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Burke, John
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Mentoring in Academic Libraries.
The authors, who have each engaged in mentoring in higher education, surveyed academic librarians in 2017 on their mentoring experiences. Those findings are placed alongside best practices drawn from the literature to ... -
Make the Grade: Integrating Making into the Higher Education Curriculum
Makerspaces provide an avenue for individuals and groups to independently create projects, learn how to use equipment, and tinker away. However, they can also be used by students to complete making-related assignments ... -
Assessment, Analytics, and Analysis: Demonstrating the Impact of LMS Embedded Librarians on Student Learning
The Ithaka S&R US Library Survey 2016 documents that library directors are committed to supporting teaching and learning services in terms of staffing and budget. They are equally committed to supporting student success, ... -
Transform the Path of a Library Career: Empowering Librarians Through Mentoring
Mentoring empowers the next generation of librarians to assume positions of leadership and expertise in our profession. Successful mentoring requires a combination of commitments from library administrators, professiona ... -
Library Services in Learning Management Systems
The learning management system (LMS) has become a standard part of the higher education infrastructure, both for online and face-to-face courses. Continuing growth in online course offerings and the mobility of ... -
Making Ends Meet: What Library Makerspaces Need to Succeed
Makerspaces can be easy to start in academic libraries: just buy a 3D printer and you’re in business, right? But before you start collecting tools and technologies, what questions should you ask, and what possibilities ... -
Have It Your Way: Designing a Library Makerspace to Support Creativity and Innovation
Makerspaces are growing in many types of libraries, but have you considered adding one to your library? The creators of an academic library makerspace will share their progress over two years, starting with a 3D printer ... -
Embedded Librarianship: Commnicating Our Crucial Value
Academic libraries spend millions on emerging technologies, digital and print collections, and hiring staff with subject and technology expertise. How do we signal stakeholders this sizable investment is worthwhile when ... -
The New Face of Textbooks: Guiding Faculty Toward Alternatives
Are students at your institution complaining about the high costs of textbooks? Do they continually ask if your library has copies of textbooks that can be checked out? Is it even possible for faculty to require course ... -
Making It Real: Why a Makerspace Might Make Sense for Your Library
Makerspaces are a growing area of service for all types of libraries. People with varying skill levels create projects in these collaborative environments with support from one another and access to equipment and materials. ... -
Sustaining and Enhancing Embedded Library Instruction in the Learning Management System
This panel will be a lively discussion of embedded librarianship in the online learning management system (LMS). Panelists will forego simply sharing the approaches of their own libraries and will instead pose a series of ... -
Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries?
Makerspaces are a growing service area for many libraries in school, public, and academic settings. Participants, or makers, can create digital and physical items in common working spaces using shared equipment and ... -
Academic Librarians' Educational Role Revisited: Three Defining Studies
Three national studies are redefining the role academic librarians will play on campus. First, participants will receive an overview of significant findings from Project Information Literacy: “Learning the Ropes: How ...
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