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project curve, part two: research guidance rubric remix.
Continuing a project-focused series on my initial months at the Claremont Colleges Library (I first wrote about Maker Breaks, our button press goings-on), this post explores an example of one of my...
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ala 2011 wear/whereabouts.
I wrote a Librarian Wardrobe post yesterday with some info about what I’ll be up to at ALA Annual in New Orleans: Packing for conferences is all about wise shoe choices, so I’m including a triptych of...
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project curve, part three: profdevlib.
I don’t know about the rest of academic libraryland, but I have definitely overcome any delusions I was harboring of a summer work lull – things have been hilariously busy. Between building community...
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project curve, part four: mapping (concept to curriculum).
Welcome to the latest installment of project curve, my orienting-to-life-in-a-new-library series. Last on deck was the ProfDevLib; this time around (thanks to a well-aimed nudge from Brian over at...
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love your library button templates (and more): project curve, part one...
A while back I started this series with a post on ‘love your library’ buttons, maker breaks, and other handmade projects we’re working on at the Claremont Colleges Library. After about five months of...
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informing innovation in california community colleges: the 2011 LTES pilot...
In 2009 I published Informing Innovation, a research report that tracked the library and technology use, perceptions, and needs of Ohio University students. Over the past year, I have been privileged...
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content, container, or concept? what the catalog card tells us.
When I was in library school at UT Austin circa 2003, I salvaged a stack of crumbling bibliographic how-to posters from a throw-away pile and have been carrying them around ever since. These 18”x 20”...
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project curve, part five: library on wheels.
It’s been a spell since I wrote for the project curve series, but not for lack of inspiration: my inaugural Fall semester at Claremont was an engaging blur of teaching, trying, making, and doing,...
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project curve, part six: collaborative instruction portfolios.
My last post described our increasingly fantastic rolling library project (check out a recent v-day Maker Break cart excursion and a alendar developed using the free version of LibCal). This post...
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project curve, part seven: open access publishing for learner engagement (aka...
A note on my recent radio silence: these days I am doing more and writing less. While it is excellent to be this active with different sides of working life, I am consistently nagged by a lengthening...
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backlog part 1: come hell or high water.
Last weekend I took a surfboard to the side of the head on a truly beautiful day. I stayed in the water and rode a few lopsided waves, mostly to convince myself that I didn’t have a concussion: the...
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backlog part two: quixotic ferocity, or embracing the library crisis narrative.
I mentioned in my last post that I have been in a long phase of non-writing, so in order to clear a backlog of matters undiscussed I’m now taking (literal) pains to re-engage the habit. The break has...
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backlog part three: questioning learning styles.
This is the third installment in a series dedicated to dredging the recent past for things unposted. ALA Annual in 2012 was a fittingly Anaheim affair – meetings bracketed by frantic bike rides between...
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using collaborative sabotage (aka collaboratage) to teach tech/design/research.
Recently I’ve been reminded how effective consensual group hacking/editing can be when teaching (about or through) web-based presentation and authoring platforms. I am a big believer in the...
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acrl 2013 and biennial milestones.
For the record, I tend to love this conference and this year was no exception. It is organized by people I respect, draws focused talent from a broad range of specializations, and I am invariably able...
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when DIY = sigh.
Backlogging again. As time wears on I find I’m starting to rather like being late to the party: not only am I well rested, I can take my time getting ready. DIWhy This post follows a relatively recent...
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MYOB (make your own badge).
general awesomeness badge, immersion twt. I’m joining the ranks of those increasingly interested in emerging work around digital badging as an incentivization, engagement, assessment, and credentialing...
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open access as pedagogy.
I’ve long preached the message of open access publication/sharing of student work via platforms like OA institutional repositories and Wikipedia as an unparalleled means to engage students and turn the...
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wait for it… new buttonmaker templates.
A while back I shared a ton of 1” ‘love your library’ and other buttonmaker templates created for outreach/marketing purposes at the Claremont Colleges Library – all are available to download and use...
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banishing your impostor: metacognition and myths of self.
Lately I’ve noticed an alarming number of people in my personal/work orbit discussing the severity of their respective cases of impostor syndrome. I’ve struggled with this well-documented phenomenon...
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