We're taking a break from podcasting to pursue other projects for a while. Our thanks to all of you who have listened and contributed over the past three years! We look forward to continuing the conversation in other forums.
To keep up with what we're up to, check out the links to our individual blogs below.
This site won't go away, so please enjoy our past episodes, and stay subscribed to the RSS feed for any future updates.
Anna (I swear; I'll try to blog more 'bout what I'm doing in the public library classroom!!!)
Rachel (Twitter feed - let's face it, I suck at blogging)
Jason (I suck at blogging too, but I think I suck at Twitter more)
Friday, September 7, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Episode 39: Back to School with Bibliometrics and Manga
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This month we're joined by Robin Chin Roemer, Communication Librarian (and Rachel's colleague) from American University. The discussion covers topics from orientation to Manga to flipped classrooms to bibliometrics to outreach, showcasing the variety of endeavors, we, as instruction librarians take on in the beginning of the school year (or in Anna's case, the end of the summer).
~02:30 --> Jason's updates, including attending an ethics workshop for Communication graduate students, as well as delivering the budget cut news to his faculty
~10:30 --> Anna's instruction updates, including a recent website creation workshop and an upcoming LinkedIn workshop
~19:00 --> Rachel's instruction endeavors, including her orientation (a la treasure hunt and monkey costumes) and a flipped classroom strategy in an ENVS 250 course
~37:00 --> Robin's upcoming instruction and orientation sessions, including bibliometrics workshops for new faculty to measure scholarly impact, as well as her instructional roll for a Collection Development course in a library science program in the Washington, DC area.
~55:00 --> Impromptu discussion about the people (or are they robots) behind the services in the library.
Show Notes:
This month we're joined by Robin Chin Roemer, Communication Librarian (and Rachel's colleague) from American University. The discussion covers topics from orientation to Manga to flipped classrooms to bibliometrics to outreach, showcasing the variety of endeavors, we, as instruction librarians take on in the beginning of the school year (or in Anna's case, the end of the summer).
~02:30 --> Jason's updates, including attending an ethics workshop for Communication graduate students, as well as delivering the budget cut news to his faculty
~10:30 --> Anna's instruction updates, including a recent website creation workshop and an upcoming LinkedIn workshop
~19:00 --> Rachel's instruction endeavors, including her orientation (a la treasure hunt and monkey costumes) and a flipped classroom strategy in an ENVS 250 course
~37:00 --> Robin's upcoming instruction and orientation sessions, including bibliometrics workshops for new faculty to measure scholarly impact, as well as her instructional roll for a Collection Development course in a library science program in the Washington, DC area.
~55:00 --> Impromptu discussion about the people (or are they robots) behind the services in the library.
Show Notes:
- "Redefining" manga
- A quickie overview of bibliometrics
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Episode 38: The community college perspective
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This month we're joined by Julie Cornett, librarian and instructor from Cerro Coso Community College in California. We talk about the particular challenges of managing an instruction program and teaching information literacy at a community college, and how Julie handles being the sole librarian at a 3000 FTE institution with multiple campuses.
This month we're joined by Julie Cornett, librarian and instructor from Cerro Coso Community College in California. We talk about the particular challenges of managing an instruction program and teaching information literacy at a community college, and how Julie handles being the sole librarian at a 3000 FTE institution with multiple campuses.
- Also: Jason recommends the book Becoming confident teachers: a guide for Academic Librarians (Claire McGuinness)
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Episode 37: Blending Teaching w/ Helping
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We've all been there....the student comes in at the very last moment, looking for "x" number of articles or any information to help them with their paper that is due.....tomorrow. M. Catherine Hirschbiel, who submitted a scenario similar to the aforementioned, joins us this month to discuss the challenges teaching students when they come in for help to find information, specifically in the 11th hour of their research.
M. Catherine Hirschbiel is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at Lesley University & The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), as well as an Assistant for Reference & Outreach at Emerson College.
Join us for future episodes! If you’re interested, please post a comment below on the Adventures in Library Instruction blog or send us an email! We’d love to have you be a part of our Skype discussion or participate in a one-on-one interview. OR you can record your own a segment of something fabulous you’re doing with library instruction techniques, technology, or methods!
We've all been there....the student comes in at the very last moment, looking for "x" number of articles or any information to help them with their paper that is due.....tomorrow. M. Catherine Hirschbiel, who submitted a scenario similar to the aforementioned, joins us this month to discuss the challenges teaching students when they come in for help to find information, specifically in the 11th hour of their research.
M. Catherine Hirschbiel is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at Lesley University & The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), as well as an Assistant for Reference & Outreach at Emerson College.
