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Sela News Oct 2014

Sela News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent Activities from the Southeastern Library Association. Details on SELA/ALLA Joint Conference, SELA's Mentoring Program, and GaCOMO/SELA Conference Raffle Winners.


Reflective Teaching: Improving Library Instruction Through Self-Reflection, Mandi Goodsett Oct 2014

Reflective Teaching: Improving Library Instruction Through Self-Reflection, Mandi Goodsett

The Southeastern Librarian

Increasingly, the role of librarians in higher education is shifting from primarily librarian-as-expert to include librarian-as-educator (Holt, 2002). As a result, academic librarians with a wide variety of job titles are finding themselves contributing to the instructional services of their library (Hall, 2013). Even those librarians who have instruction as a principal responsibility may have little to no training or experience in instruction when they begin teaching students in one-shot or credit-bearing instruction situations. In a recent study of employer’s expectations for library instruction training, nearly 90 percent of respondents found instruction to be important to their library (Hall, 2013). …


Impact Of Cloud Computing On Librarians At Small And Rural Academic Libraries, Deborah Tritt, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick Oct 2014

Impact Of Cloud Computing On Librarians At Small And Rural Academic Libraries, Deborah Tritt, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick

The Southeastern Librarian

While cloud computing is not new, cloud-based services have matured and become more prevalent, thereby offering a range of new technology tools for libraries. Cloud computing technologies, and in particular those designed for end-users, present librarians with varying technology proficiencies the ability to access and use technologies - and related services - that might otherwise be beyond their reach. As cloud computing becomes more of a mainstay, many librarians are considering new ways to use these third-party tools in their work.


The Thinker 2.04, Amy Thompson Apr 2014

The Thinker 2.04, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for April 2014.


The Thinker 2.03, Amy Thompson Mar 2014

The Thinker 2.03, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for March 2014.


The Thinker 2.02, Amy Thompson Feb 2014

The Thinker 2.02, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for February 2014.


The Thinker 2.01, Amy Thompson Jan 2014

The Thinker 2.01, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for January 2014.