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Off The Page And Onto Your Screen: How To Set-Up A Virtual Literary Festival, Peter Bremer, Kristina Smith Feb 2022

Off The Page And Onto Your Screen: How To Set-Up A Virtual Literary Festival, Peter Bremer, Kristina Smith

Library Publications

Literary festivals are an opportunity for authors and readers to mingle and interact. Libraries that host literary festivals connect book lovers and writers in a very personal way, enabling libraries to bask in the glory of that connection. They allow fans to get close to a beloved writer, hear a reading, and maybe even get a book signed. And like almost everything else during the pandemic, they have had to adapt or go into indefinite hiatus.


Reflecting On Student Mental Health: Creating A Meditation Room In A Small College Library, Peter Bremer Jun 2019

Reflecting On Student Mental Health: Creating A Meditation Room In A Small College Library, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

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Are You Ready For Your Close-Up? Creating A Library Promotional Video, Peter Bremer Dec 2018

Are You Ready For Your Close-Up? Creating A Library Promotional Video, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

Learn how to create a promotional library video for your library using the multimedia software Camtasia. Challenges and lessons learned are explored by detailing one reference librarian’s efforts at creating a Ask A Librarian video.


Picture Perfect, Peter Bremer Jan 2018

Picture Perfect, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

The purchasing of student art for display in a library can enhance a building while supporting creative achievement and collaboration with art faculty. One small undergraduate library shares their process for obtaining student art as well as challenges.


Staffing With Students: Digitizing Campus Newspapers With Student Volunteers At The University Of Minnesota, Morris, Naomi Skulan Jan 2018

Staffing With Students: Digitizing Campus Newspapers With Student Volunteers At The University Of Minnesota, Morris, Naomi Skulan

Library Publications

The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages to primarily utilizing undergraduate student volunteers for a long-term digitization project and to discuss methods to mitigate the disadvantages of student volunteer work.


Librarian On The Loose: A Roving Reference Desk At A Small Liberal Arts College, Peter Bremer Jul 2017

Librarian On The Loose: A Roving Reference Desk At A Small Liberal Arts College, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

Discusses the roaming reference service provided by Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota, Morris.


Games People Play, Peter Bremer May 2017

Games People Play, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

An academic and public library collaborate on a tabletop gaming event for the whole community.


Supporting Sixth Grade History Projects, Peter Bremer Feb 2017

Supporting Sixth Grade History Projects, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

A small academic library supports elementary school history projects by coordinating local resource presentations with a public library and historical society as well as offering individualized research sessions.


Asking The Big Questions, Peter Bremer, Leann Dean Nov 2016

Asking The Big Questions, Peter Bremer, Leann Dean

Library Publications

Information is provided on the discussion titled "Open House in the Ivory Tower: Public Programming at an Academic Library” at Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) in Morris, Minnesota. Topics, including library outreach to college students, collaboration with organizations and diversity of library users, are discussed.


Two Parts Reflection, One Part Selfie: A Visual Alternative To The Minute Paper, Kellie Meehlhause Jan 2016

Two Parts Reflection, One Part Selfie: A Visual Alternative To The Minute Paper, Kellie Meehlhause

Library Publications

For almost 40 years, the Minute Paper has been a quick and easy means of learning assessment, both in the college classroom and in library instruction. More recently, the use of social media, particularly selfies, has gained popularity by connecting with students through the technology with which they are most familiar. This article makes the case for combining the Minute Paper and selfies in order to gain an insight into students’ skill development and retention after a library session. Adaptable to a variety of classes and learning outcomes, the activity enables students to actively use the skills they have learned, …


Rolling The Dice In An Academic Library, Peter Bremer, Jayne Blodgett Dec 2014

Rolling The Dice In An Academic Library, Peter Bremer, Jayne Blodgett

Library Publications

Discusses game nights at an academic library.