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Sowing The Seeds Of Success: Community Collaboration For College Readiness, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Sowing The Seeds Of Success: Community Collaboration For College Readiness, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
The challenge of developing information literate college students begins long before freshmen enter the university classroom. This poster details the collaboration between a university, a community foundation, and a public school to offer middle school information literacy workshops, using threshold concepts as a basis for its curriculum. This approach to community engagement offers ideas others may want to consider about moving collaborative information literacy initiatives beyond the campus.
Workbook Cover Art, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Workbook Cover Art, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
No abstract provided.
Weekly Lesson Plans, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Weekly Lesson Plans, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Gayle Schaub
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
No abstract provided.
Painting On An Electronic Easel: Strategies For Using A Smart Board In Library Instruction, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Painting On An Electronic Easel: Strategies For Using A Smart Board In Library Instruction, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
No abstract provided.
Factors That Increase The Probability Of A Successful Academic Library Job Search, Max Eckard, Ashley Rosener, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Factors That Increase The Probability Of A Successful Academic Library Job Search, Max Eckard, Ashley Rosener, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Finding a position in an academic library can be challenging for recent Library and Information Science (LIS) graduates. While LIS students are often encouraged to seek out experience, network, and improve upon their technology skills in hopes of better improving their odds in the job market, little research exists to support this anecdotal advice. This study quantifies the academic and work experiences of recent LIS graduates in order to provide a better understanding of what factors most significantly influence the outcome of their academic library job searches. The survey results demonstrate that the job outlook is most positive for candidates …
Analyzing The Academic Library Job Pool: What Recent Lis Graduates Are Bringing To The Table, Ashley Rosener, Max Eckard, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Analyzing The Academic Library Job Pool: What Recent Lis Graduates Are Bringing To The Table, Ashley Rosener, Max Eckard, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
LIS students today are gearing up for a job search in a tight market. We are examining how the activities and experiences they participate in during graduate school impact success in the job market. The results of our survey show the extent to which program rankings, coursework, activities, and internships provide a competitive edge in the job market. Come explore our results and learn what recent LIS graduates have to offer your library.
Grandparents, Grandchildren, And Google, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Grandparents, Grandchildren, And Google, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
No abstract provided.
Technology Competency Requirements Of Ala-Accredited Library Science Programs: An Updated Analysis, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Megan Carroll, Theresa Fotis
Technology Competency Requirements Of Ala-Accredited Library Science Programs: An Updated Analysis, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Megan Carroll, Theresa Fotis
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
This study set out to provide an understanding of how LIS programs ensure that students are prepared for the demands of graduate study in the twenty-first century, how these expectations may have evolved since Kules’s and McDaniel’s previous 2008 study, and how various types of programs compare in their approaches. Content analysis was used to examine all 58 ALA-accredited LIS program websites regarding published requirements, required skills, methods of evaluation, and the types of remedial support provided. Overall, this research revealed very little similarity between programs and little change since 2008. The majority of program websites had some type of …