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Translating Failure Into Success, Deana Brown, Elizabeth Ramsey
Translating Failure Into Success, Deana Brown, Elizabeth Ramsey
Elizabeth Ramsey
All of us have had to work through life challenges and perhaps even suffered professional setbacks. Whether it was a poorly attended program, a new instructional method that was ineffective, or getting started on professional development requirements, sharing our experiences of failure with each other in a safe and accepting space can be cathartic and informative. See what skeletons we have hiding in our closets, and learn how showing yours the light of day might be the most inspiring connection you make for yourself, your colleagues, and your library!
Cross Cultural Competence For Libraries, Elizabeth Ramsey
Cross Cultural Competence For Libraries, Elizabeth Ramsey
Elizabeth Ramsey
As libraries struggle to recruit and retain staff members from underrepresented ethnic and cultural groups, alternative strategies must be advanced to more competently assess and meet the needs of the increasingly diverse American population in all aspects of librarianship. Training in cross cultural competency for all library staff may help libraries become more adept at serving their multiethnic patrons. This presentation will examine concepts in cross cultural awareness and how they can apply to libraries. Through cross cultural training we may gain the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills to overcome a variety of biases and assumptions. Overcoming these obstacles could …
Library Instruction Using Mobile Devices, Barbara Glackin, Amy E. Vecchione
Library Instruction Using Mobile Devices, Barbara Glackin, Amy E. Vecchione
Amy E. Vecchione
Albertsons Library has successfully leveraged the use mobile devices for helping students learn research skills. Librarians are now going to classrooms and teaching two instruction sessions — 1) finding information and 2) evaluating information. The library sessions provide hands-on, active learning opportunities for student teams, built around the use of iPads to explore library resources. In fall 2012, this included instruction to seventy-four classes in Boise State's "University Foundations 100" course, the first course in our general education program. Ten classes of junior level transfer students received an additional session — 3) advanced searching techniques. The instruction curriculum is purposefully …
The Punk Library: Developing Library Instruction In The Mobile Age, Amy E. Vecchione
The Punk Library: Developing Library Instruction In The Mobile Age, Amy E. Vecchione
Amy E. Vecchione
Do you teach workshops at your public library? Do you teach middle school students who just want to use Google? Do you teach college level information literacy? If you said yes to any of those questions, this workshop is for you. The material presented in this workshop will help guide you towards new ideas for instruction that use active learning and constructivist principles, particularly how they apply to mobile devices and mobile learning. We’ll discuss how to adapt instruction to the new culture of learning.
Qr Codes: A Guide For Libraries, Memo Cordova
Qr Codes: A Guide For Libraries, Memo Cordova
Jose Guillermo "Memo" Cordova Silva
No abstract provided.
Beyond Foursquare: Library Treks With Scvngr, Amy E. Vecchione, Margaret Mellinger
Beyond Foursquare: Library Treks With Scvngr, Amy E. Vecchione, Margaret Mellinger
Amy E. Vecchione
SCVNGR is a game-based geolocation application where users can earn points or gain rewards by completing challenges and treks. Builders design questions that involve text based answers (open ended or multiple choice), QR codes, or photo challenges. Librarians at Boise State University and Oregon State University have built treks and challenges using SCVNGR for library orientations and instruction. They have found SCVNGR a better environment than Foursquare for these purposes. With SCVNGR, students can participate in the challenges and treks using not only their smart phones and mobile devices, but also via text-messaging and laptops. Librarians can easily create multiple …
Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through Sms, Amy E. Vecchione, Margie Ruppel
Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through Sms, Amy E. Vecchione, Margie Ruppel
Amy E. Vecchione
Have you ever wondered what your patrons think about SMS reference service? Do you wonder what other libraries are doing with SMS? Or what types of questions you would be asked through SMS reference service? Don’t try to reinvent the wheel! Join Boise State University librarians Amy Vecchione and Margie Ruppel to learn the results from their recently conducted national and local surveys on SMS reference. By attending this session participants will learn the most common types of questions asked through SMS, ways to market this service, best practices for answering SMS reference questions, and patrons’ perceptions of this new …
