Next month marks an important stage of my career, as I anticipate completing my two-year probation and entering a continuing appointment at my institution. This gives me a real sense of permanency, a role I can work in indefinitely, and a commitment to myself as librarian. Do you remember what it was like entering into … Continue reading "Work in Progress"
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Editor’s note: This guest post has been authored by Carlos Duarte and Rebecca Miller Waltz. Carlos is the Associate College Librarian for Public Services at Colorado College. Rebecca is the Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement at Penn State University. This post is the first in a four-part series, “Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion.” … Continue reading "Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Information Literacy"
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As a MLIS student at San Jose State University (SJSU), I often read about the importance of promoting library services through outreach efforts. During that time, I ran across the following quote that illustrates this point, and it continues to resonate with me: Gone are the days when libraries can simply open their doors and … Continue reading "Engaging in Outreach Efforts & Meaningful Community Building"
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This spring, I’m chairing concurrent searches for two new librarians role in my department. I’m thrilled to lead these search committees and bring new colleagues to the team. These roles opened up due to faculty retirements and gave the department and I a chance to reflect on what our institution needs right now. For weeks, … Continue reading "Thoughts From A Search Committee Chair Running Two Searches"
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What happened to digital literacy and competency? I’ll start this post with some examples of declining digital and computer literacy that me and my colleagues have noticed just in the past academic year with students. I’m sure a lot of these, along with many other examples, sound very familiar to academic librarians. Although the IT … Continue reading "Turn it off and on again: digital literacy in college students"
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“If you build it, [will] they will come[?]” As another season of baseball is just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about ways to get hits and avoid strikes—so decided to break out a classic quotation from Field of Dreams and apply it to academic libraries. In recent years, our library has seen dwindling reference … Continue reading "Dwindling Reference Questions"
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I stumbled across this article the other day. The gist is that leaders can and should embrace their confusion when confronted with illogical situations. Whereas some might see confusion as a liability to be concealed or let confusion debilitate them, strong leaders embrace their confusion as a productive tool. The author suggests that the Reflective … Continue reading "Achilles’ Heel?, or Coping Strategies Turned Strengths"
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