Awards
2023 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
Illinois Library Association, Sponsored by Library Juice Academy
2023 WIU Libraries Founding Diversity Officer
2019 Institute of Jazz Studies Archival Fellowship, Rutgers University—Newark
Publications & Presentations
—2024—
Book Review: Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy
Notes, Music Library Association Journal
Volume 80, Number 3, March 2024, pp. 533-536
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/not.2024.a919052
Radio Series: Tri States Public Radio Commentary
Essay: “The Queer Archives of Dykes to Watch Out For”
Forthcoming in “Libraries, Archives, and Librarians in Graphic Novels, Comic Strips
and Sequential Art” edited by Carrye Syma, Donell Callender, and Robert G. Weiner, published by McFarland.
—2023—
Radio Series: Tri States Public Radio Commentary
The Magnetic Attraction—Fishing the Anthropocene
Book Review: Tania León's Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life by Alejandro L. Madrid
Notes, Music Library Association Journal
Volume 79, Number 3, March 2023, pp. 407-409
Tapestry: An Interview Series Featuring Indiana's Diverse Library Staff (2022-Present)
Coordinator and Interview Host
Arts Midwest Reviewer: NEA Big Read Grant Program
Grant Reviewer
Moderator: 92nd Annual Meeting, Music Library Association and 2nd Joint Meeting with the Theatre Library Association
St. Louis, Missouri, March 1-5, 2023
—2022—
Radio Series: Tri States Public Radio Commentary
We are the ones we have been waiting for
Knock, Knock — and Knock, Knock
Electronic Music j
This commentary series is coordinated by WIU’s Professor Emeritus Janice Welsch, with WIU professors Heather McIlvaine,
Rebekah Buchanan, and Barbara Lawhorn.
Free Improv: Inspired by Pharoah Sanders
Composed & performed by Jade Kastel for saxophone, piano & accordion with multimedia & tweleve-tone row
Presentation: “Music & Libraries: How music workstations and Makerspaces support therapeutic and adaptive recreation”
Jade Kastel and Dr. Ryan Aguirre, WIU Music Education Assistant Professor
Reaching Forward Conference Presentation, Illinois Library Association.
Moderator: 91st Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association
Virtual Conference, March 2–6, 2022
—2021—
Short Film: Letters in Motion, #CitizenMiriam
Poetry by Freesia McKee, music and video compiled by Jade Kastel
Article: “Small Library, Big Impact: How JWU’s North Miami Library Developed Early Career Library Professionals”
Florida Libraries Volume 64, No. 2 Fall 2021 pgs. 10-13
Journal of the Florida Library Association
Article: "World Cup Librarianship: Using the NWSL to Introduce Key Concepts in Competitive Intelligence and Information Literacy"
ALA’s Academic BRASS newsletter
Article: “Quick Tips for Disasters & Emergencies: Developing a Full Disaster Plan”
CARLI Preservation Committee Website
Archival Finding Aid: Guide to the Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill music and papers, 1930-2018
Kailee Faber, Alexandra Howard, Jade Kastel, Adriana Cuervo, and Elizabeth Surles
IJS.127 2019-06 Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries
Presentation: "Using Digital Humanities to Increase Engagement with PFW’s Newest mDON Digital Collection: The Fort Wayne Free Press"
Jade Kastel & Erika Mann
Society of Indiana Archivists Annual Conference
Presentation: "1970s Activist Movements Documented in PFW's mDON Collections Share Relevance to Social Justice Movements in 2020"
Jade Kastel & Erika Mann
42nd annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) Conference
Presentation: "Meme Me: Incorporating Reverse Image Search and Online Resources Like Google Scholar and Internet Archive to Enhance Information Literacy in Classroom Instruction"
24th Annual Fort Wayne Teaching & Learning Conference
—2020—
ALA Reviewer: STAR Net STEAM Equity Project: Enhancing Learning Opportunities in Libraries of Rural Communities
Grant Reviewer
Book Review: Creative Improvised Music compiled by John Gray
Notes, Music Library Association Journal
Volume 77, Number 2, December 2020, pp. 313-315
*Poster Session: "Tailoring Library Instruction and LibGuides to Engage Music Majors"
USF 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Poster Session
*Rescheduled and then canceled due to COVID-19
Virtual Poster Session: "Tailoring Virtual Library Instruction and LibGuides to Engage Music Majors"
Distance Library Instruction Virtual Poster Conference
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
*Presentation: "Diversity ≠ Equity & Inclusion: Institutional Strategies for Diverse Communities"
Jade Kastel and Paul Bazile
Florida Library Association (FLA) Conference
*Rescheduled due to COVID-19; proposal was accepted and I was unable to attend on the new date
Presentation: "IR Wisdom Across Four States: JWU’s Institutional Repository ScholarsArchive"
Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference (SMIRC)
—2019—
Poster: “Inclusive Language Broadens Access for All to Library Service, Collections & Archives”
Florida Association of College & Research Libraries (FACRL) Conference, Poster Session
Poster: “An Academic Library’s Creative Interdisciplinary & Community Collaborations”
Jordan Workman, Lindsey Corey, and Jade Kastel
Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN) Conference, Poster Session
—2018—
Poetry Anthology: The Politics of Shelter, Brackish Daughters Press
Co-founder and co-editor of Brackish Daughters Press with Freesia McKee