Splat: Spreading Innovation & Ideas, Amy E. Vecchione, Memo Cordova
Splat: Spreading Innovation & Ideas, Amy E. Vecchione, Memo Cordova
Amy E. Vecchione
Libraries are never short on innovation, especially when budgets are lean. How can staff stay on top of the latest library trends, and empower individuals to think “lean and mean” when times demand creativity? One solution, developed in Idaho during a summit on developing services for digital natives, was to create a Special Projects Library Action Team (SPLAT). SPLAT members act in the crow’s nest capacity of technological change. They search and share innovative ideas, leads on projects, and experiment in social media statewide; vet ideas; and bring ideas back to the local level. Supported by the Idaho Commission for …
Collaborate To Succeed: Implementing New Reference Services With Splat, Memo Cordova, Amy Vecchione
Collaborate To Succeed: Implementing New Reference Services With Splat, Memo Cordova, Amy Vecchione
Jose Guillermo "Memo" Cordova Silva
Libraries face shrinking budgets, increased use, and user demand for trending resources. This makes it difficult for librarians to find the time to keep up with innovative technological tools and social media (SM) developments. SPLAT (Special Projects Library Action Team) offers up a new model for enhancing library reference services. SPLAT is supported by the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL), the state agency responsible for assisting libraries. The members of SPLAT are innovation representatives, comprised of library staff who search and experiment with SM trends and online tools, learn, and share the best ways to integrate them into the reference …
Collaborate To Succeed: Implementing New Reference Services With Splat, Amy E. Vecchione, Memo Cordova
Collaborate To Succeed: Implementing New Reference Services With Splat, Amy E. Vecchione, Memo Cordova
Amy E. Vecchione
Libraries face shrinking budgets, increased use, and user demand for trending resources. This makes it difficult for librarians to find the time to keep up with innovative technological tools and social media (SM) developments. SPLAT (Special Projects Library Action Team) offers up a new model for enhancing library reference services. SPLAT is supported by the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL), the state agency responsible for assisting libraries. The members of SPLAT are innovation representatives, comprised of library staff who search and experiment with SM trends and online tools, learn, and share the best ways to integrate them into the reference …
Repositioning The Role Of The Library Through The Institutional Repository: Strategies For Developing An Ir, Michelle Armstrong
Repositioning The Role Of The Library Through The Institutional Repository: Strategies For Developing An Ir, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
No abstract provided.
Librarians Building Relationships, Amy E. Vecchione, Terry Madden, Barbara Glackin, Richard A. Stoddart
Librarians Building Relationships, Amy E. Vecchione, Terry Madden, Barbara Glackin, Richard A. Stoddart
Amy E. Vecchione
No abstract provided.
Scholarworks: Showcasing Faculty Research While Promoting Open Access, Michelle Armstrong
Scholarworks: Showcasing Faculty Research While Promoting Open Access, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
Recently, Boise State’s academic leadership began exploring betters ways to disseminate the research produced by the university. As a part of this process, the idea of creating a research distribution strategy began to be outlined. One of the first components of this strategy was the development of ScholarWorks, an open access institutional repository. ScholarWorks consists of five key services: *Identifying and making available via the ScholarWorks web site documents and files produced by the faculty, research groups, and students of Boise State University. *Creation of Selected Works pages which highlight the scholarly accomplishments of each individual faculty member. *Distribution of …
What Is Working Today: Success Stories In Marketing, Rights Management, And More, Heather Leary, Allyson Mower, Michelle Armstrong
What Is Working Today: Success Stories In Marketing, Rights Management, And More, Heather Leary, Allyson Mower, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
This panel session was a discussion of success stories by various Institutional Repository Coordinators in their daily work with marketing, copyright clearance, workflow, distinctions between the Digital Library and Institutional Repositories, and more. A complete video of this presentation can be found at the conference web site.
Librarian Impressions, Amy E. Vecchione, Sara Seely
Librarian Impressions, Amy E. Vecchione, Sara Seely
Amy E. Vecchione
No abstract provided.
Using Wikipedia As Outreach!, Amy E. Vecchione