Transliteracy from the perspective of an information literacy advocate
A colleague of mine and I have been talking about transliteracy for some time and came to very similar conclusions as David Rothman did in his smart and respectful critique.…
What do they really need?
I'm not sure if I've become more cynical or just more observant, but lately I feel like I've been seeing things through new eyes. We make so many assumptions in…
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Inventory of info lit instruction/assessment: Your feedback needed
I mentioned in my most recent post that our VPAA (Vice President of Academic Affairs) recently gave me the green light to form an information literacy committee chaired by myself…
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Management, upward mobility and sticking
I was really excited when I saw the title of In the Library With the Lead Pipe's post "Rising through the Ranks: On Upward Mobility in Librarianship" from last month.…
Inspiring stuff to read, Take 2
I was thinking about writing a post reflecting on recent posts about the myth of the graying of the profession (and the coming librarian shortage) and Peter Brantley's post about…
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What’s the deal, JSTOR?
I've written some posts in the past about vendors that have done some pretty slimy things in the name of making a profit. At least that makes sense to me.…
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Immersion reflections
Wow, what can I say about Immersion? First of all, you have to be there to really understand what a profound experience it is. My in-laws were visiting when I…
Numbers vs. meaning
Forgive this less-than-well-thought-out post. I've been thinking a lot about assessment lately and the librarianly love of numbers in assessment, and I'm a troubled by the way that some academic…
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 2
Day 2 was just as full and wonderful as Day 1. I continued my mostly staying offline during the conference and I think it really helped me to keep focused…
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Baby steps in promoting information literacy
In the Fall, I wrote a post about my own thoughts on who should teach information literacy in academic libraries. In theory, I don't care who teaches information literacy as…
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Who should teach library instruction?
Don't worry, Walt, I won't apologize for being away and I won't promise that I'm going to post more often (though I have a lot of ideas for posts, something…
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Didn’t know I needed to be a salesperson
Yes, I knew I'd have to teach people how to use email. And unjam printers. And help people use copiers. But I don't think I ever understood in library school…
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Making progress on library instruction
Last April, I started in my new position as Head of Instructional Initiatives, though for the first four months, I was also still doing the job of Distance Learning Librarian.…
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Technology education and the “real world”
I just love that feeling of serendipity when I find that people are thinking about the same things I am at the same time. Karin Dalziel made an impassioned case…
Validation of my crackpot teaching ideas
Last week, my students in the Web 2.0 and Social Networking class I teach (at San Jose State) presented their fantastic proposals (via web conference) for implementing a specific social…
Library school survey results
A few weeks ago, I posted a survey to Survey Monkey to get people's views about their library school education and what they think should be taught in library school…
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Consistency or effectiveness in instruction and assessment
The part of my still new-ish job that causes my the most worry is assessment. I'd hoped to have time this summer to do some serious research on information literacy…
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Reinventing the Rook Tour
Last week was one of the most stressful, but also most satisfying, weeks I've had at work. That week, we did our "rook tours" which are orientations to the library…
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The best laid plans of mice and Meredith
It's amazing how I manage to delude myself year after year. Every spring I make a list of projects I want to get done in the summer when I "have…
Loex 2008 goes online!
I got this email about LOEX 2008 Encore from Catherine Pellegrino at Saint Mary's College and wanted to spread the word: The annual LOEX conference is trying something new as…
