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Mental Health First Aid, Joanna Burkhardt

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Lifespan Development I, Joanna Burkhardt

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Walking The Tight-Rope Over The Digital Divide: Supporting Transfer And International College Students, Alicia G. Vaandering, Meagan Joseph

Public Services Faculty Presentations

Over the past year, the pandemic has further illuminated the barriers of the digital divide with the increase in remote learning, services, and programming. The pandemic has also highlighted the unique challenges that the digital divide poses for underserved college populations. While many students have access to technology through their institutions, they continue to struggle with the digital divide in respect to usability and empowerment, which can lead to a lack of confidence in engaging with college-level research. This presentation examines how we adapted instruction and programming for transfer students and international students to support student learning and the development …

Who Do You See?: Representing Diverse Communities Through Inclusive Children’S Book Collections, Alicia G. Vaandering, James Rosenzweig

Public Services Faculty Presentations

In the early 1990s, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop described books as windows that act either as sliding glass doors allowing readers to step into new worlds or as mirrors reflecting readers’ own perspectives and experiences. This presentation highlights the importance of offering both types of books to young readers and shares tools and resources that librarians can use to build more diverse collections capable of meeting the needs of the community. Determining how representative a collection is can be a daunting, time-intensive, and challenging task. This presentation endeavors to make that task more manageable by sharing the presenters’ experiences in …

The First Next Step: Research And Writing For Librarians, Amanda Izenstark, Ann Agee, Holly Jackson, Anna Sandelli, Linds Roberts

Public Services Faculty Presentations

Presentation for the 2021 Rhode Island Library Association Virtual Annual Conference.

Have you considered writing about your professional experiences or delving into research? Are you in (or looking for) a position that requires writing or research? This panel of librarians from across the U.S., with both academic and public library backgrounds, will share tips and strategies for getting started, finding collaborators, writing, publishing, and more.

This panel will provide strategies for librarians interested in writing or researching for professional development. Panelists will discuss how to get ideas, how to find collaborators, how to get past one’s inner critic, setting goals, …

Exploring Adolescents’ Critical Thinking Aptitudes When Reading About Science In The News, Marianne Bissonnette, Pierre Chastenay, Chantal Francoeur

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This research studies the critical thinking skills of six teenagers in their final years of high school. It looks at the way those students use a set of cognitive skills in order to analyze scientific and pseudoscientific information available in online news articles. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six students chosen according to their results in a questionnaire about interest in science topics. Results show a large gap between participants’ use of critical thinking skills. Most of these skills were mainly used for text comprehension, evoking general knowledge, numeracy, arguments assessment and production, and life skills (open-mindedness and metacognition). The …

Basics Of Jazz Piano, Jim Kinnie

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Advanced Jazz Improvisation, Jim Kinnie

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Jazz Composition And Arranging I, Jim Kinnie

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Jazz Composition And Arranging Ii, Jim Kinnie

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Aging And Health, Joanna Burkhardt

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Kbart Phase Iii Update, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Presentation slides for a lightning talk held as part of the ACRL New England Chapter Electronic Resources Interest Group (ERMIG) Annual Conference, Transitions, on April 30, 2021. The conference was held online due to COVID-19.

A video recording of the entire conference is available at https://youtu.be/9tAzt9QYWLg. This lightning talk runs from approximately 1:45 to 1:53.

Documents included as supplementary files include call for proposals, conference proposal as submitted, proposal acceptance, program agenda, Eventbrite page for the conference, and a video recording and a transcript of the talk.

Downstream Relationship Analysis Psa 591x, Andree Rathemacher

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When Does Substance Use Become Abuse? Psy 275, Julia Lovett

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Graduate Enrichment Seminar Mus 509, Jim Kinnie

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Telehealth Interprofessional Healthcare Delivery, Joanna Burkhardt

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Research Grant Management Bes 510, Michael Cerbo

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Zoo And Aquarium Animal Welfare, Michael Cerbo

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Jazz Improvisation And Theory I Mus 124, Jim Kinnie

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History Of Jazz For Majors 1900-1951 Mus 320, Jim Kinnie

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Music Repertory Building Ii Mus 253, Jim Kinnie

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Music Repertory Building I Mus 252, Jim Kinnie

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20 Somethings Tv Scm 320x, Joanna Burkhardt

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Advanced Cinematography Flm 330, Joanna Burkhardt

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Musicianship Lab I, Jim Kinnie

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Integrative Review In Nursing Science Nur 661, Joanna Burkhardt

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Strategic Media Administration Prs/Com 442, Joanna Burkhardt

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Period Studies In Music History Mus 426, Jim Kinnie

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Critical Studies In Musicology Mus 427, Jim Kinnie

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Culture In Agriculture Avs 280x, Michael Cerbo

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