited]
Sinkinson, C. & Hicks, A. (2013) Unraveling the research process: Social bookmarking and collaborative learning. In S. Pixy Ferris & H.
Wilder (Eds.), The Plugged-in Professor: Tips and techniques for teaching with social media. Oxford: Chandos.
Hicks, A. (2013). Digital marketing in an outreach context. In L. Martin & A. MacKenzie (Eds.), Mastering digital librarianship. Facet
Publishing. [Invited]
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (2023). Conclusion: Alerting us to difference. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O. (2023). Introduction: Themes, Patterns and Connections. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2023). Locating information literacy within discursive encounters: A conversation with positioning theory. In A. Hicks, A. Lloyd, & O. Pilerot (Eds.), Information Literacy through Theory. Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2018). Making the case for a sociocultural perspective on information literacy. In K. Nicholson & M. Seale (Eds.) The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship (pp.69-85), Library Juice Press.
Hicks, A. (2017). Señor Google: Exploring Spanish workplace information practices. In M. Long, (Ed.), Trends in Language for Specific Purposes Research and Curriculum Development. Georgetown University Press.
Hicks, A. (2016). Developing digital scholars: from the ivory tower to the Twittersphere. In L. Martin & A. MacKenzie, (Eds.), Developing digital scholarship: Emerging practices in academic libraries (pp.157-172). Facet Publishing. [Invited]
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2016). Reflections on the retention narrative: Extending critical pedagogy beyond the classroom. In N. Pagowsky & K. McElroy (Eds.) Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook (pp.171-183). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. [Collection awarded Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award]
Hicks, A. (2016). Reframing librarian approaches to international student information literacy through the lens of New Literacy Studies. In S. McNicol (Ed.) Critical Literacy for Information Professionals (pp.43-56). Facet Publishing.
Hicks, A. (2016). Studying at a distance. In C. McMaster, C. Murphy & A. Threlkeld (Eds.), Graduate study in the USA: Surviving and
succeeding. Peter Lang.
Hicks, A. (2015). Knowledge societies: Learning for a diverse world. In, H. Jagman & T. Swanson (Eds.), Not Just Where to Click:
Teaching Students How to Think About Information (pp.217-242). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
[Collection awarded Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award]
Hicks, A. (2015). Google and transcultural competence. In, C. Smallwood (Ed.), The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries:
Research, User Applications and Networking (pp.113-122). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hicks, A. (2014). Research in the foreign languages. In, P. Keeran and M. Levine Clark (Eds.), Research within the disciplines:
Foundations for reference and library instruction. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. 2nd.Ed. [Invited]
Sinkinson, C. & Hicks, A. (2013) Unraveling the research process: Social bookmarking and collaborative learning. In S. Pixy Ferris & H.
Wilder (Eds.), The Plugged-in Professor: Tips and techniques for teaching with social media. Oxford: Chandos.
Hicks, A. (2013). Digital marketing in an outreach context. In L. Martin & A. MacKenzie (Eds.), Mastering digital librarianship. Facet
Publishing. [Invited]
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Lomas, E., & Hicks, A. (2023). Risk and risk management through an immersive participatory and literate information lens: Empowering ethical delivery. In International Conference of Critical Management Studies (ICMS) 2023.
Nottingham. Retrieved from https://internationalcms.org/
Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2023). Information in Crisis Mode? A Conceptual Analysis of the Information Crisis Discourse. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 60 (pp. 603-607). doi:10.1002/pra2.824
Hicks, A., Pilerot, O., Coelho Bezerra, A., Haider, J., Hirvonen, N., Johansson, V., & Schneider, M. (2023). Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and
Technology Vol. 60 (pp. 789-792). doi:10.1002/pra2.862
Hicks, A., Bronstein, J., Hyldegard, J., McKenzie, P., Ruthven, I., & Widen, G. (2022). We thought we knew what we were talking about: The (de)conceptualisation of LIS. ASIST Global Conference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In CoLIS, the 11th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science Vol. 27 (pp. 12 pages). UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES. doi:10.47989/colis2211
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A., (2022). Information literacy, transition, and risk in the COVID-19-environment. iConference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy in higher education (ILiHE): A practice perspective. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL).
Hicks, A. (2021). Risky Research and Researcher Risk: Reflecting on Emotionally Involved Information Research through the Lens of COVID-19. Information Science Trends, ASIST-EC (IST-21).
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2020). Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education. iConference, Borås, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2018). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international
populations. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Zadar, Croatia.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2017). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2016). Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. LOEX Proceedings. Denver, CO.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2015). It takes a community to build a framework: Information literacy within cultural settings. Information:
Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Open borders: Information literacy within intercultural settings. iFutures Proceedings. Sheffield, UK.
Hicks, A. (2014). Beyond books: The librarian, the research assignment, and the PLE. Proceedings of the 4th International PLE
Conference. Berlin, Germany.
Lomas, E., & Hicks, A. (2023). Risk and risk management through an immersive participatory and literate information lens: Empowering ethical delivery. In International Conference of Critical Management Studies (ICMS) 2023.
Nottingham. Retrieved from https://internationalcms.org/
Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2023). Information in Crisis Mode? A Conceptual Analysis of the Information Crisis Discourse. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 60 (pp. 603-607). doi:10.1002/pra2.824
Hicks, A., Pilerot, O., Coelho Bezerra, A., Haider, J., Hirvonen, N., Johansson, V., & Schneider, M. (2023). Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and
Technology Vol. 60 (pp. 789-792). doi:10.1002/pra2.862
Hicks, A., Bronstein, J., Hyldegard, J., McKenzie, P., Ruthven, I., & Widen, G. (2022). We thought we knew what we were talking about: The (de)conceptualisation of LIS. ASIST Global Conference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In CoLIS, the 11th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science Vol. 27 (pp. 12 pages). UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES. doi:10.47989/colis2211
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A., (2022). Information literacy, transition, and risk in the COVID-19-environment. iConference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy in higher education (ILiHE): A practice perspective. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL).
