Archive for November, 2009
Digital Natives, Scholarly Immigrants?
While browsing through my table of contents alerts recently I came across an interesting article in the current issue of the Journal of Higher Education: “University Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism,” by Lori G. Power (unfortunately behind the paywall at Project Muse). It’s a happy coincidence to come across this article now, as plagiarism has been [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on November 29th, 2009 under Information Ethics, Plagiarism, Student Issues, Worth Reading.
Comments: 5
Titles Do Make A Difference
Not your job title – the title of that paper you’d like to get published or conference proposal you want to submit. Now that ACRL has announced the call for papers, panels and more for the 2011 15th National Conference in Philadelphia, many academic librarians will begin thinking about submitting proposals. I believe the 2009 [...]
Posted by StevenB on November 24th, 2009 under Professional Development.
Comments: 6
Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts
Best Time to Write
Occasionally someone will ask me about my writing routine. How do I manage to write regularly? The most immediate thing that comes to mind is having something that really inspires you or gets you thinking, and that you feel compelled to write about it so you can share your ideas with colleagues. [...]
Posted by StevenB on November 20th, 2009 under sudden thoughts.
Comments: 4
Faculty Blog Round-Up: PowerPoint
Among academic bloggers, yet another battle is raging in the PowerPoint wars.
Margaret Soltan, English professor and the venerable curmudgeon of University Diaries, links to a student’s blog to show how PowerPoint enables and encourages shoddy teaching.
Fellow English professor Alan Jacobs agrees, pointing to students’ sense of entitlement that results from PowerPoint.
Jonathan Rees, professor of history, [...]
Posted by Laura Wimberley on November 15th, 2009 under Faculty, Teaching, Technology Issues.
Comments: 2
Encouraging Engagement
Right now we’re in the midst of our busiest time in the semester for instruction at my library. I coordinate our information literacy program so instruction is always a big part of my job, but it looms even larger for me at this time of year. If I’m not teaching a class, I’m probably thinking [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on November 14th, 2009 under Faculty, Information Literacy, Student Issues, Teaching.
Comments: 6