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It occurs to me that my desire for our discovery... - LSW - FriendFeed - 2 views

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  • Mark Lindner on 11 Jan 12
     
    Excellent discussion of discovery layers vs. OPACs, especially in small liberal arts schools. Should be read and seriously thought about.
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Kuali | Celeripedean - 2 views

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  • Sara Thompson on 01 Jan 12
     
    "another open source ILS called Kuali OLE. Kuali is a open source extensible service driven library management system geared towards academic and research libraries."
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Smashwords - Information Literacy in the Wild - A book by Kristin Fontichiaro - 2 views

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  • Sara Thompson on 24 Dec 11
     
    Free ebook of essays about information literacy.
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Renovation as a catalyst - 1 views

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  • fleschnerj on 10 Nov 11
     
    Some food for thought

Embedded Librarianship in the LMS Survey Results - 1 views

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Guide to Finding Interesting Public Domain Works Online | The Public Domain Review - 1 views

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  • Mark Lindner on 26 Jan 12
     
    This guide is intended to assist people who are interested in exploring interesting works which have entered the public domain. It covers: Collecting leads Online Collections Legal Stuff Licensing When Does a Work Pass Into The Public Domain?
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Should We Really ABOLISH the Term Paper? A Response to the NY Times | HASTAC - 1 views

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  • And for my own account of the decision not to use term papers when I taught at Michigan State, you can check out a piece I published in Academe in Sept-Oct 2011.   In some ways, it is more assertive on this issue than Richtel's piece, and is highly critical of the establishment English Department that too-often forgets its own importance as society’s “keeper” of two of the three R’s of traditional literacy, namely “reading” and “‘writing.’”   I won’t rehearse my critique; here's the link:  http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2011/SO/Feat/davi.htm).
  • She is also working with composition teachers around the country who are documenting similar findings that, in fact, this generation comes in reading and writing more and better–and, yes, differently–than earlier ones, not worse.  Lunsford uses the same metrics to assess these students as were used to evaluate past ones.  Her website is:  http://www.stanford.edu/~lunsfor1/
  • We have a Word Press class website.  Students blog every week about the reading and project-based assignments they create.   The two students charged with leading the class that week have to respond to every blog.  The students respond to one another.  
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  • When I put their semester's work into a data hopper, even I was shocked to find out that they were averaging around 1000 words per week,
  • I argue that the open architecture of the Web is built on the principle of diversity and maximum participation--feedback and editing
  • Students learn to evaluate one another's thinking and challenge one another--and, far more important, they learn from one another and correct themselves.  I cannot think of a better skill to take out into the world.
  • I respond more too.  Like my students, I feel like I'm not spending as many hours reading and grading term papers, but, I know, from the end-of-term data crunching again, that, in fact, I have spent more time responding to their writing than I used to. 
  • the tipping point in these classes is when someone the student doesn't know, an anonymous stranger, responds to their work.  When it is substantive, the student is elated and surprised that their words were taken seriously.   When it is rude or trollish, the student is offended.  Both responses are good.  The Internet needs more people committed to its improvement, to serious discourse.
  • As I often do with classes, I did a diagnostic, found that many of my students were woefully lacking in basic writing skills.  I asked them what they most wanted from a writing class, and quickly transformed the class into a "writing as if your life depended upon it" workshop.
  • The "final" in the class was for each student--with lots of readings by me and the rest of the class--to apply for three or four summer jobs and internships.  That year, every student landed a position. 
  • More recently, I asked graduate students why they often left their term papers until the end and, with sadness, they confessed it was often because the whole exercise of writing a research paper is so debilitating and terrifying they often developed writer's block or writer's anxiety and needed the deadline to motivate them to write.
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Gateway Market: Central Iowa's Good Food Market in Des Moines - 1 views

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  • Deb Robertson on 19 Apr 12
     
    This s the place I had lunch during the IASL Conference, April 2012. Dan C. Said the Bakery is AWESOME! I enjoyed the cafe.
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Student Study Space: the entrepreneurial model (my visit to TechPad) - The Ubiquitous L... - 1 views

