Published Works
Tammy Douglass-Westergard — Published Works
Tammy Westergard’s research is practice-based and directly informed by her executive leadership experience. Her work examines how libraries function as workforce, education, and economic-development systems, and how assessment tools, immersive technologies, and data-informed design improve outcomes for individuals, institutions, and communities.
Peer-Reviewed & Refereed Conference Publications
2025
Andersen, M., Fender, A., Heise, K., Rebaleati, M., Rivera, J., & Douglass-Westergard, T. (2025). From theory to implementation: Public libraries embedding labor market literacy tools into workforce systems. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2025). IATED Academy.
(DOI pending at time of publication)
2024
Heise, K., Westergard, T., Rivera, J., Rebaleati, M., Andersen, M., Mizerak, M., & Fender, A. (2024). Revolutionizing career exploration: How simulation and immersive technologies are boosting labor market literacy rates in Nevada’s Individual Career Mapping framework. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2024). IATED Academy.
2021
Colegrove, P. T., & Douglass-Westergard, T. A. (2021). From workforce development to recovery: Bringing together distance learning, career exploration and virtual reality learning tools, and the public library to deliver experiential learning and impact. In Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN21). IATED Academy
Professional & Scholarly Journal Articles (Authored)
2016
Westergard, T. (2016). The library movement as the real mentor and how stories recognizing good work influence us. OLA Quarterly, 21(3).
Oregon Library Association.
Invited / Featured Professional Publications & Research Contributions
2023
Westergard, T. (Featured expert). Libraries in Nevada are a hub of career exploration and training. Working Nation.
2021
Westergard, T. (Featured contributor). Work in progress: Workforce development in public libraries. Library Journal.
2019
Holcomb, S., Dunford, A., & Idowu, F. (2019). Public libraries: A community’s connection for career services. John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University.
(Westergard acknowledged as a contributing practitioner and interviewee.)