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Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans For Librarians, Patricia Bravender, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure
Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans For Librarians, Patricia Bravender, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure
Patricia Bravender
Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts provides instruction librarians detailed, ready-to-use, and easily adaptable lesson ideas to help students understand and be transformed by information literacy threshold concepts. The included lessons are categorized according to the six information literacy frames identified in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. This volume offers concrete and specific ways of teaching the threshold concepts that are central to the Framework.
Teaching Factual Investigation Skills In Legal Studies Courses, Patricia Bravender, Ruth Stevens
Teaching Factual Investigation Skills In Legal Studies Courses, Patricia Bravender, Ruth Stevens
Patricia Bravender
This presentation demonstrated how a legal studies professor collaborated with a former paralegal who is a liaison librarian to develop and incorporate factual investigation assignments into legal studies courses. The presentation provided lesson plans for factual investigation that can be easily incorporated into a variety of legal studies classes. These plans can be updated and personalized based on resources available to any program.
Teaching Threshold Concepts: Practical Plans For Meaningful Instruction In Information Literacy, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure, Patricia Bravender
Teaching Threshold Concepts: Practical Plans For Meaningful Instruction In Information Literacy, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure, Patricia Bravender
Patricia Bravender
With the unique constraints that instruction librarians face in the classroom, we often rely on point-and-click instruction sessions that do not always communicate essential information literacy concepts. This program identifies key threshold and core concepts and correlates them with ACRL information literacy standards. The presenters highlight lesson plans that promote critical thinking and engaged learning and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate in the creation of a standard-aligned lesson plan.
Regarding Reference In An Academic Library: Does The Desk Make A Difference?, Patricia Bravender, Hazel Mcclure
Regarding Reference In An Academic Library: Does The Desk Make A Difference?, Patricia Bravender, Hazel Mcclure
Patricia Bravender
Some academic libraries are consolidating their circulation and reference desks into single service points. The librarians at one academic library undertook a study to determine if such a consolidation would affect their reference service. They analyzed the number and type of questions asked during times when a librarian was physically present at the reference desk and compared it to the number and type of questions asked when a librarian was "on call" (not present at the desk, but available to be called to the service desk to answer reference questions) over a period of seven academic semesters. This article reports …
Weeding With Robots: Managing Collections In An Automated Retrieval System, Patricia Bravender, Robert Kelly, Linda Masselink, Hazel Mcclure
Weeding With Robots: Managing Collections In An Automated Retrieval System, Patricia Bravender, Robert Kelly, Linda Masselink, Hazel Mcclure
Patricia Bravender
Many libraries, because of space and cost constraints, are considering housing collections in automated retrieval systems (ARS). When building an ARS, much deliberation is given and staff hours are spent preparing and loading the collection into the ARS but collection management and weeding processes are often not considered. This article will highlight some of the special challenges of content inventory and weeding in automated retrieval systems. It will provide an overview of the processes used by two university libraries, the problems uncovered and the successes these libraries have enjoyed as the projects have progressed.
Establishing Kinship With Family Reunion Announcements, Patricia Bravender
Establishing Kinship With Family Reunion Announcements, Patricia Bravender
Patricia Bravender
No abstract provided.
Self-Service Holds In Libraries: Is Patron Privacy Being Sacrificed For Patron Convenience?, Ruth Stevens, Patricia Bravender, Caralee Witteveen-Lane
Self-Service Holds In Libraries: Is Patron Privacy Being Sacrificed For Patron Convenience?, Ruth Stevens, Patricia Bravender, Caralee Witteveen-Lane
Patricia Bravender
The increased use of self service holds, a holds system where a patron is notified that a requested book has arrived and the patron retrieves it from a publicly accessible holds shelf without assistance from library staff raises new questions about user privacy. In response to concerns about possible violations of patron confidentiality with this practice, in 2011 ALA passed a Resolution to Protect Library User Confidentiality in Self-Service Hold Practices. Michigan libranes were surveyed to determine the number that use self-service holds; why or why not they choose to implement them, and, if they did, what methods they used …
Weeding An Outdated Collection In An Automated Retrieval System, Patricia Bravender, Valeria Long
Weeding An Outdated Collection In An Automated Retrieval System, Patricia Bravender, Valeria Long
Patricia Bravender
In 2008 Grand Valley State University Libraries began a large weeding project in the automated retrieval system (ARS) at its Steelcase Library. An estimated 19,000 volumes were to be removed from the ARS. A systematic weeding of the ARS had never been undertaken and it presented a number of logistical challenges. This article discusses the system that was devised for this large weeding project.
Should Chat Reference Be Staffed By Librarians? An Assessment Of Chat Reference At An Academic Library Using Libstats, Patricia Bravender, Colleen Lyon, Anthony Molaro
Should Chat Reference Be Staffed By Librarians? An Assessment Of Chat Reference At An Academic Library Using Libstats, Patricia Bravender, Colleen Lyon, Anthony Molaro
Patricia Bravender
This study analyzes 1,557 chat reference questions received at Grand Valley State University Libraries over four semesters to determine the quantity and nature of the questions. Results indicated that use of chat reference was low and that less than a quarter of chat questions required a librarian to answer. The cost of a librarian answering a chat question ranged from $37 to $439 per question. The findings suggest that assigning chat reference to trained reference assistants will not affect patron service and that it is not cost effective to use reference librarians to answer chat questions.
The Secrets Of Girl Detectives, Patricia Bravender
The Secrets Of Girl Detectives, Patricia Bravender
Patricia Bravender
Did you have a secret desire to drive a blue roadster and explore haunted mansions? Did you have chums instead of friends? Did the words ‘mystery’ and ‘clue’ give you a tingle of excitement? If you answered yes to any of these questions you were probably a girls’ mystery series fan. You were not alone; these books have been widely read and remain extremely popular today. Some, like the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are still in print. What is the secret to their enduring and widespread appeal? Why did we all want to be like Nancy Drew, or Cherry Ames …
To Chat Or Not To Chat: That Is The Question, Patricia Bravender, Colleen Lyon, Anthony Molaro
To Chat Or Not To Chat: That Is The Question, Patricia Bravender, Colleen Lyon, Anthony Molaro
Patricia Bravender
In the midst of an economic crisis, libraries must continue to provide essential services with fewer staff and resources. Is online chat one of these essential reference services, and, if so, are the reference skills of a librarian necessary to answer the majority of chat questions? Should librarians provide chat reference no matter what the cost? This program will present an analysis of one academic library's chat reference service for two years. It will also detail the creation of a chat reference service at a public library based on the results of this study.