Join us for future episodes! If you’re interested, please post a comment below on the Adventures in Library Instruction blog or send us an email! We’d love to have you be a part of our Skype discussion or participate in a one-on-one interview. OR you can record your own a segment of something fabulous you’re doing with library instruction techniques, technology, or methods!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Episode 36: Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning with Char Booth
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Join us for a fascinating, lively discussion as we talk with Char Booth about her book, Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Discussion includes becoming a reflective teacher and master of instructional literacy, and how both the book's pedological frameworks and practical worksheets both help inform this process. And we also learn about Char's most embarrassing moment of teaching!
Char Booth is the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at Claremont Colleges Library. She blogs at info-mational, http://infomational.wordpress.com/, and tweets at @charbooth. Char recently won the 2012 ACRL Rockman Publication of the Year Award, and begins as an ACRL Immersion Faculty Member this year.
Show Notes:
Join us for a fascinating, lively discussion as we talk with Char Booth about her book, Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Discussion includes becoming a reflective teacher and master of instructional literacy, and how both the book's pedological frameworks and practical worksheets both help inform this process. And we also learn about Char's most embarrassing moment of teaching!
Char Booth is the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at Claremont Colleges Library. She blogs at info-mational, http://infomational.wordpress.com/, and tweets at @charbooth. Char recently won the 2012 ACRL Rockman Publication of the Year Award, and begins as an ACRL Immersion Faculty Member this year.
Show Notes:
- Recent American Libraries article by Char on reflective teaching
- ECAR Study of Students & Information Technology, 2011
- Three-Question Reflection Template
- American Libraries article by Char on USER method and instructional literacy
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Episode 35: The Guide on the Side w/ Meredith Farkas
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Jason and Anna are joined by Meredith Farkas to discuss her recent American Libraries' "Technology in Practice" column, The Guide on the Side. Discussion includes the evolution of interactive learning objects, as well as the development and placement of learning objects to achieve learning outcomes and to maximize usage.
Meredith is head of instructional services at Portland State University in Oregon. She is also part-time faculty at San José State University School of Library and Information Science. She blogs at Information Wants to Be Free and created Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
Show Notes:
Join us for future episodes! If you’re interested, please post a comment below on the Adventures in Library Instruction blog or send us an email! We’d love to have you be a part of our Skype discussion or participate in a one-on-one interview. OR you can record your own a segment of something fabulous you’re doing with library instruction techniques, technology, or methods!
Jason and Anna are joined by Meredith Farkas to discuss her recent American Libraries' "Technology in Practice" column, The Guide on the Side. Discussion includes the evolution of interactive learning objects, as well as the development and placement of learning objects to achieve learning outcomes and to maximize usage.
Meredith is head of instructional services at Portland State University in Oregon. She is also part-time faculty at San José State University School of Library and Information Science. She blogs at Information Wants to Be Free and created Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
Show Notes:
- Meredith's most recent "Technology in Practice" column, The Guide on the Side
- UA’s JSTOR Tutorial, using The Guide on the Side software
- cakephp → http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CakePHP
Join us for future episodes! If you’re interested, please post a comment below on the Adventures in Library Instruction blog or send us an email! We’d love to have you be a part of our Skype discussion or participate in a one-on-one interview. OR you can record your own a segment of something fabulous you’re doing with library instruction techniques, technology, or methods!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Episode 34: Discovery Layers in the Classroom
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Rachel and Jason educate Anna about "discovery layers," while the two of them wrestle with the idea of how, when, where, and why discovery layers fit in an instruction session.
Note: Please excuse the excessive noise around the 23 minute mark; Anna's 4-year-old felt the need to snuggle with her while recording.
Show Notes:
Rachel and Jason educate Anna about "discovery layers," while the two of them wrestle with the idea of how, when, where, and why discovery layers fit in an instruction session.
Note: Please excuse the excessive noise around the 23 minute mark; Anna's 4-year-old felt the need to snuggle with her while recording.
Show Notes:
- GSU’s “Discover” (EBSCO Discovery Service)
- American University's SearchBox
- Discovery Layer Interfaces via Library Technology Guides
- Grotti, M. G. & Sobel, K. (2012). WorldCat Local and Information Literacy Instruction: An Exploration of Emerging Teaching Practice. Public Services Quarterly, 8(1), 12-25. doi:10.1080/15228959.2011.563140
- Update: Anna came to learn (post-recording) that HER [public] library actually has a discovery layer via SirsiDynix's Enterprise. Who knew?
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Episode 33: Love the Cataloger; Hate the Catalog
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Rachel, Jason and Anna have the great pleasure of talking Laura McElfresh, the Assistant Director (and Cataloger Extraordinaire) from Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Library. The conversation includes information tidbits from the book, Magic Search, as well as benefits of collaboration between instruction librarians and catalogers.
Note: At about 46 minutes into the show, we say good-bye and thanks to Laura, and we address listener comments from Episode 32: Critical Thinking Skills and Strategy.
