Dr. Michael LaMagna

 

Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College in Pennsylvania and previously served as the Coordinator of Electronic Resources at a small liberal arts college. Dr. LaMagna’s research centers on the adoption and advocacy of open educational resources and affordable course content, eBooks acquisition and usage, synchronous and asynchronous learning, copyright education, digital badges and micro-credentials, and academic libraries in general.

Dr. LaMagna received his Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. His dissertation examined how community college English faculty members teach information literacy in asynchronous online courses. Dr. LaMagna also received his M.L.S. from St. John’s University, M.A. in History from Villanova University, and B.A. in History from Susquehanna University.