Erik Ziedses des Plantes

Erik Ziedses des Plantes is the research and scholarly engagement librarian and the liaison to the School of Engineering and physical sciences. In this role, Erik provides advanced and basic research services to scholars of all levels through class instruction sessions and one-on-one research consultations. He teaches and promotes best practices in data management and collaborates with various campus stakeholders to coordinate programming in the Scholars' Commons, located on the second floor of Roesch Library.

• B.S., Emerson College (2010)
• M.L.I.S., Kent State University (2012)

• Member, American Library Association (ALA)
• Member, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Member, Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO)

• Interdisciplinary collaboration initiatives
• Innovative library programming
• Development of novel research tools

• Grauel, E. & Ziedses des Plantes, E. (2024). Cross-curricular opportunities through libraries, librarians, and instruction. Research and Reflection on Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (RRLTHE), 2.
• Ziedses des Plantes, E. (November 3, 2024). Belonging from the start: Proactive techniques for fostering comfort in the library setting. [Conference presentation]. University of Dayton Teaching & Inclusive Excellence Event, Dayton, Ohio.
• Ziedses des Plantes, E. (July 10, 2024). An inventory to tell your story: On building a subject-specific research history document. [Conference presentation]. Great Lakes Science Bootcamp for Librarians, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Grauel, E. & Ziedses des Plantes, E. (June 4, 2024). Cross-curricular collisions: Academic libraries as catalysts for collaborations on campus. [Conference presentation]. ACRL New England Chapter’s New England Library Instruction Group (NEC/NELIG) Annual Conference.
• Grauel, E. & Ziedses des Plantes, E. (May 1, 2024). Engineering business librarianship: Supporting business research across disciplines. [Conference presentation]. Reference and User Services Association’s Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) Online Symposium.
• Ziedses des Plantes, E. & Grauel, E., (January 3, 2024). Co-curricular collisions: Expanding student research competencies with collaborative library instruction. [Conference presentation]. University of Dayton Learning Teaching Forum, Dayton, Ohio.