Hicks, A. (2021). Risky Research and Researcher Risk: Reflecting on Emotionally Involved Information Research through the Lens of COVID-19. Information Science Trends, ASIST-EC (IST-21).
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2020). Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education. iConference, Borås, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2018). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international
populations. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Zadar, Croatia.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2017). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2016). Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. LOEX Proceedings. Denver, CO.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2015). It takes a community to build a framework: Information literacy within cultural settings. Information:
Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Open borders: Information literacy within intercultural settings. iFutures Proceedings. Sheffield, UK.
Hicks, A. (2014). Beyond books: The librarian, the research assignment, and the PLE. Proceedings of the 4th International PLE
Conference. Berlin, Germany.
Non-Refereed Articles
Poduval, S., Hicks, A., Adamson, R & Creed, I. (2022). Community storytelling: Disruptive thinking on community engagement.
Disruptive Voices.
Hicks, A. (2018) A reviewer's perspective. LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2018). Methodical methods. LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2017). Reluctant writers, unite! LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2016). Got a minute? Instruction tune-up for time pressed librarians. Denver, CO: Pressbooks. (Editor)
Heinbach, C., Landis, C., and Hicks, A. (2016). Publishing practice: Developing a professional identity. ACRLog.
Hicks, A. (2016). Welcoming: The next generation of instruction librarians. In A. Hicks (Ed.), Got a minute? Instruction tune-up for
time pressed librarians. Denver, CO: Pressbooks.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. LOEX Quarterly 41(4), 9-15
Hicks, A. (2015). Librarian as pedagogical partner: Language learning and information literacy practice. FLTMag.
Hicks, A. & Fell, C. (2014). Teaching materials in the digital age: Using and sharing images and video responsibly. FLTMag.
Hicks, A & Sinkinson, C. (2013). University of Colorado: Mendeley user report. Research Report, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Hicks, A. (2013). Giovanna d'Aragona. In G. Walker (Ed.), Mary Hays, female biography; or, Memoirs of illustrious and celebrated women, of all ages and countries (1803). Memoirs of women writers Part II. Pickering & Chatto: London.
Hicks, A. (2013). Breaking the ice: integrating information literacy into Antarctic Studies. Conference Proceedings of the 24th Polar
Libraries Colloquy, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Pretextos: Civic engagement through the humanities. Conference Proceedings of SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
Hicks, A. (2012). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación y la extensión bibliotecaria. Conference Proceedings of the XVIII Coloquio Internacional de Bibliotecarios, Mexico. [In Spanish.]
Hicks, A. (2011). Language specialists in the United States. FSLG Annual Review 8: 34-38.
Hicks, A. (2011). Spreading the magic of fairy tales throughout Colorado and beyond. FSLG Annual Review 7: 34-37.
Hicks, A. (2010). Language learning 2.0.: Library support and integration. Focus on International Library & Information Work 41(2):
55-58.
Hicks, A. (2009). RSS for foreign-language librarians. Focus on International Library & Information Work 40(2): 49-55.
Hicks, A. (2009). French fairy tales at the University of Colorado. Focus on Global Resources 28(3).
Hicks, A. dospuntocero column. SALALM newsletter (2009-2014).
Poduval, S., Hicks, A., Adamson, R & Creed, I. (2022). Community storytelling: Disruptive thinking on community engagement.
Disruptive Voices.
Hicks, A. (2018) A reviewer's perspective. LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2018). Methodical methods. LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2017). Reluctant writers, unite! LibParlor.
Hicks, A. (2016). Got a minute? Instruction tune-up for time pressed librarians. Denver, CO: Pressbooks. (Editor)
Heinbach, C., Landis, C., and Hicks, A. (2016). Publishing practice: Developing a professional identity. ACRLog.
Hicks, A. (2016). Welcoming: The next generation of instruction librarians. In A. Hicks (Ed.), Got a minute? Instruction tune-up for
time pressed librarians. Denver, CO: Pressbooks.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. LOEX Quarterly 41(4), 9-15
Hicks, A. (2015). Librarian as pedagogical partner: Language learning and information literacy practice. FLTMag.
Hicks, A. & Fell, C. (2014). Teaching materials in the digital age: Using and sharing images and video responsibly. FLTMag.
Hicks, A & Sinkinson, C. (2013). University of Colorado: Mendeley user report. Research Report, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Hicks, A. (2013). Giovanna d'Aragona. In G. Walker (Ed.), Mary Hays, female biography; or, Memoirs of illustrious and celebrated women, of all ages and countries (1803). Memoirs of women writers Part II. Pickering & Chatto: London.
Hicks, A. (2013). Breaking the ice: integrating information literacy into Antarctic Studies. Conference Proceedings of the 24th Polar
Libraries Colloquy, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Pretextos: Civic engagement through the humanities. Conference Proceedings of SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
Hicks, A. (2012). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación y la extensión bibliotecaria. Conference Proceedings of the XVIII Coloquio Internacional de Bibliotecarios, Mexico. [In Spanish.]
Hicks, A. (2011). Language specialists in the United States. FSLG Annual Review 8: 34-38.
