Teaching Information Literacy Using Comics and Graphic Novels

Posted by Raymond Pun on 7/26/18 2:06 PM

Last week, the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) brought together comic art and graphic novel fans, illustrators, artists, gamers, celebrities, educators, and librarians. Numerous events and seminars across the San Diego Convention Center and the San Diego Central Library (SDCL) covered diverse topics ranging from “Designing the Costumes of Wakanda” to “A Crash Course to European Comics.” This conference provided a great opportunity for librarians seeking to learn more about the latest publications, trends, and scholarly works on comic research. 

Conferences, First Year Experience, Information Literacy

InfoLit Learning Community: Achieving Customer Success Through Engagement

Posted by InfoLit Learning Community on 7/20/18 9:00 AM

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A recent LinkedIn article described “customer success” as the “the little-known job that’s booming.” While the title may be relatively new, customer success is something librarians have been all about all along, as it means helping customers do their best work using your products and/or services. Also called CX, it’s related to user experience, or UX, another “it” term that came to prominence some years back.

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The Growing Movement To Get Rid of Expensive Textbooks

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 7/19/18 2:32 PM

It’s easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about all of the challenges facing higher education today: rising costs, shrinking budgets, and the uncertainty inherent to a quickly shifting global economy. However, it’s important to not lose sight of some of the strategies that are working. For example, several innovative libraries around the country have found a way to reduce textbook costs for students while building their research skills and preparing them to navigate information in the 21st century.

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Teaching Resource Highlight: Multilingual Glossary for Today’s Library Users

Posted by Raymond Pun on 7/19/18 12:04 PM

If you’re thinking of ways to expand library resources to different populations and communities on campus, but aren’t sure where to start, the ACRL Instruction Section has a new offering that can help. Their Instruction for Diverse Populations Committee recently updated and released the Multilingual Glossary for Today’s Library Users.

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InfoLit Learning Community: Tell Your Library's Story Through Usage Statistics

Posted by InfoLit Learning Community on 7/13/18 9:00 AM

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It’s summer at last, and that means that many of you may have time to take stock a little—see what needs tweaking for the fall, what can go, and what needs a complete overhaul. You’ll have an idea of how your various initiatives are going, of course, but to make the most informed decisions you should rely on usage statistics.

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3 Key Takeaways from the 2018 ALA Annual Conference

Posted by Raymond Pun on 7/12/18 10:46 AM

Over 10,000 folks attended last month’s ALA Annual Conference. From former First Lady Michelle Obama to Presidential Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, there were many exciting talks and programs promoting literacy, research, and community engagement. Here are a few sessions that really stood out to me as an academic librarian.

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InfoLit Learning Community: To MLS or Not to MLS, That Is the Question

Posted by InfoLit Learning Community on 7/10/18 9:00 AM

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Every now and then the conversation about the necessity for librarians to have an MLS restarts. This year, it was hotly debated during the search for a new Executive Director for ALA. Whether the person should be required to hold an MLS (or equivalent, such as MLIS) was the subject of many articles and blogs, including at Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and, last week, at Meredith Farkas’s blog, Information Wants to be Free.

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News From the Open Web

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 7/9/18 3:01 PM

This blog series provides easy, free access to open web resources that support affordable learning opportunities. A wide variety of resources published by government entities, think tanks, and more are curated to demonstrate what may be relatively unknown or ‘buried’ in the internet. Resources reflect issues happening today for the use of librarians, students, and all audiences.

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July Social Media Content for Libraries

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 7/6/18 9:27 AM

Looking to up your library's social media game? One of the best ways to engage followers to is to provide a consistent stream of fun/useful content. Understanding that libraries don't always have the time to generate all of the content they'd like, we're here to help! 

Customer Success, Social Media for Libraries

InfoLit Learning Community: Tips for Keeping Your Professional Practice Up to Date

Posted by InfoLit Learning Community on 6/29/18 9:00 AM


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When I was in library school, we constantly heard that it was important to graduate quickly so that the skills we learned early on wouldn’t be out of date by graduation. At a certain point, however, graduation is long past and you need a brush-up on a few things, or to learn about new things that didn’t exist back in school. Where should you turn?

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