Library FunFest
This post is way overdue! This summer, our library worked with our university’s new summer bridge (aka college transition) program, which was designed to help at risk students (those at the lower end...
View ArticleStudent Advisory Boards
One of my many projects this semester is to work on establishing a student advisory board for my library. We have established a good relationship with the Student Government Association, so we’re...
View ArticleSo much to do, so little time
This poor little blog has been sadly neglected for the past few months. I need to get back into the habit of taking time to reflect on what I’m doing, to slow down and think about things strategically...
View ArticleACRL Immersion 2012
This past summer I got to attend the ACRL Immersion Teacher Track program. I probably should have written something up about it sooner… But, then again, there was so much information that giving it...
View ArticleTeaching Outcomes
This past Friday night, I went out for dinner and drinks with a friend. It was a full week after the last day of final exams here, so we expected our tiny little town square to be free of students. …...
View ArticleALA Annual Conference
It has been a while since I posted! Keeping up with the blog dropped a few notches on the list of priorities as other things have come up, in part because I didn’t think anybody was really reading...
View ArticleAn attempt to revive my blog…
Like many students, I sat down this morning to work on a paper. For me, it’s a draft of a book chapter instead of a term paper, but whatever. I read through what I had already written, and as soon …...
View ArticleWrite, dammit!
I’ve had “write, dammit!” on my office whiteboard, under the list of things to do soon, for at least a couple of months. It was right below completing my pre-tenure review binder, which I turned in...
View ArticleGearing up for another week
I made some progress last week on writing. At least I got a draft written up about the Empty Bowls workshops. It’s more of a “what we did” kind of article instead of anything scholarly, but I do those...
View ArticleA bit on reviewing and conferences
Well, it didn’t take long for my once a week posting attempt went off track. I’m in the process of getting ICL surgery to correct my vision (my eyes are too bad for LASIK!), so I’ve missed a few days …...
View ArticleLibrary Instruction West 2014
I flew out to Portland, OR in July to attend the Library Instruction West (formerly known as LOEX of the West) conference. I was excited to visit Portland for my first time, but a little apprehensive...
View ArticleThe library class
Since mid August, a big chunk of my time and energy has been focused on prepping and teaching the class I teach. While many instruction librarians are focused on getting access to other people’s...
View ArticleTeaching the new Information Literacy Framework
As I’ve mentioned before here, I am lucky enough to get to teach a semester long 2 credit hour course on information literacy. Unlike some librarians who have to figure out how to convey the...
View ArticleExplicitly teaching “format as a process”
In my last post, I wrote about using parts of the latest draft of the new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as reading assignments in my information literacy course. This past...
View ArticleISETL 2014
I just returned home last night from the annual conference of the International Society for the Exploration of Teaching & Learning. This was my first time attending ISETL. It’s targeted to everyone...
View ArticleSpring 2015 class
I’ve written some here before about the class I teach. This semester, though, I get to do something a little bit different. It’s still a 2 credit hour class that meets twice a week in 52 minute chunks,...
View ArticleDiscussing ideologies and hegemony in a 1000 level class….
In my last post, I wrote about the first couple of weeks of the class I’m teaching this semester. I’m trying to post more regularly this semester to write and reflect on how this class is going. So the...
View ArticleSince the last time I wrote about my class…
We’ve had 5 class meetings since my last post about my class – some more interesting than others. On Wed, Feb 4, the plan was to work on the beginning stage of developing research questions for them to...
View ArticleWrapping up the semester
Once again, it has been a long time since I posted. Since my last post, we’ve been doing the normal LIBR 1101 material – plagiarism, searching in a couple of different databases, filter bubbles,...
View ArticleLOEX 2015 & the Framework
In the past year, I’ve interacted with the new Framework for Information Literacy, going so far as to assign the frames as required reading in my classes last fall. However, most of my conversations...
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