Hicks, A. (2011). Spreading the magic of fairy tales throughout Colorado and beyond. FSLG Annual Review 7: 34-37.
Hicks, A. (2010). Language learning 2.0.: Library support and integration. Focus on International Library & Information Work 41(2):
55-58.
Hicks, A. (2009). RSS for foreign-language librarians. Focus on International Library & Information Work 40(2): 49-55.
Hicks, A. (2009). French fairy tales at the University of Colorado. Focus on Global Resources 28(3).
Hicks, A. dospuntocero column. SALALM newsletter (2009-2014).
Reviews
Hicks, A. (2018). ECIL 2018: Conference report. Journal of Information Literacy 12(2).
Hicks, A. (2015). Using social media to promote international collaboration. Collaborative Librarianship 6(3).
Hicks, A. (2013). Social networking tools for academic libraries. Collaborative Librarianship. 4(4).
Hicks, A. (2012). Pretextos: Civic engagement through the humanities. Conference Proceedings of SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
Hicks, A. (2011). Colwiz: A review. Collaborative Librarianship. 3(3).
Hicks, A. (2011). Mendeley: A review. Collaborative Librarianship. 3(2).
Hicks, A. (2009). Review of library technology reports: Collaboration 2.0. Collaborative Librarianship. 1(4).
Hicks, A. (2008). Professional development: Opportunities and strategies. SALALM Newsletter.
Hicks, A. (2008). Surviving in the new digital ecosystem. SLA Chapter Notes.
Various reviews for Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (2009-2014).
Interviews
Interview, Living with COVID-19, The Living Show, Radio Ujima, Bristol. 23rd June, 2022.
Interview, Information literacy minimises the risks of studying abroad. University of Borås, 12th October, 2018.
Interview, So you want to be a Latin American/Area Studies librarian? Hack Library School, 6th May, 2015.
Interview, CU Boulder library performs Cupid role. Daily Camera. 11th March, 2015.
Interview at CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico. September 2013 [In Spanish]
Interview at SEDIC, Spain. October, 2011 [In Spanish]
Interview, Wanna read that QR Code? Denver Post. 18th April, 2011.
Interview, CU Boulder's Norlin Library services go mobile. Colorado Daily. 25th August, 2010.
Interview, Desk Setup. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. October, 2010.
Hicks, A. (2018). ECIL 2018: Conference report. Journal of Information Literacy 12(2).
Hicks, A. (2015). Using social media to promote international collaboration. Collaborative Librarianship 6(3).
Hicks, A. (2013). Social networking tools for academic libraries. Collaborative Librarianship. 4(4).
Hicks, A. (2012). Pretextos: Civic engagement through the humanities. Conference Proceedings of SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
Hicks, A. (2011). Colwiz: A review. Collaborative Librarianship. 3(3).
Hicks, A. (2011). Mendeley: A review. Collaborative Librarianship. 3(2).
Hicks, A. (2009). Review of library technology reports: Collaboration 2.0. Collaborative Librarianship. 1(4).
Hicks, A. (2008). Professional development: Opportunities and strategies. SALALM Newsletter.
Hicks, A. (2008). Surviving in the new digital ecosystem. SLA Chapter Notes.
Various reviews for Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (2009-2014).
Interviews
Interview, Living with COVID-19, The Living Show, Radio Ujima, Bristol. 23rd June, 2022.
Interview, Information literacy minimises the risks of studying abroad. University of Borås, 12th October, 2018.
Interview, So you want to be a Latin American/Area Studies librarian? Hack Library School, 6th May, 2015.
Interview, CU Boulder library performs Cupid role. Daily Camera. 11th March, 2015.
Interview at CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico. September 2013 [In Spanish]
Interview at SEDIC, Spain. October, 2011 [In Spanish]
Interview, Wanna read that QR Code? Denver Post. 18th April, 2011.
Interview, CU Boulder's Norlin Library services go mobile. Colorado Daily. 25th August, 2010.
Interview, Desk Setup. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. October, 2010.
Papers/Presentations/Panels
Refereed Conference Papers
Bronstein, J., Hicks, A., McKenzie, P., & Ruthven, I. (2024). Information Avoidance in Context. Information Seeking in Context
Conference (ISIC). Aalborg, Denmark.
Nicol, E., Ruthven, I., Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2024). Information and Crisis. Information Seeking in Context Conference (ISIC). Aalborg, Denmark.
Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2023). Information in Crisis Mode? A Conceptual Analysis of the Information Crisis Discourse. Association for Information Science and Technology. London, UK.
Hicks, A., Pilerot, O., Coelho Bezerra, A., Haider, J., Hirvonen, N., Johansson, V., & Schneider, M. (2023). Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints. Association for Information Science and Technology. London, UK.
Lomas, E., & Hicks, A. (2023). Immersive participatory and literate risk management through an information lens. International Critical Management Studies Conference, Nottingham, UK.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentation at COLIS 11 (Conceptions of Library and Information Science), Oslo, Norway.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A., (2022). Information literacy, transition, and risk in the COVID-19 environment. Presentation at iConference.
Hicks, A., Bronstein, J., Hyldegard, J., McKenzie, P., Ruthven, I., & Widen, G. (2022). We thought we knew what we were talking about: The (de)conceptualisation of LIS. ASIST Global Conference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy in higher education (ILiHE): A practice perspective. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL).
Hicks, A. (2021). Risky research and researcher risk: Reflecting on emotionally involved information research through the lens of COVID-19. Information Science Trends, ASIST-EC (IST-21).
