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Reaching All Users: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patrons in the Library – A TTW Guest Post by Holly Lipschultz

For those of you who already know me, I’m profoundly deaf and wear a cochlear implant and a hearing aid. For those of you who don’t–now you know! Many don’t, particularly if I wear my hair down. I talk quite normally thanks to the cochlear implant, and I hear well enough to “pass” for hearing. [...]

Faculty Position Opening at San Jose State University SLIS

Live anywhere* Teach great students –http://slisapps.sjsu.edu/blogs/meet/ Use the newest technologies to develop innovative online classes Work with a top grant writer and collegial faculty.

San Jose State University seeks to dramatically expand its faculty working in the area of cyber security/data science by hiring a cluster of five new faculty members. The university seeks people who [...]

Innovate Magazine from SJSU SLIS

Our annual report is now Innovate Magazine! Please take a look to see the year’s news about our school. It  showcases the accomplishments of SLIS students, alumni, and faculty.

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/about-slis/publications/innovate-magazine

 

Updated CV & My Dossier

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Just updated my CV for my 2nd year retention, tenure & promotion dossier.

Curious about the dossier? I made a video!

SJSU SLIS News: Congratulations to the First Student to Complete the San Jose Gateway PhD Program

Diana Wakimoto is the first individual to complete the San Jose Gateway PhD Program, an innovative doctoral program that spans two continents in a partnership between the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University (SJSU SLIS) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), one of Australia’s top research institutions. QUT conferred the [...]

Crowdsource request: Help create list of books for Learning class

Greetings! I am working on my classes for fall. In my Transformative Learning class, I am porting over the “Context Book” assignment from the Hyperlinked Library course.

Here’s the blurb:

Context Book Reports: Students will read one book selected from a list provided, and write a 400 word reflection or create a media-based presentation relating the [...]

News: Catalyst Report Describes Replicable Residency Model

During the last year, leaders from the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University, along with national advisory partners, have been studying and planning a unique post-master’s residency model that will support efforts to integrate emerging technology into a variety of library settings. The residency model also focuses on developing [...]

Fall Class: The Hyperlinked Library & Emerging Technologies

This is a course preview video for those SJSU SLIS students who may be interested in my fall class “The Hyperlinked Library & Emerging Technologies.”

The Hyperlinked Library is an open, participatory institution that welcomes user input and creativity. It is built on human connections and conversations. The organizational chart is flatter and team-based. [...]

Fall Class: Transformative Learning & Technology Literacies

This is a course preview video for those SJSU SLIS students who may be interested in my fall class “Transformative Learning & Technology Literacies.”

All information professionals will most probably be called upon to create or present some form of instruction in the scope of their jobs. Within information environments, this class explores models [...]

SJSU SLIS Faculty Institute Presentation Slides

After two days of faculty retreat, we are finishing the week with the SJSU SLIS Faculty Institute. Our faculty and adjuncts have gathered here in San Jose from all over for workshops and discussion about teaching. I’m doing a talk this afternoon on using social media in teaching. The slides are here:

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