Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

We're Gonna Make It After All: Perspectives From Kent State University, Elizabeth A. Richardson, Virginia A. Dressler

Elizabeth A Richardson

Did We Succeed? Assessing A New Instruction Initiative For A Revamped Physics Lab, Carrie C. Leatherman

Carrie C Leatherman

Assessment has become an important component of any discussion on planning or implementing new library services as well as evaluating existing ones. Yet it is often difficult to know how to proceed with assessment, what tools to use, and how to implement the results of assessment. This session presented a practical example of assessing a new a Science and Technology library service with emphasis placed on how assessment was incorporated into planning process, what tools were used, and what the practical outcomes of that assessment were.

A Tableau Vivant Of Il Classrooms: The Multimodal/Multisensory Experience For The Teaching And Learning Of Threshold Concept.”, Kathleen Langan

Kathleen Langan

The Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) release of the Draft Framework for Information Literacy (IL) for Higher Education well positions those who teach IL to reflect on identifying and defining learning. What is learning? Is it a stagnant, finite event or is it a process? Are there always artifacts that are tangible testaments to the act of learning? If not, then how do we measure it? Does teacher bias hinder learning and our understanding of students and what they know? I present my journey and how I found answers to these questions in the philosophy of rhetoric espoused …

Scanning Our Needs And Options: How Selecting An Overhead Scanner For Ill Was A Team Effort (Poster Session), Elizabeth A. Richardson, Cindy Kristof

Elizabeth A Richardson

With an aging overhead scanner that would no longer be covered under the vendor’s service contract, our ILL department was in the market for a new scanner. Determining our needs and evaluating our potential choices became a team effort involving everybody from undergraduate student employees to the Head of Access Services. Informal conversations were the first step, followed by perusal of sales materials for scanners on the market to determine features available. Every member of the Interlibrary Loan department was invited to complete a survey of preferred and necessary features. The survey prompted a high level of staff engagement in …

Dynamics Of Civil Resistance In Oceania, Thomas Dick, Jason Mcleod, Luke Johnston

Thomas Dick

The Dynamics of Civil Resistance (DOCR), is a not-for-profit popular education and cultural development programme in Oceania. We work in collaboration with churches, human rights organisations, traditional leaders, women leaders, youth and student groups and community organisations to establish a network of indigenous educators who can resource nonviolent social movements and democratic transitions.

DOCR has developed out of programs that originated in 2005, in response to requests from Papuan human rights activists (Rayfield and Morello 2012). The purpose of the Project is to build their capacity of activists and artists working nonviolently for a just and sustainable peace in the …

Creating Policy That Supports Living Cultural Expression In Melanesia, Thomas Dick

Thomas Dick

In Vanuatu, communities have expressed a desire to continue leading lifestyles based on a traditional economic base. In the context of economic globalisation, however, this possibility is being ignored or denied by government policy decisions made on the basis of ‘economic rationalism’. There is growing concern that these government decisions are in fact destructive of ‘popular cultural expressions’, and do not respect the values of the community in relation to its development.

In 2006, an ‘Economic opportunities fact-finding mission’ to the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu was sponsored by NZAID and AusAID. The report that followed recognized that ‘many of …

Nmrt President's Program: Pecha Kucha-Style Presentation On My Personal Networking Experience, Ashley Dupuy, Naomi Doessel, Megan Hodge, Patrick Sweeney, Alison Coltin

Ashley Dupuy

Networking: What Works? Looking for new/dream jobs? Pondering how to reach out to your network? Trying to learn how job search networks operate? Come and join us to discover what happens behind the closed doors of a library search committee--and how your professional (and personal) networks can make or break your prospects. Then learn how other librarians navigated the networking maze to land plum positions. With the insider scoop, practical pointers, and the opportunity to connect with new contacts, you'll be able to put your network to work for you.

Personal Marketing And Career Management, Ashley Dupuy, Sarah Steiner

Ashley Dupuy

Covers networking, becoming involved in the library community, online identity and public speaking tips.

We Hear You: Successful Strategies For Marketing, Implementing And Analyzing A Libqual Survey, Ashley Dupuy, Rita Spisak, Chris Sharpe

Ashley Dupuy

Learn how first time LibQUAL participant, Kennesaw State University achieved an amazing response rate on their survey (#1 in number of responses in the US), how they analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data and how they publicized the results.

Researching And Understanding European Union Law: Introduction To The Eu, Jennifer Allison

Jennifer Allison

This presentation provides a brief introduction to the EU legal system. It presents a timeline of the formation and accession treaties, as well as a brief description of the EU's legislative and judicial bodies. It was the first presentation offered during a daylong EU Legal Research workshop at the 2011 AALL annual meeting in Philadelphia.

Pre-Conference: Curriculum Materials Centers, Gregory A. Martin

Gregory A. Martin, M.L.I.S.

This pre-conference for the Association of Christian Librarians focused on the development and maintenance of Curriculum Materials Centers.

Building Liaison Relationships That Rock, Summer Durrant, Shannon F. Johnson

Shannon F Johnson

No abstract provided.

Freedom To Write: Red Clay Conference Presentation, Cheryl Stiles

Cheryl Stiles

No abstract provided.

Personal Marketing And Career Management, Ashley Dupuy, Sarah Steiner

Ashley Dupuy

Covers networking, becoming involved in the library community, online identity and public speaking tips.

The Care And Feeding Of Library Student Assistants, Greg Martin

Gregory A. Martin, M.L.I.S.

No abstract provided.