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.

• Emory Library videos
  
• Dooley (Emory's skeletal mascot) on Facebook
  
• ACRL Immersion
  
• GSU Library

MP3 (51 minutes, 46 MB)

Episode 24: Geeking Out & Speaking Up

Listen to the podcast (mp3, ~50 minutes)

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

Show Notes:

• 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

Jason and Rachel at CiL 2011

Jason and Rachel will be presenting on "Podcasting for professional development" at Computers in Libraries 2011 in Washington DC next week, with our counterpart Maurice Coleman from the T is for Training podcast.

We're presenting on the Training and Learning track, session E303 at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, March 23 (we have the second half of the hour).

Episode 23: Google Scholar and Subversion

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Anna, Jason and Rachel talk with Iris Jastram from Pegasus Librarian. We discuss how integrate Google Scholar into instruction, how to create and use subversive handouts, and how to "explode" an article while searching.

Show Notes:
Iris's blog: Pegasus Librarian

Google Scholar: Why would undergraduates need those clunky databases anyway?

Reading Instrumentally

Subversive Handouts

Exploding an Article

Update: Further comment from Iris

Episode 22: Kicking off 2011 with Catherine Pellegrino

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Rachel, Jason, and Anna have the great privilege to speak with guest, Catherine Pellegrino, Reference Librarian and Instruction Coordinator at the St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. 

Show Notes: 

• Spurious Tuples, Catherine's Blog
• Library Society of the World
• LSW FriendFeed Thread re: End of Session Feedback/Evaluation/Value Meaurement
• LSW on FriendFeed
• Quickie overview of the assessment tool, "One-Minute Paper" [not just for the large, lecture-type class]

Episode 21: Winging it

Steve Lawson joins us to discuss winging it: low- and no-prep instruction sessions.

Links we mentioned:

• Steve’s blog: See Also…
• Pegasus Librarian by Iris Jastram
  
• The Improbable Source by Wayne Bivens-Tatum

(Apologies if some of the audio is slightly rough: in keeping with the theme of the show, Rachel and Jason had to improvise some of their podcasting equipment this month.)

MP3 link

Episode 20: The End of Tax Season (for Instruction Librarians)

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Rachel, Jason, and Anna are ecstatic to have guest, Mary MacDonald, Associate Professor and Head of Instructional Services and Information Literacy Librarian at the University of Rhode Island. 

Show Notes:

• University of Rhode Island's Plan for Information Literacy
• URI 101: Traditions and Transformations -- Library Experience Session (LibGuide), used in conjunction with the Cephalonian Method
• Innovative library induction: Introducing the 'Cephalonian Method'
• LIB 120: Introduction to Information Literacy at URI
• Burkhardt, J. M., MacDonald, M. C., & Rathemacher, A. J. (2010). Teaching information literacy: 50 standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago: American Library Association.   

Instruction materials Mary recommends: 

• Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section. Analysis of instructional environments. American Library Association (Last accessed: 2010 November 23);
• Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press;
• Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2001). Information literacy instruction: Theory and practice. Information literacy sourcebooks. New York: Neal-Schuman;
• Proceedings from LOEX Conference;
• List-Handley, C. J. (2008). Information literacy & technology. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt (and all her earlier works!!!); and
• Check out resources reviewed by ACRL Instruction Section's Teaching Methods Committee.