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2021). Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Seale, M., Hicks, A., & Nicholson, K. (2021). Make me think! Exploring UX through the lens of critical information literacy. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2021). Deactivating learning: A critique of active learning. Paper presented at FestivIL, Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC).
Webber, S., Hicks, A., Inskip, C., Lloyd, A., McKinney, P., Walton, G., & Whitworth, A. (2021). Developing a research agenda for Information Literacy. Paper presented at FestivIL, Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC).
Matsuno, S. & Hicks, A. (2021). Open Aspirations: Enriching EDI learning at a library school through a student-led project. Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference 2021 (CALC2021).
Lloyd, A. & Hicks, A. (2020). Risk and resilience in radically redefined information environments; Information practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the Association of Information Science and Technology Conference, Pittsburgh, USA. [Awarded 2nd prize in the poster contest]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2020). Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education. iConference,
Borås, Sweden.
Haider, J., Cedeira Serantes, L., Davies, E., Hammarfalt, B., Hartel, J., Hicks, A., Johansson, V., McKenzie, P., Rothbauer, P. (2019). About time: Re-thinking information through the lens of time and temporality. Conceptions of Library and Information science (CoLIS). Ljubljana, Slovakia.
Hicks, A. (2019). The theory of mitigating risk: transition and information literacy practices. Conceptions of Library and Information science (CoLIS). Ljubljana, Slovakia.
Hicks, A. (2019). Unpacking international student information literacy: Recommendations for the design of intercultural teaching and learning opportunities. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2019). Communicating curiosity: developing a clear and manageable information literacy research question. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
McKinney, P., Hicks, A., Martzoukou, D., & Secker, J. (2019). Information literacy in everyday life: The role of information literacy practitioners, researchers and the Information Literacy Group. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
Seale, M., Nicholson, K. & Hicks, A. (2018). Don’t make me think? The intersections and contradictions of critical pedagogy, IL, and UX. Paper presented at Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium (CLAPS). Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Hicks, A. (2018). Setting the scene: A set of initial premises for everyday information literacy. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). Oulu, Finland.
Hicks, A. (2018). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international populations. Paper presented at Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Zadar, Croatia.
Sinkinson, C. & Hicks, A. (2018). Informed inclusivity: Risk in open information literacy practice. Paper presented at the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER#18). Bristol, UK.
Hicks, A., Reyes, B. & Maxson, B. (2018). “Your research should serve to improve the condition of people’s lives”: Academic information literacy practices in graduate students' own words. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Liverpool, UK.
Inskip, C. & Hicks, A. (2018). How to do backwards design. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Liverpool, UK.
Hicks, A. (2017). From transfer to transition: Scaffolding instruction librarian learning through an Open Access publishing assignment. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). St Malo, France.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2017). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Paper presented at Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2016). Information Literacy in Transition. Poster presented at Conceptions of Library and Information Science 9 (CoLIS). Uppsala, Sweden. [Awarded prize for Best Poster]
Hicks, A. (2015). Open Borders: Information literacy within intercultural settings. Paper presented at iFutures. Sheffield, UK.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2015). It takes a community to build a framework: information literacy within intercultural settings. Paper presented at Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented at LOEX 2015.
Denver, CO.
Hicks, A. (2014). ‘Señor Google’: Exploring Spanish workplace information practices. Paper presented at International Symposium on
Languages for Specific Purposes, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2013). Beyond books: The librarian, the research assignment, and the PLE. Paper presented at 4th International PLE
Conference. Berlin, Germany.
Hicks, A. (2013). Learning for a diverse world: Information literacy and foreign language learning. Paper presented at Information:
Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2013). Forming connections: Information literacy and personal learning environments. Paper presented at
WILU. Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Hicks, A., Graber, A., Alexander, S. & Sinkinson, C. (2012). Research assistance interactions: exploration of users' motivation and
perceptions. Paper presented at RUSA 18th Annual Reference Research Forum, ALA Annual Conference. Anaheim, CA.
Hicks, A., Becher, A. & Knowles, M. (2012). Bottom-up digital literacies in an advanced Spanish composition course. Paper
presented at South Central Association for Language Learning Technology. Boulder, CO.
Sinkinson, C., & Hicks, A. (2011). Layers of reality: Extending library services and resources through QR codes and augmented reality.
Paper presented at Reference and User Services Association Section. American Library Association Conference. San Diego, CA.
Hicks, A., Knowles, M. & Becher, A. (2011). Curricular design from the bottom up: Development and analysis of hybrid elements of a
Spanish advanced composition course. Paper presented at CALICO. Victoria, BC, Canada.
Hicks, A. (2010). Researching Latin America: New approaches in the digital age. Paper presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin
American Studies (RMCLAS), Boulder, CO. [Chair]
Hicks, A., & Graber, A. (2010). Web 2.0 as a state of mind: Creating academic collaborative learning communities. Paper presented at
LOEX of the West. Calgary, Canada.
Keynote and Plenary Presentations
Hicks, A. (2023). Sociocultural approaches to information literacy: Space races, wish-cycling and squabbling siblings. ECIL, Poland. [Keynote]
Hicks, A., Cooper, M., Matsuno, S., Pickersgill, E., Smith, D., Troth, G. (2021). Black Lives Matter, Brexit and Covid-19: Information literacy in a post-2020 world. FestivIL by LILAC. [Keynote]
Hicks, A. (2018). Challenging library myths: Unpacking resources, inclusive practices and innovation for all. Northern Collaboration Conference, Lancaster University, UK. [Keynote]
Hicks, A. (2014). La investigación digital: “open scholarship” y las competencias necesarias para los investigadores del futuro. Paper presented at Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomía. Monterrey, Mexico. [Plenary Session][In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2013). Del acceso abierto a la etnografía: la construcción del conocimiento en nuestras comunidades. Paper presented at 5º
Encuentro de Reciaria/45ª Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios. Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Keynote][In Spanish]
Invited Papers and Presentations
Hicks, A. (2022). Panelist, The time is now: Active approaches to inclusivity. Academic Libraries North.