Show Notes:
Rachel, Jason and Anna have the great pleasure of talking Laura McElfresh, the Assistant Director (and Cataloger Extraordinaire) from Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Library. The conversation includes information tidbits from the book, Magic Search, as well as benefits of collaboration between instruction librarians and catalogers.
Note: At about 46 minutes into the show, we say good-bye and thanks to Laura, and we address listener comments from Episode 32: Critical Thinking Skills and Strategy.
Show Notes:
- Kornegay, R. S., Buchanan, H. E., & Morgan, H. B. (2009). Magic search: Getting the best results from your catalog and beyond. Chicago: American Library Association.
- Cockroaches -- for those who want to know to which order and species cockroaches belong.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
SOPA/PIPA protest and Internet Archive
Tomorrow, Wednesday January 18th, several major websites are "going dark" to protest the SOPA/PIPA internet censorship bills.
Among them is the Internet Archive, which we use as hosting for our podcast mp3 files. In short, we think this means that ALI episodes will be inaccessible on January 18th 2012.
We the producers of Adventures in Library Instruction would like to take this as an opportunity to express our opposition to SOPA/PIPA! Learn more about these bills. This is important stuff.
Among them is the Internet Archive, which we use as hosting for our podcast mp3 files. In short, we think this means that ALI episodes will be inaccessible on January 18th 2012.
We the producers of Adventures in Library Instruction would like to take this as an opportunity to express our opposition to SOPA/PIPA! Learn more about these bills. This is important stuff.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Episode 32: Critical skills and strategy
*(Not actually episode 2, as Jason says at the beginning and end of the episode for some reason)
Audio note: Rachel's wifi dropped in and out a bit. We think that nothing important was said during the brief pauses! Also, the recording quality improves after the first five minutes or so, so if the audio sounds muddy at first, stick with it.
Download the podcast (mp3, ~48 minutes)
News:
Rachel's upcoming new gig
Show Notes:
Audio note: Rachel's wifi dropped in and out a bit. We think that nothing important was said during the brief pauses! Also, the recording quality improves after the first five minutes or so, so if the audio sounds muddy at first, stick with it.
Download the podcast (mp3, ~48 minutes)
News:
Rachel's upcoming new gig
Show Notes:
- George Boole
- Jason's Simmons College continuing ed classes (Zotero, Instruction Librarian Boot Camp)
Friday, December 30, 2011
No December episode
Well, we tried -- twice in fact -- but a combination of illness and technical difficulties have pushed our December episode into early January. Have a happy new year, and we'll talk to you in the next couple of weeks.
Anna, Jason, and Rachel
Anna, Jason, and Rachel
Monday, November 21, 2011
Episode 31: You Want to Watch Me Teach????
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Show Notes:
Catch up with Rachel, Jason, and Anna as they discuss their recent instruction endeavors, as well as the pros and cons of team-teaching and observing our instruction peers. The conversation includes balancing different teaching styles, finding time to observe others, and co-teaching "take aways."
***Spoiler Alert***
The pros greatly outweigh the cons.
***Spoiler Alert***
The pros greatly outweigh the cons.
Show Notes:
- Jason's [with Sarah Steiner] Simmons College SLIS continuing education course, Instruction Librarian Boot Camp
- Why DRM Doesn't Work -- comic referenced during this month's episode.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Episode 30: Putting FUN Back in Fundamentals
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Show Notes:
Rachel, Jason, and Anna talk with Theresa McDevitt [editor] and Ryan Sittler [contributor] about their recent publication, Let the games begin!: Engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. Theresa is a Government Information/Reference Librarian at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and Ryan is an Instructional Technology/Information Literacy Librarian at California University of Pennsylvania. We take the opportunity to discuss the making of the book, the idea behind games in the library classroom, and practical applications for using games in information literacy instructional design.
Show Notes:
- McDevitt, T. R. (2011). Let the games begin!: Engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
- Kate Ash’s Education Week article, “Balancing Fun and Learning in Educational Games.” [via the The Committed Sardine Blog at the 21st Century Fluency Project].
- Sittler, R., & Cook, D. (2009). The library instruction cookbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Cook, D., & Sittler, R. (2008). Practical pedagogy for library instructors: 17 innovative strategies to improve student learning. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Faculty Survey of Student Engagement http://fsse.iub.edu/
- Goblin Threat via Lycoming College
- Thinking Worlds
- Planet in Peril: Plagiarism (Serious Games Challenge award winner!)
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Episode 29: Balancing and Prioritizing the Instruction Load
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Show Notes:
Rachel, Jason, and Anna share possible strategies instructors can take to relieve instruction-related stress, especially stress revolving around instruction load and setting priorities. The Adventures in Library Instruction trio also discuss programmatic, department-wide strategies to help keep library instructors energized.
