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Contact Info

Email: mhofmann [at] rider.edu

Phone Number: 609-895-5637

Office Location: Moore Library

Additional Info:

Liaison: School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Education

  • B.A., The College of New Jersey (English)
  • M.L.I.S., Rutgers University
  • M.A., The College of New Jersey (English)

Responsibilities

  • Cataloging/Bibliographic Control
  • Liaison: School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Honors & Awards

  • 2022 Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Award, Â鶹Íø
  • 2020-2023 MLA Bibliography Fellowship
  • 2017 Summer Research Fellowship, Â鶹Íø
  • 2014 Summer Research Fellowship, Â鶹Íø
  • 2014 Ziegler-Gee Award, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Â鶹Íø
  • 2012 Research Award, New Jersey Library Association, College & University Section (NJLA CUS)
  • 2012 Summer Research Fellowship, Â鶹Íø
  • Coauthor of winning article selected for the 2012 CALA (Chinese American Librarians Association) Jing Liao Award for the Best Research in All Media

Selected Publications and Presentations

Literature/Gender & Sexuality Studies/Fan Studies

  • Hofmann, Melissa A. 2021. “’Where the Turbot Is King’: Murat’s ‘Le Turbot’ as Modern Fairy-centric Response to d’Aulnoy’s ‘Le Dauphin’.†Marvels & Tales. 35 (1): 3-35.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. 2018. "Johnlock Meta and Authorial Intent in Sherlock Fandom: Affirmational or Transformational?" In "The Future of Fandom," special 10th anniversary issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 28. .
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. 2018. “Upping the Ante: Murat’s ‘Le Turbot’ as Playfully Fairy-centric Response to d’Aulnoy’s ‘Le Dauphin.’’  Presentation at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) 2018 Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 29-April 1, 2018.
  •  Hofmann, Melissa A. 2017. “Textual Analysis as Social Activism: Johnlock Meta in the BBC Sherlock Fandom.†Presentation at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) 2017 Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 6-9, 2017.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. 2017. “Archipelagoes of Analysis: Johnlock Meta in the Wide Sherlockian Sea.† Presentation at the College English Association (CEA) 48th Annual Conference, Hilton Head, SC, March 30-April 2, 2017.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. 2014. “The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat’s 'Le Turbot'.†Marvels & Tales. 28 (2): 252-277.

Library & Information Science/Information Literacy

  • Whitfield, Sharon and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2023. "Elicit: AI Literature Review Research Assistant.†Public Services Quarterly. 19(3): 201-207.
  • Dalal, Heather A., Amy K. Kimura, and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2015. “Searching in the Wild: Observing Information-Seeking Behavior in a Discovery Tool.†ACRL Conference 2015 Proceedings: 668-675. 
  • Hsieh, Ma Lei, Patricia H. Dawson, Melissa A. Hofmann, Megan Titus, and Michael Carlin. 2014. "Four Pedagogical Approaches in Helping Students Learn Information Literacy Skills.†Journal of Academic Librarianship. 40(3-4): 234-246. 
  • Titus, Megan and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2014. “Writing Research Landscapes: The Impact of Librarian-Composition Instructor Collaboration on Student Writing.†Presentation at the College English Association (CEA) 14th Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD, March 26-28, 2014
  • Hsieh, Ma Lei, Melissa A. Hofmann, Pat Dawson, and Megan Titus. 2013. "Research Instruction Through Librarian-Faculty Collaboration Using Engaging Strategies." Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy 2013 Proceedings: 63-64.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. and Sharon Q. Yang. 2012. “‘Discovering’ What’s Changed: A Revisit of the OPACs of 260 Academic Libraries.†Library Hi Tech 30 (2): 253-274.
  • Yang, Sharon Q. and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2011. “The Next Generation of Catalogs for Academic Libraries.†Presented at the Ex Libris Northeast User Group (ENUG) 2011 Users Conference, Bridgeport, CT, October  2011.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. and Sharon Q. Yang. 2011. “How Next-Gen RU? A Review of Academic OPACs in the United States and Canada?†Computers in Libraries, (July/August: 26-29.
  • Yang, Sharon Q. and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2011. “Next Generation or Current Generation? A Study of the OPACs of 260 Academic Libraries in the United States and Canada.†Library Hi Tech 29 (2): 266-300.
  • Hofmann, Melissa A. and Sharon Q.Yang. 2011. “Next Generation? A Snapshot of the Current State of OPACs in North American Academic Libraries.†Session B202: Current OPACS & Next-Gen Systems. Presentation at Computers in Libraries 2011, Washington, D.C., March 21-23, 2011.
  • Yang, Sharon Q. and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2010. “The Next-Generation Library Catalog: A Comparative Study of the OPACs of Koha, Evergreen, and Voyager.†Information Technology and Libraries. 29 (3): 141-150.
  • Anderson, James D. and Melissa A. Hofmann. 2006. “A Fully Faceted Syntax for Library of Congress Subject Headings.†Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 43 (1): 7-38.