By Denice Lewis

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Denice at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in 2023

I can honestly say that I did too much in the 2022 – 2023 academic year as I literally and figuratively limped into the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Baltimore. I flew in on Saturday, June 24th to get acclimated and shuffled out on Thursday, June 29th. As I tore the meniscus... more

The Innovative Library Classroom (Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3, 2022)

Website: The Innovative Library Classroom 2022 Conference: Schedule | Full Program Coming into the 2021 – 2022 academic year, when I started thinking about “Where shall I go for professional development?  Which conferences do I want to present at?”, I was torn between in-person and online conferences.  To be completely transparent, my reactions to the... more

The Inclusive Teaching Conference (Thursday, April 21, 2022)

Wake Forest University’s Inclusive Teaching Conference (Thursday, April 21, 2022) This blog post is a collaborative “I learned _____.” from a subset of Research and Instruction Librarians who attended the conference.  I will say this . . . the librarians were in the proverbial house!!!!  Joy set the cornerstone by sitting in the second row... more

scite Trial 411

The scite trial will start today and run through Wednesday, May 11th. You can use scite search and report features without creating an account and logging in. However, to create a custom dashboard, create a notification, save a search, or utilize the reference check features, an account will be needed. NOTE: Access to scite is... more

Denice at NCLA 2019

Although it was the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) 63rd Biennial Conference, it was my first time attending.  Since NCLA was held here in Winston-Salem, I made sure that I started the conference during the pre-conference sessions on Tuesday and endured till the end at the closing keynote on Friday.  Jam packed full of a... more

Denice’s Southeast Science Bootcamp Experience (2019)

Southeast Science Bootcamps started 5 years ago at N.C. State University’s Hunt Library. I attended the fourth Southeast Science Bootcamp from May 28th-31, 2019 at Vanderbilt University. We stayed in a student dormitory, which brought back college flashbacks of living without A/C. I felt like I tried my life every night climbing into and out... more

TALA Paraprofessional Conference

I attended the 6th Annual TALA Paraprofessional Conference held at Winston-Salem State University on Tuesday, May 14th.  It was a day full of laughter, learning, and networking from the beginning of the conference at the registration table till the time I walked back to my car.  I’ve highlighted key moments from the conference below: Wanda... more

Spring 2019 STEM-LINC Workshop

I will confess that the Spring Spring STEM-LINC Workshop last Friday brought out my inner child. It was held in Raleigh, North Carolina at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. The museum has two separate buildings connected by a walk-way on separate floors. We spent the majority of the morning in the Nature Research Center... more