Show Notes:
- Jason's [with Sarah Steiner] Simmons College SLIS continuing education course, Instruction Librarian Boot Camp, coming in November;
- Pellergino, Catherine. "Why it matters how faculty view librarians." Spurious Tuples (Personal Blog). August 26, 2011).
- What Students Don't Know - 2-year anthropological study of Illinois libraries studying students' research habits and library interactivity;
- Library Society of the World FriendFeed discussion about managing instruction loads;
- Farkas, Meredith. “Tutorials that matter. (Technology in Practice).” American Libraries. (August 10, 2011). [re: integrating learning objects strategically in the discipline curricula]
- The Instruction Balance, coordinated by ACRL’s Instruction Section’s Teaching Methods Committee and Education Committee, January 22, 2006, San Antonio, TX [check out the accompanying bibliography -- a bit dated, but some good resources]
- Picture of Rachel's monkey costume (sans makeup):
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Episode 28: She Got Data
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Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s University Libraries, joins Rachel, Jason, and Anna to discuss data, data literacy, and instruction. Kellam recently published, Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian, which includes a chapter about incorporating statistics and numeric data sources into instruction sessions. Kellam blogs about data sources at http://uncgdataland.blogspot.
Show Notes:
Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s University Libraries, joins Rachel, Jason, and Anna to discuss data, data literacy, and instruction. Kellam recently published, Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian, which includes a chapter about incorporating statistics and numeric data sources into instruction sessions. Kellam blogs about data sources at http://uncgdataland.blogspot.
Show Notes:
- Kellam, L. M., & Peter, K. (2011). Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian. Oxford: Chandos Publishing.
- A handful of data sources:
- American Community Survey
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- The Association of Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
- Cultural Policy and the Arts National Archive (CPANDA)
- American National Election Studies (ANES)
- Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
- World Development Indicators
- Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
- Statistical Software
- SPSS
- SAS
- Professional Organizations
- International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology (IASSIST)
- Numeric and Geospatial Data Services in Academic Libraries Interest Group (via ACRL)
- Junk Charts
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Teaching Zotero: it's not rocket surgery
Jason's Zotero book is out, and we talk about teaching Zotero and other reference manager programs.
(MP3 link: circa 1 hour)
Links and notes:
(MP3 link: circa 1 hour)
Links and notes:
- Char Booth’s Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators
- Circulating Ideas podcast by Steve Thomas
- Jason's book Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators (DRM-free ebook editions available from ALA Store)
- Example of a bibliography auto-generated by the Zotero API on Jason's website
- Justin Bieber
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Episode 26: Training Sherpas
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Rachel, Jason, and Anna discuss Lori Reed and Paul Signorelli's book, Workplace Learning & Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers, specifically how the content and resources relate to instruction librarians.
Show Notes:
Rachel, Jason, and Anna discuss Lori Reed and Paul Signorelli's book, Workplace Learning & Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers, specifically how the content and resources relate to instruction librarians.
Show Notes:
- Reed, L., & Signorelli, P. (2011). Workplace learning & leadership: A handbook for library and nonprofit trainers. Chicago: American Library Association.
- T is for Training
- State Library of North Carolina's Master Trainer Program
- New Jersey State Library's Train the Trainer Program
- InfoPeople via the California State Library
- ALA Learning Round Table
- Jason's Zotero book, Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Teachers and Researchers, from ACRL Publications will be available at ALA Annual in New Orleans
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Episode 25: Class Reunion
Our former colleague Erin Mooney from Emory University Library joins us this month. We talk about first-year student orientation, library videos, assessment, LibGuides, Immersion, merging the reference and circulation desk, and pizza parties.
MP3 (51 minutes, 46 MB)
MP3 (51 minutes, 46 MB)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Episode 24: Geeking Out & Speaking Up
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Things we talk about:
Things we talk about:
- Conference debriefings (THATCamp and Computers in Libraries);
- Crazy ideas regarding technology's role in "next generation" professional development, scholarly communication, and professional contributions;"
- Rachel's officially blogging her quest for programmatic information literacy;
- Jason's progress with his all online, asynchronous Zotero course for GSLIS' Continuing Education at Simmons College; and
- We respond to a listener email from Kate the Hoosier Librarian
- Lawson, S. (2010). Library camps and unconferences. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
- Borchardt, R., Coleman, M., Puckett, J. & Van Scoyoc, A. (2011, March). Podcasting for professional development [PowerPoint Slides]. Presentation at Computers in Libraries: Strategic Focus & Value for Library Communities, Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/jasonpuckett/podcasting-for-professional-development.
- Rachel's blog, My Quest for Programmatic Information Literacy Check. it. out.
- Jason's CE Zotero course at Simmons College
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