expanding their palates: helping our colleagues develop a taste for information literacy loex...
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Expanding their Palates: Helping our Colleagues
Develop a Taste for Information Literacy
LOEX National ConferenceColumbus, Ohio
May 2012
Chanitra BishopCarrie DonovanBrian Winterman
Potential
I n forma ti on Li tera cy Del i ght Preparation time: 10-12 years Ingredients: 1 lb. General Education Policy (“Information Fluency”) 1 ¼ cups 2 gallons 1 stick 30-40 sprigs 3 tons
Good, old-fashioned emphasis on Assessment Partnerships and Support (CITL, SOTL, and more) Unsalted Library Teaching and Learning Department Subject Area Librarians Undergraduate Students
Directions: 1. Combine all ingredients in oven-safe campus environment 2. Work mixture tirelessly, occasionally recalling myth of Sisyphus 3. Resort to trickery, coercion, witchcraft, and/or alchemy 4. If necessary, discard recipe and pursue other career options
department
missionprograms
Teaching & Learning: The Work of Libraries
The Awesomeness of Instruction Librarians
flickr Perfection, Part 2
Not Staying in Contact with Faculty www.disappointing.com Cached - Similar
Serving Some Majors, Others Not So Muchwww.mediocre.edu Cached - Similar
Not Teaching at All Levels www.incomplete.org Cached - Similar
Focusing Too Much on Toolswww.narrow.biz Cached - Similar
What Are Librarians Doing?
Workshops Roundtables
Skills Discussion
flickr Danbo meets Domo
Obstacles
Teaching
is
Teaching
Group discussion
Lecture & discussion
Library tours
Faculty consultations
Student consultations
Peer to peer
learning
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Reorganization
If
is the solution,
what is the problem?
SUCCESS
Buzz
Grants
Panels
Roundtables
Forums
Reaching More Students & Faculty
New Teaching Methods
Embracing Teaching
Collaboration = Change
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LIBRARY AS LEADER
Evidence of Best Practice
Research & Assessment
Campus Support
