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Back From The Brink: Reconstructing An Organizational Social Media Presence, Alexandra Gallin-Parisi, Anne Jumonville, Amy Nicole Roberson
Back From The Brink: Reconstructing An Organizational Social Media Presence, Alexandra Gallin-Parisi, Anne Jumonville, Amy Nicole Roberson
Library Faculty Research
Presentation given at EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2012.
Topics: Assessing the Social Media Landscape, Strategies & Examples, Challenges & Opportunities, and Next Steps.
http://libguides.trinity.edu/socialmedia
Blurring Borders, Visualizing Connections: Aligning Information And Visual Literacy Learning Outcomes, Benjamin R. Harris
Blurring Borders, Visualizing Connections: Aligning Information And Visual Literacy Learning Outcomes, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
Purpose – This paper seeks to offer a rationale and practical suggestions for the integration of visual literacy instruction and information literacy instruction practice and theory.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper aligns visual literacy and information literacy competency standards, revealing connections and opportunities for practical integration during library instruction and traditional classroom instruction.
Findings – On analysis of 11 visual literacy competencies, three exhibit a strong relationship with the ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards.
Practical implications – The paper provides guidelines for teaching and learning scenarios that may be used in a library instruction session or as part of a course …
Encountering Values: A Revision Of Information Literacy?, Benjamin R. Harris
Encountering Values: A Revision Of Information Literacy?, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
No abstract provided.
Buy Low, Sell High, Get In Now: Low‐Stakes/Low‐Investment Information Literacy Initiatives Pay Off Big, Steven Hoover, Jeremy W. Donald, David Wilson
Buy Low, Sell High, Get In Now: Low‐Stakes/Low‐Investment Information Literacy Initiatives Pay Off Big, Steven Hoover, Jeremy W. Donald, David Wilson
Library Faculty Research
Become familiar with the concept of low stakes/low investment information literacy initiatives in order to communicate their potential value to faculty members, other librarians, and administrators. Recognize how collaboration between your library and other entities on campus can reinforce information literacy initiatives in order to draw upon the strengths and shared values of existing programs. Learn about successful initiatives in order to generate ideas that would be useful for your institution.
The 'Blood On The Stacks' Arg: Immersive Marketing Meets Library New Student Orientation, Jeremy W. Donald
The 'Blood On The Stacks' Arg: Immersive Marketing Meets Library New Student Orientation, Jeremy W. Donald
Library Faculty Research
What is the single best thing you can teach new users about your library? Who are the most powerful trendsetters of library use? When the staff at the Coates Library at Trinity University asked themselves that question, we found that our best answer was this: students who serve as residential life staff have an enormous influence on new student behavior; ask them to teach new users to feel comfortable in the library and to be aware of its resources. Comfortable people ask questions, experiment with new tools, and promote those behaviors in others.
The goal of promoting comfort with campus …
Long Live The Library: The Place Of Print In An Age Of Electronic Information, Diane J. Graves
Long Live The Library: The Place Of Print In An Age Of Electronic Information, Diane J. Graves
Library Faculty Research
Americans tend to embrace new technologies and assume they are revolutionary. We believe that any new technology may be a silver bullet that renders obsolete our previous ways of doing things. We sometimes cling to those beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence. A current example of this kind of thinking is the notion that libraries are no longer necessary.Why do we have a perception that all information is becoming electronic?