Posts Tagged ‘adlibinstruction’
adventures in library instruction w/ meredith farkas [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2012/04/25
Our dear Rachel was battling a stomach bug this month, but Jason and I had the great pleasure to chat with Meredith Farkas, head of instruction at Portland State University in Oregon, for Episode 35 of the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast. Our discussion revolved around Meredith’s recent column, “The Guide on the Side“, in American [...]
adventures in library instruction: Let the Games Begin! [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2011/09/30
This month Jason, Rachel, and I had the opportunity to talk with Theresa McDevitt and Ryan Sittler, editor of and contributor to, the newly published book, Let the games begin!: Engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. We discussed the role of games [No technology required!] in the library classroom and their value in instruction [...]
adventures in library instruction: balance and burnout [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2011/09/12
‘Tis the season for instruction/teacher librarians to teach, teach, and teach some more. I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion Jason, Rachel, and I had during episode 29 of Adventures in Library Instruction. We talked about strategies librarians can take — as individuals and as a department/instruction team — to relieve stress, specifically stress revolving around class [...]
adventures in library instruction w/ lynda kellam [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2011/08/04
This month we talk data services and instruction. Now before all you humanities types run away … relax. There are great resources Lynda Kellam, the Data Services and Government Information from UNC-Greensboro shares during Episode 28. My personal favorite resource she shares — Junk Charts. Lynda’s pulled “junky” charts (i.e., data being misrepresented, data displayed [...]
adventures in library instruction w/ “librarian z” [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2011/07/06
Episode 27 of Adventures in Library Instruction is about the reference manager program, Zotero. We discuss our own Jason Puckett‘s recent book, Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators. During this particular episode, we talk about teaching Zotero, teaching WITH Zotero, as well as how Jason’s book offers practical advice, techniques and strategies for [...]
