Jessica D. Gilbert Redman

• Digital accessibility
• User experience
• Web design
• Electronic resources management
• Broadband access
• Information architecture

• "Let's talk accessibility: Librarians and vendors collaborating for change" [Conference panel]. ER&L Conference (2025 March 26). Austin, TX and online. [Refereed]
• "Do you know where your vendors' ACRs are?: Preparing for the 2026 ADA digital accessibility rules" [Conference panel]. ERMN Conference (2025 March 5). Online. [Refereed]
• Screening of "Navigating UND" and Panel Discussion [Conference panel]. 2024 Just Ask: Accessibility & disability at UND Conference (2025 October 14). Grand Forks, ND and online.
• “Accessibility first: Designing an effective and proactive procurement policy for digital products” (2024). Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity (2024 April 16). Honolulu, HI and online. [Refereed]
• "Digital accessibility review: How to prepare for possible online accessibility issues before they arise" (2024). Medical Library Association Collection Development Caucus and Information Doman Hub Accessibility Series. [Invited Speaker]
• "Digital accessibility review: How to prepare for possible online accessibility issues before they arise" (2023). ODIN Workday 2023.
• "Ready, set, oh no? Prepare for possible online accessibility issues before they arise" [Lightning Talk] (2023). 2023 North American Online Virtual Reference Conference. [Refereed]
• "Conceptualizing Information Literacy Curricula in the Health Sciences: Preliminary Results of a Scoping Review" [Lightning Talk] (2021). 2021 Midwest/MCLA Joint Annual Meeting. [Refereed]
  
  • 2021 Midwest Chapter Research Award - Lightning Talk
• "Overcoming Impostor Syndrome" (2020). 2020 ALA Core AvramCamp.
• "Drive-thru User Testing" (August 2020). NCompass Live. [Invited Speaker]
• "The Taming of the Site: Helping Users Find What They Need Where They Expect It" (July 2020). NCompass Live. [Invited Speaker]
• "Virtual Collaboration: Exploring New Frontiers" (2018). 2018 Library Technology Conference. [Refereed]
• "A New Frontier: Lessons Learned from NDLA's First Online 'Un-Conference'" (2017). 2017 NDLA Annual Conference. [Refereed]

Certificate in Licensing Digital Content (February 2025)

Certificate in User Experience for Libraries (January 2019)

Master of Library and Information Science, summa cum laude, San José State University

Bachelor of Arts (English, secondary education; Spanish minor), summa cum laude, Iowa Wesleyan College

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS:

American Library Association (ALA)

• Lifetime Member (2012 - Present)

Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC)

• Member (2024 - Present)

Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) Conference

• Bluesky Social Media Manager (2024 - Present)
• Conference Volunteer (2022 - Present)

Electronic Resources Minnesota (ERMN) Conference

• Planning Committee (2024 - Present)

European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)

• Member (2023 - Present)

Health Sciences Libraries of Minnesota

• Member (2023 - Present)
• Web Manager (2023 - Present)

Medical Library Association

• Member (2020 - Present)

MHSLA Ad Hoc Research Group

• Researcher (2023 - Present)

Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association

• Member (2020 - Present)
• Annual Meetings Ad Hoc Committee (2021 - 2022)
• Accessibility Audit Task Force (2023-2024)
  • Website and Wiki Audit Team
  • Communication/Social Media Audit Team, Chair

REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

• Lifetime Member (2020 - Present)

Society for Disability Studies

• Member (2024 - Present)

PREVIOUS AFFILIATIONS:

ALA Core [formerly Library Information & Technology Association (LITA)]

• Member (2017 - 2022)
• LITA Blog Editor (2019 - 2021)
• Communication and Marketing Committee (2019 - 2021)
• 2020 AvramCamp Planning Committee
• 2020 AvramCamp "Overcoming Impostor Syndrome" Workshop [co-facilitator]

Library Technology (LibTech) Conference

• 2018 Presenter
• 2020 Steering Committee
• 2020 Presenter [canceled d/t COVID-19]
• 2022 - Chair of Conference Committee

Minnesota Library Association

• Member (2015 - 2017, 2023 - 2024)

North Dakota Library Association (NDLA)

• Member (2017 - 2024)
• NDLA Professional Development Committee [co-chair] (2021 - 2023)
• NDLA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee (2021 - 2022)
• 2017 NDLA Unconference Planning Committee [technology lead] - Inaugural
• 2017 NDLA Annual Conference Presenter
• 2018 NDLA Unconference Planning Committee [technology lead]
• 2019 NDLA Unconference Planning Committee [technology lead]

Campus Accessibility Working Group (CAWG) [2022 - Present]

• CAWG Software Accessibility and Procurement Process Subgroup [Member, 2022 - Present; Chair, 2023 - Present]
• CAWG Employee Training and Education Subgroup [2022 - Present]

Digital Accessibilty Ad Hoc Group [2024 - 2025]

Digital Accessibility Committee [2025 - Present]

Just Ask: Accessibility & Disability Conference Planning Committee [2023, 2024]

Senate Online and Distance Education Committee (SODEC), SMHS Library Resources Representative [2020 - Present]

University Council on Women+ (UCW+) [2022 - Present]