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I taught my first LIB 100 class the first half of Fall Semester 2009. I got lots of help from Roz Tedford and Lauren Pressley and my assistant, Megan Mulder. I decided the class would do an exhibit as a final project for the course. ZSR was participating in the Big Read which focused on... Continue reading “LIB 100 Exhibits- Harlem Renaissance” ›
I figure since we’re about halfway through Teaching Teaching, it might be time for a Gaz update! This semester we’ve taken a different approach. Instead of Roz or me organizing the topics, lectures for each class, and activities, we’re acting as a community of learners. As a group we came up with topics that we... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching” ›
I teamed up again with Dr. Lynn Neal and her Religion class to design exhibits this fall. I met with the class in September and broke out my traveling exhibits box to show various projects students have done in the past. I also gave the class several handouts and described the process of designing a... Continue reading “Religion Class on Cults exhibits” ›
The Fun Run/Walk Participants start their journey! After months of preparation by a group of dedicated ZSR Library faculty and staff, the 2nd Annual WTL5K/Fun Run was held yesterday morning, October 10, 2009. The final count is not yet tallied but we estimate that there were close to 270 registrations between the fun run/walk and... Continue reading “2nd Annual Wake the Library 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run: A Success!” ›
The long months of planning and scheduling is all done tomorrow but right now things are getting busy! Many thanks to Carolyn and Tim who spearheaded the T-shirt brigade – they look great! Pre-registration pick-up begins at 2pm in the all night study room. There is still plenty of time to come pay your $$... Continue reading “Wake the library 5k prep!” ›
Erik submitted the Digital Forsyth project to DuraSpace, an organization formed by Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, whose goal is to”provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.” It was selected as a DuraSpace OA Week Winner. Read Erik’s winning submission. As... Continue reading “Digital Forsyth is Named DuraSpace OA Week Winner!” ›
On Wednesday, October 7th from 4-7pm members of the Communications department, the Documentary Film Program and the ZSR Library work the WFDD “One Day Wednesday” Pledge Drive! Rosalind Tedford, Mary Beth Lock, Mary Reeves, Chris Burris and I joined a team of students and faculty to work the phones. I even got to talk about... Continue reading “Communications, the Documentary Film Program and the ZSR Library work the WFDD “One Day Wednesday” Pledge Drive!” ›
Lauren Corbett first responded to a request for help from Trinity Center’s Director, Ann Dixon-Coppage. Prior to moving to the current location, Trinity Center’s books had been loosely organized, but after the move, workers were having trouble locating titles they knew were in the collection. Lauren realized that LibraryThing would help the workers at the... Continue reading “Resource Services Members Use LibraryThing to Help Trinity Center” ›
Erik on his Dissertation Research Big six s literacy standards Shapiro Hughs’ Information Literacy as a Liberal Art The model you adopt shows how to approach information literacy skills Cognitive process matrix diagram (very useful! See Erik for it!) Start with procedural and move to critical thinking (al la Bloom’s Taxonomy) Bloom’s helps you see... Continue reading “October 6: A Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Critical Thinking” ›
Sha Li Zhong, the Associate Dean for Collections & Technical Services at UNCG came with two librarians from China that are currently participating in their Visiting Scholars program on Thursday, Oct. 1. While Sha Li was meeting with Wanda, I was asked to show the Chinese librarians around. It was quite exciting for me, since... Continue reading “Librarians from China” ›