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A Storied Tale: Melding Digital Storytelling, Service-Learning, And Digital And Information Literacy Skills For Pre-Service Teachers, Heather K. Beirne

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Today’s teachers, a diverse body of individuals with a variety of technological backgrounds and skill sets, often find themselves working from a “digital immigrant” perspective. Even pre-service teachers, who may be classified as digital natives, report “strong positive beliefs in technology, yet moderate confidence and reserved attitude in using technology” (Lei, 2009); Lei reports that, though they are often viewed as “innovative users of available technology and eager adopters of new technology,” pre-service teachers are also not utilizing digital technology to its fullest advantage, self-report that they do not feel comfortable with or proficient at the use of higher level …

How Ethics Can Inform Spiritually Sensitive Social Work, Ann M. Callahan

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Sensitivity to spirituality in social work practice has grown over the past thirty years; however, social work practitioners and educators express discomfort in addressing spirituality. This workshop provides an opportunity for participants to learn more about ethics-based practice models for the delivery of spiritually sensitive social work.

Inventory In Digby, Laura Edwards

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

EKU will share tips and tricks from its experience with using the Digby app in its inventory project. Presenter will explain differences between the Digby-generated report and the WMS Inventory FTP report and can share workflows from the EKU's inventory project.

Authority Control In Digital Commons: Why Bother?, Laura Edwards

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Authority control provided by Digital Commons is basic. Other than author names, Digital Commons does not provide much in the way of authority control for other fields, such as faculty advisor/mentor names or department names. Standardizing name fields has several benefits, not least of which is the increased precision of reports that institutions can create to highlight the impact of faculty mentorship activities as well as the scholarship output of departmental entities on campus. Institutions that want to ensure the consistency of names across submissions to their Digital Commons repository, especially for self-submitted submissions, must develop their own methods for …

Relational Spirituality: An Opportunity For Social Work In Long-Term Care, Ann M. Callahan

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Aim

Sandage and Shults (2007) suggest that “all spirituality can be viewed as relational” (p. 263). Likewise, according to Heyse-Moore (1996), “we exist to relate to each other and if we do not our spirit dries up within us like a desert” (p. 307). Spirituality reflects our “innate human yearning for meaning through intra-, inter-, and transpersonal connectedness” (Belcher & Griffiths, 2005, p. 272). If spirituality is the experience of meaningful relationships, then it is important to understand what relationships are meaningful to clients. These relationships are particularly important in long-term care.

Background

Long-term care involves a network of relationships …

The Librarians’ Guide To The Information Literacy Galaxy: Leading Campus Conversations, Sarah Richardson, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, Trenia Napier

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Sarah Richardson (Business Library Team Leader), Heather Beirne (Reference and Instruction Librarian), Ashley Cole (Reference and Instruction Librarian) and Trenia Napier (Associate Director, Programs & Outreach - Noel Studio for Academic Creativity) @ Eastern Kentucky University Situating librarians as information literacy experts and leaders in pedagogical best practices, presenters led a professional learning community (PLC) to create purposeful campus-wide conversations centered around the ACRL Framework and its place in teaching and learning. PLC faculty participants from across campus partnered with liaison librarians to create new and innovative approaches to developing discipline-specific information …

Between The Columns Newsletter: Spring 2018, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries

Between the Columns Newsletter

Table of Contents

• From the Dean (p. 2)
• [Recent EKU Libraries Events: Student Artwork Exhibit -- Speaking from the Margins -- Student Employee Takeover] (p. 3)
• Library Words: a Glossary of Terms Frequently Used Around EKU Libraries (p. 4-5)
• Get to Know Your Librarian: Faculty Partnerships -- featuring Clay Howard (p. 6)
• A Public Domain Primer (p. 7)
• Archives After Dark (p. 8-9)
• Focus on Friends: Dr. John E. and Martha B. Davidson (p. 10)
• Honor Roll of Friends (p. 11)
• Scholars Week 2018 (blurb) and "50 Years Ago...An EKU student reading a newspaper on campus in 1968" …

Eastern Kentucky University Libraries Biennial Report: 2016-2018, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University Libraries Biennial Report

Table of Contents:

• A Note from Dean Gardner (p.1)
• 2015-20: Vision, Mission, Goals (p.2)
• Service Excellence: Advancing Student Research (p.3-4)
  • Reference Appointments
  • Research Guides
  • Library Research Award for Undergraduates
• Service Excellence: Supporting Students' Academic Experience (p.5-6)
  • Speaking from the Margins
  • Archives After Dark
  • Student Artwork Exhibit
  • Education Abroad
  • World War I Exhibit
  • First Amendment Display
• Service Excellence: Collaborating with Faculty (p.7-8)
  • Assignment Design Consultation
  • Information Literacy Toolkits
  • Alternative Instruction Modules
  • Online Course Partnerships
  • Leading Campus Conversations
  • Traditional Library Instruction
• Service Excellence: Supporting Faculty Scholarship (p.9-10)
  • The Division of Natural Areas Collection
  • Faculty Posters
  • The Chautauqua Journal
  • Faculty and Staff Top …

A Collaborative, Trilateral Approach To Bridging The Information Literacy Gap In Student Writing, Trenia Napier, Jill M. Parrott, Erin Presley, Leslie A. Valley

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

As localized assessments confirm national findings that undergraduates struggle to integrate resources into research-based compositions effectively, data at one comprehensive public university indicate library sessions improve students’ ability to locate and evaluate information, but students continue to struggle with the “use” component of information literacy. This article presents a trilateral case study among librarians, faculty, and writing center administrators, emphasizing the intersection of programmatic partnerships, assessment, and pedagogical best practices. Our research shows a trilateral approach to information literacy increases efficacy and a sense of shared responsibility in support of student research where traditional bilateral approaches fall short.