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Beyond Graduation: Teaching Students About Open Access Resources, Teresa Williams
Beyond Graduation: Teaching Students About Open Access Resources, Teresa Williams
Teresa Williams
Poster presentation at the 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference, June 27, San Francisco, CA.
The Embedded Librarian's Cookbook, Kaijsa Calkins, Cass Kvenild
The Embedded Librarian's Cookbook, Kaijsa Calkins, Cass Kvenild
Kaijsa Calkins
No abstract provided.
Mixed Methods, Mixed Results: A Study Of Engagement Among Students Using Ipads In Library Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Mixed Methods, Mixed Results: A Study Of Engagement Among Students Using Ipads In Library Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Kaijsa Calkins
No abstract provided.
Participation On The High Plains: Increasing Student Engagement In An Upper-Division, Three-Credit Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Participation On The High Plains: Increasing Student Engagement In An Upper-Division, Three-Credit Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Jennifer Mayer
The presenters teach a three-credit, upper-division information literacy course to students in various majors. In this session, experience the various philosophies and activities we use to engage our students and create a cohesive interdisciplinary course. Attendees will be able to apply what they learn to any IL credit course they teach.
Create Your Own Cephalonian Adventure, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald
Create Your Own Cephalonian Adventure, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald
Amanda Izenstark
The Cephalonian Method has garnered much interest for its possibilities for engaging students in what could be an otherwise one-sided orientation program. This workshop will help attendees determine how and when to incorporate the Cephalonian Method into their sessions, how to discuss the technique with colleagues, and, most importantly, develop a set of Cephalonian Method questions that can be used in orientation and instruction sessions at their home libraries.
Embedded Librarians: Moving Beyond One-Shot Instruction, Cass Kvenild, Kaijsa Calkins
Embedded Librarians: Moving Beyond One-Shot Instruction, Cass Kvenild, Kaijsa Calkins
Kaijsa Calkins
This first book-length treatment of embedded librarianship showcases strategies for successfully embedding librarians and library services across higher education. Chapters feature case studies and reports on projects from a wide variety of colleges and universities, including some surprising settings and results. By joining varied groups of patrons and assisting their research over the long haul, embedded librarians commit themselves to service in a very different way than they did in traditional one-shot bibliographic instruction. In this collection, we see librarians using the embedded model to become valuable collaborators, trusted instructors, and partners in shaping the curriculum and broad institutional goals …
Searching Savvy On The Internet, Amanda Izenstark
Searching Savvy On The Internet, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Provides an overview of techniques and exercises for developing an understanding of search engine functionality and comparing search engine features. Information on searching for relevant blog content and monitoring blogs using an RSS feed readers is also included. Details about the book are available at http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2889.
Internet Taste Test, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald
Internet Taste Test, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald
Amanda Izenstark
Provides lesson plan for information literacy classes on evaluating the quality of web sites. Requires students to draw on their own experience and knowledge of indicators of quality information to build a set of criteria. Students then apply criteria to selected sites. Further information about the book is available at http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2721.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Revamping A Freshman Seminar Information Literacy Program, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald
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 …
Best Of The Literature: Graduate Student Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins, Wayne Bivens-Tatum
Best Of The Literature: Graduate Student Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins, Wayne Bivens-Tatum
Kaijsa Calkins
No abstract provided.
S.O.S. For Information Literacy Project {Interviewed By Author In: Dopke-Wilson, M. (2007, Spring/Summer). Librarian Challenge: Reaching College Freshmen. Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2(2).}, Michael Pasqualoni
Michael Pasqualoni
No abstract provided.
Scholarly, Popular, Or Special Interest/Trade? How To Tell The Difference Online, Amanda Izenstark
Scholarly, Popular, Or Special Interest/Trade? How To Tell The Difference Online, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Contribution to workbook includes lesson plan and instructions for helping students in information literacy classes learn to tell the difference between scholarly, popular, and special interest articles online, where there may not be standardized cues. Information about the book is available at http://library-instruction-pubs.com/alhs1-info.php.
Stone Soup: A Recipe For Collaboration And Support, Jim Kinnie, Mary Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark
Stone Soup: A Recipe For Collaboration And Support, Jim Kinnie, Mary Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
NGREDIENTS: 4-6 librarians, 1-day retreat, 40 lbs. assignment binders, various syllabi and classroom experiences, 40 laptop computers, 4-6 sections LIB120. DIRECTIONS: Pour librarians into retreat. Add binders, syllabi, experiences. Allow to sit 5-6 hours. Combine retreat mixture with LIB120 sections adding laptops as needed. Simmer 14 weeks. Serves 100-150 undergraduates.