Hicks, A. (2021). Empty shelves: Becoming informed about the pandemic. Cities after COVID conference. UCL-Toronto.
Hicks, A. (2020). Socially distanced research: Integrating mobile apps into visual methodologies. ASIST-Europe Conference on
Research Methods. Online.
Hicks A. (2020). El placer de escribir. Presentación de la Revista Guatemalteca de Educación Superior. Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. Guatemala.
Hicks, A. (2020). “Be Kind” Interrogando alfabetización informacional. IV Foro Virtual de la Dirección General de Bibliotecas y Servicios Digitales de Información (DGDSDI), UNAM, Mexico City.
Hicks, A. (2019). Forward thinking with backward design. University Libraries, UCL.
Barriage, S. & Hicks, A. (2019). Applying mobile technology to visual research methods: Mobile apps for participant-generated photography. ASIST SIG-VIS Webinar. [Online]
Hicks, A. (2018). Backward Design: Designing for Teaching and Learning. Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). Information literacy and the transition to university. Panelist, Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). Designing for teaching and learning: Pedagogy and information literacy. Paper presented at Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). From digital scholarship to digital scholar. Developing Digital Scholarship at UCL. UCL Digital Literacy Special Interest Group (UCL DL SIG).
Hicks, A. (2018). Tensions and opportunities: An ongoing exploration of workplace information literacy. On The Move: transitioning information skills into the workplace. [Chair]
Hicks, A. (2017). Reaching saturation point? Reframing information literacy research. Paper presented at Themes and Trends in Library and Information Research, CILIP Kent, UK.
Hicks, A. (2017). Information literacy practices of language learners abroad: Findings. Paper presented at Lund University, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2016). Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented for the ACRL Instruction Section.
[Online]
Hicks, A. (2015). Information literacy: different truths, different understandings. Paper presented at SUNY, Albany, NY.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented at LOEX Encore.
Beall, J., Hicks, A., Johnson, A., Shaffer, K., & Jackson, M. (2014). What is digital and open scholarship? University of Colorado Boulder
Academics Online Week, Boulder, CO. [panelist]
Hicks, A. (2014). Critical information literacy. Paper presented at Master Teacher Initiative. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Hicks, A. (2014). Speak out! Writing and presentation opportunities in Latin America and beyond. Paper presented at SALALM LVIX,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Hicks, A. (2013). Info-competencias, MOOCs, TICs y otras tecnologías. Paper presented at Educación superior: Modelos alternativos de
aprendizaje. Coloquio Internacional CETYS: United Nations Academic Impact- Global Initiative. Mexicali, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2013). Competencias estudiantiles para beneficiarse de ellos. Paper presented at Educación superior: Modelos alternativos
de aprendizaje. Coloquio Internacional CETYS: United Nations Academic Impact - Global Initiative. Mexicali, Mexico.
Hicks, A. (2013). Rompiendo el hielo: enseñando a acceder a la información en estudios antárticos. Paper presented at Seminario
sobre la Educación Antárctica. Valparaíso, Chile. [In Spanish]
Alonso Regalado, J., Celis Carbajal, P., Figueroa, F., & Hicks, A. (2012). Tertulia on social media and libraries. SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
[Panelist]
Hicks, A. (2012). Redes sociales y la extensión bibliotecaria. Paper presented at IV Conferencia Regional de Catalogación y Segundo
Seminario sobre Servicios de Información. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2012). Nuevas herramientas y comunidades de aprendizaje en la investigación digital. Paper presented at IV Conferencia
Regional de Catalogación y Segundo Seminario sobre Servicios de Información. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación y la extensión bibliotecaria. Paper presented at XVIII Coloquio
Internacional de Bibliotecarios. Guadalajara, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación e incrementeo de concienciación de la biblioteca. Paper presented at
Nuevas tecnologías y redes sociales en la labor de los profesionales de la información. SEDIC, Madrid, Spain. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). QR Codes: Point of need mobile library services. Paper presented at ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter Virtual
Conference. Online.
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter for research, outreach and professional development. Paper presented at Colorado State University. Fort
Collins, CO.
Non Refereed Papers and Presentations
Reyes, B., Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2019). “Hay muchos Méxicos”: Mexican information professionals discuss information literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXIV. Austin, TX.
Reyes, B. Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2018). ALFIN en Mexico: Information professionals’ approach to teaching for information literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXIII. Mexico City, Mexico.
Reyes, B. Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2017). Researching Latin America: Approaches to teaching for information Literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXII. Ann Arbor, MI.
Hicks, A. (2017). Information literacy in transition. Presentation at the Doctoral Forum, Integration in Cooperation Conference. Turku, Finland.
Hicks, A. (2016). Information literacy in transition. Presentation at the Doctoral Forum, Conceptions of Library and Information Science 9 (CoLIS). Uppsala, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2016). Digital scholarship as researcher practices: The example of Mendeley. Paper presented at SALALM LXI. Charlottesville, VA.
Hicks, A. (2015). LibGuides: Pedagogy to oppress. Paper presented at SALALM LX. Princeton, NJ.
