Academic Librarians

This project was a call from the NY Times to submit creative selfies. One professor turned it into a class assignment and hundreds of other students submitted their self-portraits. Great inspiration for a different kind of multimedia project. 

Short blog post written by Matthew Guyan on April 10, 2014 about using John Keller's motivational design model, ACRS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction) to design instruction. It gives a brief definition of each of these four categories and provides sub-categories along with some provocative questions to consider when designing instruction.

Short article by Maura Smale published April 30, 2012 posing the possibility of flipping the library instruction classroom. She raises the challenge of flipping a classroom that is already discussion based, and also brings forward the idea that if in these classes it is challenging to have students to reading ahead of time, what hope is there that students would come prepared to a flipped classroom?

Short article by Maura Smale published April 30, 2012 posing the possibility of flipping the library instruction classroom. She raises the challenge of flipping a classroom that is already discussion based, and also brings forward the idea that if in these classes it is challenging to have students to reading ahead of time, what hope is there that students would come prepared to a flipped classroom?

by Anne Jumonville, C&RL News February 2014 Central research questions: "How do nonlibrarian faculty adopters of information literacy in the humanities incorporate information literacy in a variety of disciplines? What are their conclusions about the results of this effort?" Argues that it is possible to integrate information literacy concepts as outlined by ACRL standards into assignments in the humanities classroom where the assignments add value to the research process and student learning. Strategy 1: Assigning annotated bibliographies, some which asked for a reflection of the research process to be included in the annotation, creating online annotated bibs that allowed for links to sources. Strategy 2: Using online discussion forums to talk about the research process.

by Anne Jumonville, C&RL News February 2014 Central research questions: "How do nonlibrarian faculty adopters of information literacy in the humanities incorporate information literacy in a variety of disciplines? What are their conclusions about the results of this effort?" Argues that it is possible to integrate information literacy concepts as outlined by ACRL standards into assignments in the humanities classroom where the assignments add value to the research process and student learning. Strategy 1: Assigning annotated bibliographies, some which asked for a reflection of the research process to be included in the annotation, creating online annotated bibs that allowed for links to sources. Strategy 2: Using online discussion forums to talk about the research process.

Blog post by Bethany Nowviskie in response to OCLC's report on digital humanities and academic libraries. In it she challenges the underlying assumptions and implications of the report. She argues against a "one-size fits all" approach to starting DH centers and calls for a collaborative approach to DH. "Librarians are helping to philosophize DH, not just support it."

Blog post by Bethany Nowviskie in response to OCLC's report on digital humanities and academic libraries. In it she challenges the underlying assumptions and implications of the report. She argues against a "one-size fits all" approach to starting DH centers and calls for a collaborative approach to DH. "Librarians are helping to philosophize DH, not just support it."

Infographic from EasyBib about how college freshmen conduct research. Focuses on the transition from research in high school to research in college. Shows sources that freshman use most and the challenging aspects of research. You can download the infographic for "free" if you provide your name and email address.

Infographic from EasyBib about how college freshmen conduct research. Focuses on the transition from research in high school to research in college. Shows sources that freshman use most and the challenging aspects of research. You can download the infographic for "free" if you provide your name and email address.

Recording of a presentation by Michelle Pacansky-Brock about how she used VoiceThread to flip her community college classroom so passive learning (lecture) took place outside of the classroom leaving time for active in-class learning.

Recording of a presentation by Michelle Pacansky-Brock about how she used VoiceThread to flip her community college classroom so passive learning (lecture) took place outside of the classroom leaving time for in-class learning.

Article by Heather McCullough about how UNC-Charlotte addressed the need for digital scholarship services through staffing, facilities, events and publicity and tools and projects. Also talks about faculty feedback and reactions.

Article by Heather McCullough about how UNC-Charlotte addressed the need for digital scholarship services through staffing, facilities, events and publicity and tools and projects. Also talks about faculty feedback and reactions.

Four volume zine on info lit by academic librarian. I really love this non-tech, low-budget approach to providing materials about bibliographic instruction. It's a great way to think about non-traditional formats in academic settings.

Four volume zine on info lit by academic librarian. I really love this non-tech, low-budget approach to providing materials about bibliographic instruction. It's a great way to think about non-traditional formats in academic settings.

Fantastic video by NCSU libraries, just over 3 minutes long, explaining the best way to select a topic for a short research paper. I really like that this shows the common pitfall of selecting a topic, then doing research, and feeling stuck because, as it turns out, there are no scholarly resources. This explains the process to students about having an idea, doing some exploratory research, tweaking your topic, etc. Really nice production quality, too.

Fantastic video by NCSU libraries, just over 3 minutes long, explaining the best way to select a topic for a short research paper. I really like that this shows the common pitfall of selecting a topic, then doing research, and feeling stuck because, as it turns out, there are no scholarly resources. This explains the process to students about having an idea, doing some exploratory research, tweaking your topic, etc. Really nice production quality, too.

This short article provides an info graphic and discusses five dimensions of digital literacy: decoding, meaning making, analyzing, persona, and using.