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Knowledge Mapping Tools: Visualizing Research, Crystal L. Renfro, Elisabeth Shields
Knowledge Mapping Tools: Visualizing Research, Crystal L. Renfro, Elisabeth Shields
Crystal L Renfro
A Tale Of Two Liaisons: Exploring Library-Writing Center Alliances, Carolyn Schubert, Lucy Green
A Tale Of Two Liaisons: Exploring Library-Writing Center Alliances, Carolyn Schubert, Lucy Green
Carolyn F Schubert
In this presentation, a writing center faculty member and a librarian will discuss their partnership at James Madison University, including how they have adapted the library liaison model for writing center use. Attendees will have the opportunity to consider models for writing center-library collaboration at their own institutions.
The Effect Of A Learning Environment Using An Electronic Health Record (Ehr) On Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Behavioral Intention (Bi) To Use An Ehr., Carol Sternberger, Judith Warren, Shawn Foley
The Effect Of A Learning Environment Using An Electronic Health Record (Ehr) On Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Behavioral Intention (Bi) To Use An Ehr., Carol Sternberger, Judith Warren, Shawn Foley
Carol S Sternberger
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A Web Designer’S Guide To Being Lazy, Conny Liegl
A Web Designer’S Guide To Being Lazy, Conny Liegl
Conny Liegl
Sorry to disappoint, but this talk is not the ultimate guide on how to avoid working. It is instead an example of a workflow paradigm shift and supportive technology that will allow us to use the eight hours at our desks more efficiently.
Working in higher education, we are continuously faced with budget cuts that directly impact the amount and variety of our daily tasks. The official job descriptions barely reflect the actual day-to-day work we encounter: we wear many hats and have to carefully manage our time as well as the increasing number of projects. Tedious maintenance of content …
Open Culture At The Heart Of The University: Libraries As Multicommons, Anna K. Gold
Open Culture At The Heart Of The University: Libraries As Multicommons, Anna K. Gold
Anna K. Gold
The university library can be reconceptualized as a powerful engine for open culture. A generative and regenerative center that naturally brings disciplines, cultures, and generations together, the university library can expand its role in open culture far beyond sharing institutionally-produced research and data through open repositories. Drawing on the experience of a public polytechnic university, this presentation documents the emergence of a university library as a system of open culture programs and as a place where a speeding culture can stop to dialogue, think, and create: generating collective interactive learning; fostering collaboration with open data; cultivating open conversations and learning …
The D.B. Weldon Library's Instruction Portfolio: A Grassroots, Team-Based Approach, Kim Mcphee, Melanie Mills, Marg Sloan
The D.B. Weldon Library's Instruction Portfolio: A Grassroots, Team-Based Approach, Kim Mcphee, Melanie Mills, Marg Sloan
Marg Sloan
In an effort to address ever-shifting staffing levels and evolving service demands, staff in the Research & Instructional Services department of The D.B. Weldon Library at Western University developed and implemented a new and strategic approach to structuring their work. The ‘Portfolio Model’ provides a framework for organizing the primary functions of the department - collections, instruction and reference - while at the same time preserving liaison at its core. Through a close examination of this grassroots effort and in particular, the achievements realized and challenges faced by the team of librarians and library assistants who together comprise the ‘Instruction …
A Collaborative Approach To Building A Student Information And Technology Literacy Program, Kenetha Stanton
A Collaborative Approach To Building A Student Information And Technology Literacy Program, Kenetha Stanton
Kenetha Stanton
This is a brief overview of the Information Commons program at Butler University presented during an EDUCAUSE Midwest Lightning Round. The Information Commons is professional development program jointly sponsored by The Center for Academic Technology (formerly Instructional Technology) and the Butler Libraries for student staff that provides information and technology literacy support to Butler students through scheduled desk hours and peer-to-peer training and consulting.