Don’t miss Brian Kenney’s new column: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/60780-the-user-is-still-not-broken.html Meet People Where They Are—Not Where We Want Them to Be Libraries are very good at organizing and presenting content in anticipation of users’ needs. From cataloging resources to creating booklists, to offering workshops and classes, we’re all about meeting people where we think they may be. The trouble is, not all individuals fit into our elaborate schema. It’s difficult to genuinely meet people where they are. It’s far easier to set up a system that we think might help most users—and a whole lot cheaper. Meeting people where they are can take […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
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Jan Holmquist shared this with me: There is a new attempt to break out of the echo chamber and share the many different sides of library activities and the positive effects they have on the communities they serve. The goal of The Library Effect is to share stories about the many facets of library activities — and their outcomes — with a general audience. Good luck to Shannon K. McDonough (@shnmcd) with this fine initiative. Read the first edition of The Library Effect here: http://thelibraryeffect.com/ – Then share with your library and non-library friends. https://twitter.com/libraryeffect From Michael : In the first edition […]
Here are slides from our juried panel at #ALISE2014: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/239835/HyperlibMOOCPanelALISE14.pdf
Kyle Jones & I just presented the first bit of our findings from #hyperlibMOOC at the Association of Library and Information Science Educators Conference. Download the slides here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/239835/StephensJonesMOOCsProfDev.pdf
Here are the slides from my WISE workshop presentation: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/239835/StephensWISEWorkshop14.pdf Sponsored by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium As LIS programs become more entrepreneurial, reaching more diverse groups of learners, LIS educators are challenged to design their courses for diverse communities. There are many possible dimensions of diversity—different learner work contexts with different value structures (e.g., library vs. business), different cultural contexts when courses have a global reach, differences in learner demographics (age, gender, ethnicity), and differences in technology use outside of class, including social media. How does online course design take into account this diversity? This panel of experienced […]
Sean Casserly writes: We installed a public whiteboard and use it to post questions. It is a forum for the public to share their thoughts and ideas. Here is a video of an artist using the wall to create and interesting piece of work.
Honored to be interviewed with Michael Casey for an episode of “Circulating Ideas” by Steve Thomas. http://www.circulatingideas.com/2014/01/episode-36-michael-stephens-and-michael.html photo by Cindi Trainor
January 21, 2014: Designing Online Courses for Diverse Communities of Learners, Sponsored by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium. Moderator: Nicole Cooke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presenters: Lilia Pavlovsky, Rutgers University; Michael Stephens, San Jose State University; and Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University. ALISE Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 22, 2014: MOOCs as LIS Professional Development Platforms: Evaluating and Refining SJSU’s First Not-for-Credit MOOC, with Kyle Jones. ALISE Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 23, 2014: New Landscapes: Exploring MOOCs as LIS and Professional Development Spaces, with Kyle Jones, Joanne de Groot, Jennifer Branch. ALISE Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 23, 2014: Participatory and Transformative Engagement in Libraries and Museums: Exploring and Expanding the […]
In May, I posted about our simulated zombie outbreak (see: Humans vs Zombies as an Active Learning Event by TTW Contributor Troy Swanson). We adapted the popular Humans vs Zombies game into an experiential-learning event. I am happy to report that we survived our own zombie apocalypse. I wanted to share our write up in American Libraries, One Book, Many Zombies . I am also wanted to share this video we created that summarizes our zombie game. World War M: Humans vs Zombies (Summary Video) Troy A. Swanson is Department Chair and Teaching & Learning Librarian at Moraine Valley Community […]
“Honestly, I simply wanted to manage a library the way I had always wished I had been managed,” says Hill, with a laugh, when asked to describe her management style. “Coming up in this field, you get so tired of hearing ‘No,’ or ‘Let me tell you why that is not going to work,’ or ‘We tried that years ago; it didn’t work.’ ” http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/01/awards/corinne-hill-ljs-2014-librarian-of-the-year/