Library and Information Science Commons^™

From Supercharging To Rewiring To Thriving: Dissertation Support And Partnerships, Alyssa Denneler, Anna Marie Johnson

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Libraries: Outsiders At The Heart Of The Institution, Callan Bignoli

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Rebranding Reference, Lorraine A. Heffernan

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

Building Sustainable Instruction Through Microlearning Opportunities, Erin Mccoy, Kathryn Neary

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Building A Sustainable Library Instruction Program Through Curriculum Mapping, Regina Pagani, Lindley Homol, Alissa Link

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Collaborative Roving Reference: Solving "Citation Frustration" One Student At A Time, Laura Wilson, Jennifer L.A. Whelan

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Opening Doors Through Collaboration: Understanding The Incarceration Of Japanese Americans, Kathy Blessing, Rosemary Prisco

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Can I Use A Lifeline? Hand-Offs And High Fives Between The Library And Instructional Design Teams, Laura Hibbler, Esther Brandon, Lance Eaton

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Serendipity, Symbiosis, Synergy: Finding And Cultivating Collaborative Opportunities, Pamela Hayes-Bohanan, Elizabeth Spievak

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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What Went Wrong: Reflections On A Teaching With Technology Failure, Amy Barlow

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

When functioning properly, interactive learning modules are great for student engagement, but when the technology falls short, precious class time is wasted and learning objectives may go unmet. This speaker will tell the story of how a clerical error resulted in a technological meltdown during library instruction. She will share how she came to view the incident as a useful failure because she learned to: Accept that not every problem can be anticipated; always have a Plan B; and be patient with tech support. More than that, she came to realize that testing web-based learning modules in class is a …

Can Robots Replace Librarians? Experiences Using A Chat Bot To Respond To Im Questions, David Meincke

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

This poster will use text and statistical data to describe the conditions that led to development of a chat bot. It will use text and graphics to illustrate the steps involved in building and launching the bot, and it will use text and statistical data to illustrate its functionality in responding to IM reference questions. A laptop will also be available to demo backend (developer code, etc.) as well as frontend (bot responses to questions in real time

Two or three takeaways

- The poster session will demonstrate the basic steps that are needed to integrate a chatbot to library …

When Your Info Café Fails, Think Of Your Lms As Take-Out: Learning From The Services Students Won’T Use To Create The Services They Will, Elizabeth Chase, Patricia Mcpherson, Heather Perry

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

In 2012 we transformed our obsolete periodicals desk into The Info Cafe, and planned a series of information skills workshops for that meeting space. In an effort to encourage attendance at those drop-in sessions, we partnered with the our institution’s merit point program to offer points to each student who attended a twenty-minute workshop on topics ranging from searching a specific database to using a particular citation style. The merit point system, which was discontinued in 2015, provided a range of opportunities for students to amass points that contributed to their odds of getting their preferred choice in the institution's …

Connecting 24/5 To Millennials: Providing Academic Support Services From A Learning Commons, Anne C. Moore, Kimberly Wells

University Libraries Publication Series

In response to the seamless academic and personal behavior of Millennial college students, libraries are creating a learning commons in which campus academic support services are integrated with library services to provide everything students need to succeed in a single facility 24 hours a day with food. Roving may be an effective way to satisfy the immediate support needs of students collaborating in these bustling environments. A survey conducted on March 16, 2006 of users of the UMass Amherst Learning Commons (opened in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library in September 2005) provided detailed insight into who they are, how often …