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Multi-Disciplinary Medical Case Study Development For First Year Medical Students, Daniel G. Kipnis, Anthony J. Frisby, Liz Mikita Dec 2008

Multi-Disciplinary Medical Case Study Development For First Year Medical Students, Daniel G. Kipnis, Anthony J. Frisby, Liz Mikita

Daniel G. Kipnis

This poster will describe the history of the medical informatics course and the process of designing the case studies to fit into the new course management system, and will review the experiences of the librarians involved.


Ipods, Inquiry And Information Literacy Handouts, Louise Erickson, Brenda Davenport, Andrew Kearns Oct 2008

Ipods, Inquiry And Information Literacy Handouts, Louise Erickson, Brenda Davenport, Andrew Kearns

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

See presentation description.


Researching The World’S Information, Barbara Lewis, Andrew M. Smith Aug 2008

Researching The World’S Information, Barbara Lewis, Andrew M. Smith

Barbara Lewis

No abstract provided.


Information Literacy And General Education At Umass Amherst, Emily Alling, Isabel Espinal, Beth Lang, Anne Moore Jun 2008

Information Literacy And General Education At Umass Amherst, Emily Alling, Isabel Espinal, Beth Lang, Anne Moore

Isabel R Espinal

No abstract provided.


Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Revamping A Freshman Seminar Information Literacy Program, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald Apr 2008

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Revamping A Freshman Seminar Information Literacy Program, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald

Amanda Izenstark

Learn how the University of Rhode Island Library renewed their freshman seminar information literacy sessions without reinventing the wheel. Get ideas for reviving your current presentation and engaging students, while providing first year students with a broad view of your library space and services in 50 minutes or less. This renewed Library Experience program is an engaging and flexible three-part program that introduces students to a multitude of services, spaces and ideas about the who, what, when, where and how of an academic library. The new program reduces student boredom and librarian apathy through a model that accommodates differences in …


Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy And The Emerging Global Curriculum, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu Apr 2008

Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy And The Emerging Global Curriculum, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Diana H. Wu

No abstract provided.


Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy And The Emerging Global Curriculum, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu Apr 2008

Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy And The Emerging Global Curriculum, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Nurturing Failure: Re-Conceptualizing Library Leadership To Embrace Change And Encourage Innovation, Christopher Sweet Mar 2008

Nurturing Failure: Re-Conceptualizing Library Leadership To Embrace Change And Encourage Innovation, Christopher Sweet

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.


Nurturing Failure: Re-Conceptualizing Library Leadership To Embrace Change And Encourage Innovation, Christopher A. Sweet Mar 2008

Nurturing Failure: Re-Conceptualizing Library Leadership To Embrace Change And Encourage Innovation, Christopher A. Sweet

Christopher A. Sweet

No abstract provided.


Int 100 Winter 2008, Rob Morrison Jan 2008

Int 100 Winter 2008, Rob Morrison

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Int 100 Winter 2008, Rob Morrison Jan 2008

Int 100 Winter 2008, Rob Morrison

Rob Morrison

No abstract provided.


Une Libraries Libqual Survey Executive Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries Jan 2008

Une Libraries Libqual Survey Executive Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries

LibQUAL Survey Results

Executive Summary of a LibQUAL survey administered at the University of New England Libraries in 2008, submitted in support of program review.


University Of New England Libqual+ Survey, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries Jan 2008

University Of New England Libqual+ Survey, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries

LibQUAL Survey Results

LibQUAL+ survey administered at the University of New England Libraries in 2008, submitted in support of program review.


Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Using Clickers To Enhance Learning In The Library, Janelle Wertzberger Dec 2007

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Using Clickers To Enhance Learning In The Library, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Musselman Library’s Reference & Instruction Department has an active and growing information literacy (IL) program based on faculty-librarian collaboration rather than institutional curriculum. While a few information literacy session sequences are taught within a specific course, the vast majority of instructional sessions are traditional “one-shots.”

Because formal instruction time with students is limited, instruction librarians take care to include active learning and other participatory pedagogies to improve learning and increase the likelihood that students will return to the library, the reference desk, and the library website. Incorporating personal response devices, or “clickers,” into IL sessions is another technique for engaging …