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Searching as strategic exploration: towards an embodied information literacy
As instruction librarians, we know that the iterative, sometimes nonlinear, search process is an expert searcher’s ability; it comes only with practice and through experience. Yet novice researchers – undergraduate students – may not yet have had this experience and practice. Consider how students could embody information literacy. Students embark on metaphorical journeys in the […]
What does a librarian teach?
So what actually is the teaching role of the Library? When people find out that I am a faculty member at a CUNY school, the next question is “What do you teach?” For me it is particularly poignent, because I was originally hired as the Information Literacy Librarian for BMCC. (My roles since then has […]
A teaching librarian fails at summer vacation
It’s August and I’ve been reflecting on whether I’m making the most of the quiet summer months in our academic library. I’ll confess that I approach summer “break” with an aspirational attitude similar to the one that sparks New Year’s resolutions. And yet, come August, I annually feel panic about whether or not I’ve made […]
What New Things Can I Do?: The Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians (ACRL, 2017)
Taking a bit of time this summer to catch up on my professional reading, particularly as it relates to instruction, I once again happened across The Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians (approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, April 28, 2017). I had observed the advent of this reimagining of the 2007 Standards for […]
4 Reasons Why You Should Keep a Reflective Teaching Journal
Back in January, I was casting about for some instructional inspiration. What could I do, what could I try to improve my teaching in the upcoming semester? A light bulb went off when I suddenly remembered Betsy Tompkins’ (2009) excellent article on reflective journals. She suggests that the systematic practice of recording teaching processes, decisions […]
LILAC Spring Training RSVP
LILAC Spring Training: Up Your Game! Practical Innovations Beyond Traditional Information Literacy Friday, June 8th, 2018 | 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CUNY Central | 205 East 42nd Street Room 818 The LILAC Spring Training is an afternoon filled with presentation pitches, a facilitated group activity, and more. Presentations, discussions, and workshops of various lengths […]
LILAC (UK) 2018 Conference Roundup
I recently attended the 2018 LILAC Conference in Liverpool, England. The conference is organized by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) information literacy group, so they are a bit like LILAC’s sister organization across the pond! There were some fantastic presentations that offered innovative ideas, creative ways to teach IL skills, and […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love OneSearch
LILAC has been talking about how OneSearch works and how to teach with it. Based on those conversations as well as on Allie’s presentation to LILAC last fall and just plain old experience, I am ready to tell you How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love OneSearch What is OneSearch is anyway? We librarians […]
Open access and ScienceDirect/Scopus
From Elsevier’s newsletter, this article might be useful for teaching and researching: 7 tips for finding open access content on ScienceDirect and Scopus https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/7-tips-finding-open-access-content-sciencedirect-and-scopus?
IL Instruction Overload
As a relaxing summer is behind us and we are in a new academic year, everything goes back to a normal rhythm from Adagio to Andante. That means IL teaching activities pick up the tempo and are likely to accelerate to Allegro as semester progresses. May I recommend a timely article, “Forty Ways to Survive […]
