Archive for 'Teaching'
Explaining Authority (Part 2)
After writing my previous post, our library director brought this report to my attention: “The Changing Nature of Intellectual Authority” by Peter Nicholson, presented at the 148th ARL meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19 2006. Apparently I was “scooped” by a good three years, as the ideas in the report are similar enough to my [...]
Posted by onellums on June 8th, 2009 under First Year Academic Librarian Experience, Information Literacy, Libraries and Learning, Teaching.
Comments: 1
Thinking About the Future
As the end of the semester rolls around I’ve been sorting through the evaluations that we ask our English Composition I students to fill out at the end of their required library session. I was scrolling through the spreadsheet of student responses the other day and one in particular jumped out at me: “How will [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on May 22nd, 2009 under Information Literacy, Student Issues, Teaching.
Comments: 10
Explaining Authority
One thing I have found difficult in my librarian-instructor capacity is how to impress students with the idea that some sources of information are better than others. We are all comfortable with the concept that value is subjective. But does this apply to information? (My own answer varies depending on what day it is.)
Of students [...]
Posted by onellums on May 13th, 2009 under First Year Academic Librarian Experience, Information Literacy, Libraries and Learning, Public Services, Student Issues, Teaching.
Comments: 13
Faculty Blog Round Up: Teaching with Technology
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago we put out a call for someone to be our new faculty blog correspondent. With this post I’d like to introduce Laura Wimberley, the librarian we’ve selected to keep us up-to-date on what’s happening in the faculty blogosphere. Laura works at the Medical Center Library at the University [...]
Posted by Laura Wimberley on May 11th, 2009 under Faculty, In The Disciplines, Teaching, Technology Issues, Wikipedia, Worth Reading.
Comments: 2
Lawyers, Librarians, Clergy, and Coaches
No, this is not the answer to the “Top 5 Professions You Would Like to Pursue” quiz that is likely appearing on Facebook even now; it is a partial listing of the “other professional staff” positions found on American campuses cited as part of a Chronicle article on the increasing number of “support staff” in [...]
Posted by Scott Walter on April 20th, 2009 under Higher Education, Information Literacy, Libraries and Learning, Student Issues, Teaching, Worth Reading.
Comments: 6