WcORD: The WLN Writing Center Online Resource Database

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to privacy

a discussion of how to negotiate for the budget to fund summer hours

crowdsourcing a list of software of interest to writing centers (note: since this is 2008 discussion all of these programs either exist in newer versions or are no longer in production)

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to writing for scholarly publication

crowdsourcing articles on space design and remodeling see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19472353

a discussion of distinctions between writing center tutoring and tutoring (English, writing, reading) that is offered by Learning Centers, Academic Skills Centers, etc.

a discussion of the changing role of OWLs over the years

discussion of resources related to tutoring graduate students

discussion of available resources for peer tutor conference travel

Twitter page for the Writing Lab Newsletter (changing, in Sept. 2015, to WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship). This page posts tweets relevant to writing centers, such as announcements, calls for conference proposals, and news of writing centers. It also follows dozens of other writing center Twitter accounts.

a discussion of a move from a stand-alone WC model to a learning commons

discussion with links to training videos (some dead links)

a discussion of sign-in sheets, KRONOS, and other means of tracking tutors clocking in and out of shifts

job descriptions/policies governing grad students as assistant directors

discussion of student fees used for funding WCs see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=21201331 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=21892331

should tutors who know a NNES student's home language work with the student in that language? discussion and resources

discussion of how to manage faculty expectations and cope with faculty members who appear unsupportive of the writing center's work/mission update here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=1142114

discussion of the relative merits of immediate feedback (exit surveys) vs. online satisfaction surveys sent to all students

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