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Library As Learning Object: When It Is All About The Building! [Poster], Debbie Morrow
Library As Learning Object: When It Is All About The Building! [Poster], Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
Have you ever been a "victim of your own success"? We have faculty who want to bring classes to the library, not to learn about information-finding, but to see and touch the technology that is part of the building itself! Hear about how developing a session featuring GVSU's new library building as a "learning object" has become a great opportunity for creating an engaging learning experience for first year students.
Learning Technical Writing: Creating An Opportunity For Engineering Undergraduates, Debbie Morrow
Learning Technical Writing: Creating An Opportunity For Engineering Undergraduates, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
Extended Abstract
An undergraduate engineering program emphasizing hands-on learning and close interaction with engineering industry, including mandatory three terms of co-op employment, can find it challenging to build writing skills into its curriculum, too. Grand Valley State University has established its mission on principles of liberal education that permeate all of its programs, and on an overarching commitment to student success, academically and in transition to the work world. GVSU’s School of Engineering (SoE) has struggled to design and offer a writing-intensive experience that benefits Engineering majors and adequately prepares them to meet the needs of future industry employers in …
Becoming A Liaison Librarian: Embedded In Academia, Debbie Morrow
Becoming A Liaison Librarian: Embedded In Academia, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
"The narrative of higher education frequently declares the library to be the “academic heart of the institution.” It’s not entirely clear in the lore whether the library purportedly at the heart of things academic refers only to a building and the portion of human knowledge contained within, or if it is generally recognized that there is a distinct heartbeat emanating from the activities of the professionals who curate, organize, and promote resources, and teach the ways of information-finding. I contend that to be an effective academic librarian is to be embedded in the life of one’s institution...."