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Google, stupidity, and libraries
As a teenager, I never tried drugs because I didn’t like the idea of any substance affecting the processes of my brain. It never occurred to me that the long hours I spend working, reading, and...
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What water?
Photo by Flickr user Nathan deGargoyle Recently I was lucky enough to come across the publication of a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace in 2005 to a group of wide-eyed graduates from...
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Making it their idea: The Learning Cycle in library instruction
http://www.flickr.com/photos/penguinchris/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Librarians are always struggling to convince someone of something: convincing voters to say ‘yes’ to a library bond; persuading a library...
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Understanding library impacts on student learning
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome guest author Derek Rodriguez. Derek serves as a Program Officer with the Triangle Research Libraries Network where he supports collaborative...
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From the Frying Pan Into the Fire (and Back Again): Adventures in...
In the Frying Pan / University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections My best experience as a teacher-librarian was leading a credit, semester-long course while a librarian at the University of...
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Answering questions about library impact on student learning
image by wordshore on Flickr This essay reports on a project which evaluated the Understanding Library Impacts (ULI) protocol, a suite of instruments for detecting and communicating library impact on...
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Stop the Snobbery! Why You’re Wrong About Community Colleges and Don’t Even...
Several weeks ago I attended my first community college commencement. Despite my staff status, I was pleased to be invited to sit among the faculty behind the stage. From this vantage point I was able...
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Students As Stakeholders: Library Advisory Boards and Privileging Our Users
In Brief: This article investigates the idea of library student advisory boards as mechanisms for building more student-centered libraries at colleges and universities. Benefits of these types of...
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Ice Ice Baby: Are Librarian Stereotypes Freezing Us out of Instruction?
“empty spaces iv” by vassilis galopoulos In Brief: Why do librarians struggle so much with instruction? Part of the problem is that we have so many facets to consider: pedagogy, campus culture,...
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Adopting the Educator’s Mindset: Charting New Paths in Curriculum and...
Throwback Thursday for June 18, 2015: In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes Bethany Messersmith to our Editorial Board! In honor of Throwback Thursday, we’re highlighting Bethany’s recent piece...
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“I’m Just Really Comfortable:” Learning at Home, Learning in Libraries
Matteo, a Borough of Manhattan CC student, drew a picture of himself sitting on the sofa at home reading for his research paper. In Brief: While commuter students may use their college or university...
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Archives Alive!: librarian-faculty collaboration and an alternative to the...
Image courtesy of Florian Klauer, (CC0 1.0) In brief: The short research paper is ubiquitous in undergraduate liberal arts education. But is this assignment type an effective way to assess student...
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In Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell? We analyzed student answers to better understand the...
View ArticleThey CAN and they SHOULD and it’s BOTH AND: The role of undergraduate peer...
In Brief: Academic libraries hire and train student employees to answer reference questions which can result in high-impact employment experiences for these students. By employing students in this...
View ArticleShifting the Balance of Power: Asking Questions about the Comics-Questions...
In Brief We shift the balance of power in this paper by discussing a particular library lesson, the Comics-Questions Curriculum, with some of the students who participated in it, several years after...
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