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If you don’t use peer-reviewed sources you’ll be SO grounded!
I have more writing to do right now than I have time, so it has of course become vitally important to write this blog post that has been buzzing at the back of my brain RIGHT NOW. My life as a parent...
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Good library assignments, part 1
I’m putting together a workshop tomorrow for teaching librarians about good research assignments — so I went looking to see what else has been written on the topic. I found lots of good stuff (I’ll...
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Good Library Assignments, part 2
So if bad assignments are not better than nothing – what makes them good? Not what are the rules of good assignments, because tired of rules, but yes, there are some principles, or maxims or truisms...
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From the archives – the librarian can’t find the best source
This post from Lauren Pressley really resonated with me – particularly her note that not-blogging promotes not-blogging because when you don’t blog often you feel pressure to come up with something...
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Good Library Assignments – The Outcome
So remember when I said that the 3-part Good Library Assignments brain dump was in preparation of a workshop? That was true. And I’ve done the workshop a few times now and I’ve completed the...
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What? So What? Now What?
So last week I was at the First-Year Experience conference in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. There were many highlights — starting with a conference that is actually in my time zone, to my excellent...
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Again with curiosity (Library Instruction West 2014)
So, not only was this conference in Portland but it was also awesome. Thanks one more time to Joan Petit, Sara Thompson, and the rest of the conference committee who put on such a great event....
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Good library assignments, part final
So we left off with the idea that research is scary and difficult, that it’s much easier to follow a familiar path than to try something new. I think the last two truisms really get at the place where...
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This is not part 1 of a post about MOOCs
Nope, not at all. Not even a little bit. Maybe. Maybe a little bit. But here’s what I’ve found – when you bring up the term, even if it is just to say, “I think this one specific thing is interesting...
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The problem with context
“Judging from what you all, say” remarked Aunt Jamesina, “the sum and substance is that you can learn—if you’ve got natural gumption enough—in four years at college what it would take about twenty...
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