Hicks, A. (2015). Learning a different language. Paper presented at iDocQ2015, Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Panelist, WESS Discussion Forum: Language Librarianship. Online.
Hicks, A. (2014). Bilingual information in the workplace: Preparing undergraduates for Spanish/English information environments.
Paper presented at SALALM LVIX, Salt Lake City, UT.
Hicks, A. (2014). Knowledge societies: Teaching foreign language information literacy. Paper presented at Colorado Congress of
Foreign Language Teachers. Loveland, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Breaking the ice: Integrating information literacy into Antarctic Studies. Paper presented at 24th Polar Libraries
Colloquy. Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Broadening the landscape: Information literacy in foreign language education. President's Teaching and Learning
Collaborative. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2011). QR Codes en Español: Point of need mobile library services. Paper presented at SALALM LVI. Philadelphia, PA.
Hicks, A. (2010). Analysing la cuna: Mentoring 2.0 and beyond. Paper presented at SALALM LV. Providence, RI.
Hicks, A. (2008). Blogging as a subject guide. Paper presented at SALALM LIII. New Orleans, LA.
Hicks, A. (2008). Blogging about corruption and health; Web 2.0 at the IADB. Paper presented at Health and Corruption: Lessons
Learned and Strategic Solutions Conference. Washington D.C.
Hicks, A. (2007). The Antarctic treaty secretariat: An Argentine open source digital library. Poster presented at SALALM LII, Albuquerque, NM.
Refereed Conference Papers
Bronstein, J., Hicks, A., McKenzie, P., & Ruthven, I. (2024). Information Avoidance in Context. Information Seeking in Context
Conference (ISIC). Aalborg, Denmark.
Nicol, E., Ruthven, I., Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2024). Information and Crisis. Information Seeking in Context Conference (ISIC). Aalborg, Denmark.
Hicks, A., & Noone, R. (2023). Information in Crisis Mode? A Conceptual Analysis of the Information Crisis Discourse. Association for Information Science and Technology. London, UK.
Hicks, A., Pilerot, O., Coelho Bezerra, A., Haider, J., Hirvonen, N., Johansson, V., & Schneider, M. (2023). Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints. Association for Information Science and Technology. London, UK.
Lomas, E., & Hicks, A. (2023). Immersive participatory and literate risk management through an information lens. International Critical Management Studies Conference, Nottingham, UK.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2022). Risk, vaccine hesitancy and information literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentation at COLIS 11 (Conceptions of Library and Information Science), Oslo, Norway.
Lloyd, A., & Hicks, A., (2022). Information literacy, transition, and risk in the COVID-19 environment. Presentation at iConference.
Hicks, A., Bronstein, J., Hyldegard, J., McKenzie, P., Ruthven, I., & Widen, G. (2022). We thought we knew what we were talking about: The (de)conceptualisation of LIS. ASIST Global Conference.
Hicks, A., & Lloyd, A. (2021). Deconstructing information literacy in higher education (ILiHE): A practice perspective. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL).
Hicks, A. (2021). Risky research and researcher risk: Reflecting on emotionally involved information research through the lens of COVID-19. Information Science Trends, ASIST-EC (IST-21).
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2021). Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Seale, M., Hicks, A., & Nicholson, K. (2021). Make me think! Exploring UX through the lens of critical information literacy. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2021). Deactivating learning: A critique of active learning. Paper presented at FestivIL, Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC).
Webber, S., Hicks, A., Inskip, C., Lloyd, A., McKinney, P., Walton, G., & Whitworth, A. (2021). Developing a research agenda for Information Literacy. Paper presented at FestivIL, Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC).
Matsuno, S. & Hicks, A. (2021). Open Aspirations: Enriching EDI learning at a library school through a student-led project. Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference 2021 (CALC2021).
Lloyd, A. & Hicks, A. (2020). Risk and resilience in radically redefined information environments; Information practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the Association of Information Science and Technology Conference, Pittsburgh, USA. [Awarded 2nd prize in the poster contest]
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2020). Peeling back the layers: Deconstructing information literacy discourse in higher education. iConference,
Borås, Sweden.
Haider, J., Cedeira Serantes, L., Davies, E., Hammarfalt, B., Hartel, J., Hicks, A., Johansson, V., McKenzie, P., Rothbauer, P. (2019). About time: Re-thinking information through the lens of time and temporality. Conceptions of Library and Information science (CoLIS). Ljubljana, Slovakia.
Hicks, A. (2019). The theory of mitigating risk: transition and information literacy practices. Conceptions of Library and Information science (CoLIS). Ljubljana, Slovakia.
Hicks, A. (2019). Unpacking international student information literacy: Recommendations for the design of intercultural teaching and learning opportunities. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2019). Communicating curiosity: developing a clear and manageable information literacy research question. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
McKinney, P., Hicks, A., Martzoukou, D., & Secker, J. (2019). Information literacy in everyday life: The role of information literacy practitioners, researchers and the Information Literacy Group. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Nottingham, UK.
Seale, M., Nicholson, K. & Hicks, A. (2018). Don’t make me think? The intersections and contradictions of critical pedagogy, IL, and UX. Paper presented at Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium (CLAPS). Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Hicks, A. (2018). Setting the scene: A set of initial premises for everyday information literacy. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). Oulu, Finland.
Hicks, A. (2018). Building intercultural teachers: Designing information literacy instruction opportunities for increasingly international populations. Paper presented at Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Zadar, Croatia.