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  • I was fascinated by this concept of a 24 hour, co-working, commons environment, which obviously has some library parallels. And if you know me, then you know that I’ve been obsessed with startup culture lately, so I had to go check it out. At VT we are in the initial stages of renovation planning and so I am absorbing design ideas from everywhere possible— especially non-library environments.
  • Zoning based on needs (meet with clients, meet with team, work alone, etc) Encouragement (see others working, inspires you to want to be successful too) Assistance (on-site metering) Common Experiences (webinars, dining, games)
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xkcd: Citogenesis - 1 views

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  • Sara Thompson on 16 Nov 11
     
    A great image for a future presentation on sources (cough, cough) about th paradox cycle of rumors and such on Wikipedia.
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Fair-Use Guide Hopes to Solve Librarians' VHS-Cassette Problem - Wired Campus - The Chr... - 1 views

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  • fleschnerj on 25 Jan 12
     
    The Association of Research Libraries might have a solution to what some librarians call "the VHS-cassette problem." Here's the scenario: An academic library has a collection of video tapes that is slowly deteriorating, thanks to the fragile nature of analog media.
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Google Scholar -- Support for Libraries - 1 views

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  • fleschnerj on 10 Nov 11
     
    So, apparently we need a link resolver.
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Take Online Modules - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 1 views

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  • Sara Thompson on 11 Nov 11
     
    One-hour professional development modules for educators to teach themselves about copyright and primary sources of various kinds.
  • Deb Robertson on 11 Nov 11
     
    Thank you, I have been keeping this site in another folder for consideration with our new "lib guides" on our new web site. Now we will know where they are when we need them.
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Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries S... - 1 views

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  • Deb Robertson on 05 Jun 12
     
    This report presents five recommendations for the library profession: 1. Increase librarians' understanding of library value and impact in relation to various dimensions of student learning and success. 2. Articulate and promote the importance of assessment competencies necessary for documenting and communicating library impact on student learning and success. 3. Create professional development opportunities for librarians to learn how to initiate and design assessment that demonstrates the library's contributions to advancing institutional mission and strategic goals. 4. Expand partnerships for assessment activities with higher education constituent groups and related stakeholders. 5. Integrate the use of existing ACRL resources with library value initiatives.
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Tools of the Trade: A Library Starter Kit for Harvard Freshmen - Harvard College Library - 1 views

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  • Mark Lindner on 21 Mar 12
     
    A very well-designed resource for freshmen (and others, no doubt) at Harvard
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LJ's ILS Survey: Are You Satisfied? - 1 views

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  • fleschnerj on 28 Nov 11
     
    LJ recently asked librarians to tell us what they, and their patrons, thought of their ILSs. Nearly 1300 librarians responded, including 709 public librarians and 541 academic librarians, and their answers will strike a chord with many readers.
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COSUGI - SirsiDynix Users Group - 1 views

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  • Sara Thompson on 29 Nov 11
     
    Regional Groups -- including the Upper Midwest Region Users Group
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The Get More Out of Google Infographic Summarizes Online Research Tricks for Students - 1 views

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  • Mark Lindner on 18 Dec 11
     
    a recent study found that 3 out of 4 students don't search Google efficiently, and you probably know other people who could use some Googling help. This infographic is for them and it also might make a handy poster with reminders for basic tricks.
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New Study Shows E-Textbooks Saved Many Students Only $1 - 1 views

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  • fleschnerj on 04 Jan 12
     
    Despite the promise that digital textbooks can lead to huge cost savings for students, a new study at Daytona State College has found that many who tried e-textbooks saved only one dollar, compared with their counterparts who purchased traditional printed material.
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Information Literacy Instruction and Student Achievement | ACRL Value of Academic Libra... - 1 views

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  • Early last month Megan posted about recent research connecting academic libraries and student achievement. She mentioned that there are multiple projects in the U.S. currently underway to correlate library use and GPA, and I have results from just such a project to share with you all!
  • In a recently completed study at University of Wyoming I discovered a positive correlation between upper-division library instruction and higher GPA at graduation (by upper-division, I mean post-first-year). This is based on an analysis of 4,489 transcripts of graduating seniors at the University of Wyoming, and the transcript analysis was supplemented by focus groups with graduating seniors
  • Look for the article in the March or June 2012 issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. Here’s the citation: Bowles-Terry, M. (2012). Library instruction and academic success: A mixed-methods assessment of a library instruction program. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.
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