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Online Instruction Made Easy: Getting Started With The Guide On The Side, Erica Defrain
Online Instruction Made Easy: Getting Started With The Guide On The Side, Erica Defrain
UVM Libraries Conference Day
Come learn about a great new tool for easily creating effective and engaging online tutorials built around the theory of active learning. The Guide on the Side was created by librarians at the University of Arizona and released as an open source download in 2012. We hope to soon have it installed for all to use at the UVM Libraries!
Why I Love Grasshopper Sparrows, Michele Patenaude
Why I Love Grasshopper Sparrows, Michele Patenaude
UVM Libraries Conference Day
Since 2001, Michele (a library circulation supervisor in her day job) has conducted a summer breeding-bird survey of Grasshopper Sparrows at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT. Named Grasshopper Sparrows because their breeding call sounds like a grasshopper, this little brown bird is endemic to certain types of scrubby grasslands which are becoming more scarce in the Northeast. The Grasshopper Sparrow is also declining and the species is not on the list of Vermont Endangered Birds. Come to this presentation and learn about the bird, how Michele surveys them, why they are endangered, and why Michele loves these quiet, little brown …
Adventures In Library Salary Surveys, Scott L. Schaffer
Adventures In Library Salary Surveys, Scott L. Schaffer
UVM Libraries Conference Day
Salary surveys are an important tool for the library community and the administrators and boards responsible for the oversight of libraries. However, such assessments must be constructed and analyzed with great care. The Vermont Library Association Personnel Committee has conducted three salary surveys over the past several years, one focusing on academic libraries and two on public libraries. Significant issues have included confidentiality, participation rate, definitions, length and difficulty of questions, collection of data, and representativeness. Suggestions and lessons learned will be shared.
Bailey/Howe Reference Analytics: What Two Years Of Data Tell Us, Elizabeth Berman
Bailey/Howe Reference Analytics: What Two Years Of Data Tell Us, Elizabeth Berman
UVM Libraries Conference Day
Analyzing the last two academic years (2010-2011 and 2011-2012) of reference-desk statistics, this presentation will highlight trends at the Bailey/Howe Reference Desk, and offer scenarios for the future of reference services.