Sinkinson, C. & Hicks, A. (2018). Informed inclusivity: Risk in open information literacy practice. Paper presented at the Open Educational Resources Conference (OER#18). Bristol, UK.
Hicks, A., Reyes, B. & Maxson, B. (2018). “Your research should serve to improve the condition of people’s lives”: Academic information literacy practices in graduate students' own words. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Liverpool, UK.
Inskip, C. & Hicks, A. (2018). How to do backwards design. Paper presented at Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). Liverpool, UK.
Hicks, A. (2017). From transfer to transition: Scaffolding instruction librarian learning through an Open Access publishing assignment. Paper presented at European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). St Malo, France.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2017). Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices. Paper presented at Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2016). Information Literacy in Transition. Poster presented at Conceptions of Library and Information Science 9 (CoLIS). Uppsala, Sweden. [Awarded prize for Best Poster]
Hicks, A. (2015). Open Borders: Information literacy within intercultural settings. Paper presented at iFutures. Sheffield, UK.
Hicks, A. & Lloyd, A. (2015). It takes a community to build a framework: information literacy within intercultural settings. Paper presented at Information: Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented at LOEX 2015.
Denver, CO.
Hicks, A. (2014). ‘Señor Google’: Exploring Spanish workplace information practices. Paper presented at International Symposium on
Languages for Specific Purposes, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2013). Beyond books: The librarian, the research assignment, and the PLE. Paper presented at 4th International PLE
Conference. Berlin, Germany.
Hicks, A. (2013). Learning for a diverse world: Information literacy and foreign language learning. Paper presented at Information:
Interactions and Impact (i3). Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. & Sinkinson, C. (2013). Forming connections: Information literacy and personal learning environments. Paper presented at
WILU. Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Hicks, A., Graber, A., Alexander, S. & Sinkinson, C. (2012). Research assistance interactions: exploration of users' motivation and
perceptions. Paper presented at RUSA 18th Annual Reference Research Forum, ALA Annual Conference. Anaheim, CA.
Hicks, A., Becher, A. & Knowles, M. (2012). Bottom-up digital literacies in an advanced Spanish composition course. Paper
presented at South Central Association for Language Learning Technology. Boulder, CO.
Sinkinson, C., & Hicks, A. (2011). Layers of reality: Extending library services and resources through QR codes and augmented reality.
Paper presented at Reference and User Services Association Section. American Library Association Conference. San Diego, CA.
Hicks, A., Knowles, M. & Becher, A. (2011). Curricular design from the bottom up: Development and analysis of hybrid elements of a
Spanish advanced composition course. Paper presented at CALICO. Victoria, BC, Canada.
Hicks, A. (2010). Researching Latin America: New approaches in the digital age. Paper presented at Rocky Mountain Council for Latin
American Studies (RMCLAS), Boulder, CO. [Chair]
Hicks, A., & Graber, A. (2010). Web 2.0 as a state of mind: Creating academic collaborative learning communities. Paper presented at
LOEX of the West. Calgary, Canada.
Keynote and Plenary Presentations
Hicks, A. (2023). Sociocultural approaches to information literacy: Space races, wish-cycling and squabbling siblings. ECIL, Poland. [Keynote]
Hicks, A., Cooper, M., Matsuno, S., Pickersgill, E., Smith, D., Troth, G. (2021). Black Lives Matter, Brexit and Covid-19: Information literacy in a post-2020 world. FestivIL by LILAC. [Keynote]
Hicks, A. (2018). Challenging library myths: Unpacking resources, inclusive practices and innovation for all. Northern Collaboration Conference, Lancaster University, UK. [Keynote]
Hicks, A. (2014). La investigación digital: “open scholarship” y las competencias necesarias para los investigadores del futuro. Paper presented at Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomía. Monterrey, Mexico. [Plenary Session][In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2013). Del acceso abierto a la etnografía: la construcción del conocimiento en nuestras comunidades. Paper presented at 5º
Encuentro de Reciaria/45ª Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios. Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Keynote][In Spanish]
Invited Papers and Presentations
Hicks, A. (2022). Panelist, The time is now: Active approaches to inclusivity. Academic Libraries North.
Hicks, A. (2021). Empty shelves: Becoming informed about the pandemic. Cities after COVID conference. UCL-Toronto.
Hicks, A. (2020). Socially distanced research: Integrating mobile apps into visual methodologies. ASIST-Europe Conference on
Research Methods. Online.
Hicks A. (2020). El placer de escribir. Presentación de la Revista Guatemalteca de Educación Superior. Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. Guatemala.
Hicks, A. (2020). “Be Kind” Interrogando alfabetización informacional. IV Foro Virtual de la Dirección General de Bibliotecas y Servicios Digitales de Información (DGDSDI), UNAM, Mexico City.
Hicks, A. (2019). Forward thinking with backward design. University Libraries, UCL.
Barriage, S. & Hicks, A. (2019). Applying mobile technology to visual research methods: Mobile apps for participant-generated photography. ASIST SIG-VIS Webinar. [Online]
Hicks, A. (2018). Backward Design: Designing for Teaching and Learning. Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). Information literacy and the transition to university. Panelist, Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). Designing for teaching and learning: Pedagogy and information literacy. Paper presented at Cambridge Information Literacy Network, University of Cambridge, UK.
Hicks, A. (2018). From digital scholarship to digital scholar. Developing Digital Scholarship at UCL. UCL Digital Literacy Special Interest Group (UCL DL SIG).
