In my last post I started my annual top 10 list. Before I share the remaining five entries, I’ll mention that the final item is a last-minute discovery. I broke alphabetical order and placed it at the end of the list. Stileman, K., & Nyren, H. (2020). The A to Zoom of digital book events: Read More…
Tag: Professional development
Top ten of 2020, Part 1
Despite COVID-19 and political unrest, professional development continued through 2020. If anything, professional development was more crucial than ever this year. The tradition of sharing my top ten readings of the year continues as well. Here are the first five, in alphabetical order: Douglas, V. A. (2020). Moving from critical assessment to assessment as Read More…
Novices and Experts
This semester I’m taking an online course. As I learn content, I’m learning once more to see things from the student’s perspective. An expert in one field can be a novice in another, so we can take opportunities to be a novice. On the flipside novices in one realm can be experts in another (Foasberg, Read More…
Best of 2018, Part 2
Here are the remaining five picks for 2018: Lambe, A., Anthoney, F., & Shaw, J. (2018). One door closes, another opens: Surviving and thriving through organizational restructure by ensuring knowledge continuity. Business Information Review, 35(4), 145–153. doi: 10.1177/0266382118802651 Part of information literacy is using information effectively, and an organization can’t do so if the information Read More…
Best of 2018, Part 1
Image Credit: Imama Lavi, from pexels.com As the year draws to a close, I’ll continue my tradition of sharing ten favorite articles of 2018. Here are the first five in alphabetical order by author: Bonnet, J. L., Herakova, L., & McAlexander, B. (2018). Play on? Comparing active learning techniques for information literacy instruction in the Read More…
Professional development and affective outcomes
Months ago I started the professional development experience called 23 Framework Things. Now that I’ve completed it, I’ll highlight one of my favorite activities. Thing 23, which concerned affective outcomes, had me thinking about how to assess them. One useful point was that the assessment need not be formal. Basic observation can help us adjust Read More…
More on slow media and info lit
After last month’s NELIG conference I wanted to learn more about slow media. The Slow Media Manifesto (Köhler, David, & Blumtritt, 2010 ) lists many aspects of slow media. Three items speak especially well to information literacy: Köhler et al (2010, Item 5) note how slow media encourage people to be “prosumers,” thoughtful and active media Read More…
Yet more thoughts on professional development
After four weeks of conferences I read a piece about getting more out of them. Fife (2018) recommends attending a session unrelated to your job (p. 1). Though I have enjoyed the recent conferences, the advice has me thinking about future events. Normally I choose sessions based on relevance to my work. Doing so narrows Read More…
New England Library Instruction Group annual program 2018
On June 8 the USM Libraries hosted NELIG’s annual program. Keynoter Pam Steager (University of Rhode Island) called for us to be “critical, not cynical” in our approach to media. She offered five questions to ask of content: Who are the authors, and what is their purpose? What techniques do they use to get Read More…
Social Science Librarians’ Boot Camp 2018
The eighth annual Social Science Librarians’ Boot Camp took place on June 1. Dr. Claire Wardle (Harvard Kennedy School) talked about First Draft, which fights misinformation by conducting research, training journalists, and more. Eric Huntley (MIT) talked about data visualization, especially around climate change data. Both speakers mentioned the importance of local context–either fostering Read More…