Hicks, A. (2018). Tensions and opportunities: An ongoing exploration of workplace information literacy. On The Move: transitioning information skills into the workplace. [Chair]
Hicks, A. (2017). Reaching saturation point? Reframing information literacy research. Paper presented at Themes and Trends in Library and Information Research, CILIP Kent, UK.
Hicks, A. (2017). Information literacy practices of language learners abroad: Findings. Paper presented at Lund University, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2016). Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented for the ACRL Instruction Section.
[Online]
Hicks, A. (2015). Information literacy: different truths, different understandings. Paper presented at SUNY, Albany, NY.
Hicks, A. (2015). Drinking on the job: Integrating workplace information literacy into the curriculum. Paper presented at LOEX Encore.
Beall, J., Hicks, A., Johnson, A., Shaffer, K., & Jackson, M. (2014). What is digital and open scholarship? University of Colorado Boulder
Academics Online Week, Boulder, CO. [panelist]
Hicks, A. (2014). Critical information literacy. Paper presented at Master Teacher Initiative. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Hicks, A. (2014). Speak out! Writing and presentation opportunities in Latin America and beyond. Paper presented at SALALM LVIX,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Hicks, A. (2013). Info-competencias, MOOCs, TICs y otras tecnologías. Paper presented at Educación superior: Modelos alternativos de
aprendizaje. Coloquio Internacional CETYS: United Nations Academic Impact- Global Initiative. Mexicali, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2013). Competencias estudiantiles para beneficiarse de ellos. Paper presented at Educación superior: Modelos alternativos
de aprendizaje. Coloquio Internacional CETYS: United Nations Academic Impact - Global Initiative. Mexicali, Mexico.
Hicks, A. (2013). Rompiendo el hielo: enseñando a acceder a la información en estudios antárticos. Paper presented at Seminario
sobre la Educación Antárctica. Valparaíso, Chile. [In Spanish]
Alonso Regalado, J., Celis Carbajal, P., Figueroa, F., & Hicks, A. (2012). Tertulia on social media and libraries. SALALM LVII, Trinidad.
[Panelist]
Hicks, A. (2012). Redes sociales y la extensión bibliotecaria. Paper presented at IV Conferencia Regional de Catalogación y Segundo
Seminario sobre Servicios de Información. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2012). Nuevas herramientas y comunidades de aprendizaje en la investigación digital. Paper presented at IV Conferencia
Regional de Catalogación y Segundo Seminario sobre Servicios de Información. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación y la extensión bibliotecaria. Paper presented at XVIII Coloquio
Internacional de Bibliotecarios. Guadalajara, Mexico. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter: una herramienta para la investigación e incrementeo de concienciación de la biblioteca. Paper presented at
Nuevas tecnologías y redes sociales en la labor de los profesionales de la información. SEDIC, Madrid, Spain. [In Spanish]
Hicks, A. (2011). QR Codes: Point of need mobile library services. Paper presented at ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter Virtual
Conference. Online.
Hicks, A. (2011). Twitter for research, outreach and professional development. Paper presented at Colorado State University. Fort
Collins, CO.
Non Refereed Papers and Presentations
Reyes, B., Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2019). “Hay muchos Méxicos”: Mexican information professionals discuss information literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXIV. Austin, TX.
Reyes, B. Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2018). ALFIN en Mexico: Information professionals’ approach to teaching for information literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXIII. Mexico City, Mexico.
Reyes, B. Maxson, B., & Hicks, A. (2017). Researching Latin America: Approaches to teaching for information Literacy. Paper presented at SALALM LXII. Ann Arbor, MI.
Hicks, A. (2017). Information literacy in transition. Presentation at the Doctoral Forum, Integration in Cooperation Conference. Turku, Finland.
Hicks, A. (2016). Information literacy in transition. Presentation at the Doctoral Forum, Conceptions of Library and Information Science 9 (CoLIS). Uppsala, Sweden.
Hicks, A. (2016). Digital scholarship as researcher practices: The example of Mendeley. Paper presented at SALALM LXI. Charlottesville, VA.
Hicks, A. (2015). LibGuides: Pedagogy to oppress. Paper presented at SALALM LX. Princeton, NJ.
Hicks, A. (2015). Learning a different language. Paper presented at iDocQ2015, Aberdeen, UK.
Hicks, A. (2015). Panelist, WESS Discussion Forum: Language Librarianship. Online.
Hicks, A. (2014). Bilingual information in the workplace: Preparing undergraduates for Spanish/English information environments.
Paper presented at SALALM LVIX, Salt Lake City, UT.
Hicks, A. (2014). Knowledge societies: Teaching foreign language information literacy. Paper presented at Colorado Congress of
Foreign Language Teachers. Loveland, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Breaking the ice: Integrating information literacy into Antarctic Studies. Paper presented at 24th Polar Libraries
Colloquy. Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2012). Broadening the landscape: Information literacy in foreign language education. President's Teaching and Learning
Collaborative. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Hicks, A. (2011). QR Codes en Español: Point of need mobile library services. Paper presented at SALALM LVI. Philadelphia, PA.
Hicks, A. (2010). Analysing la cuna: Mentoring 2.0 and beyond. Paper presented at SALALM LV. Providence, RI.
Hicks, A. (2008). Blogging as a subject guide. Paper presented at SALALM LIII. New Orleans, LA.
Hicks, A. (2008). Blogging about corruption and health; Web 2.0 at the IADB. Paper presented at Health and Corruption: Lessons
Learned and Strategic Solutions Conference. Washington D.C.
Hicks, A. (2007). The Antarctic treaty secretariat: An Argentine open source digital library. Poster presented at SALALM LII, Albuquerque, NM.