Reflecting with Every CLIC: Morning Presentation, The Library as Indicator Sp...char booth
Reflecting with Every CLIC workshop morning presentation - The Library as Indicator Species. Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. October 28 2011. Link to resources and audio: http://www.macalester.edu/library/char/
powers of ten dialogue: on perspective, insight, and communication char booth
ACRL 2013 dialogue forum with Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss. Description: "This forum will be a container for powerful conversation, an exploration of different perspectives on issues in libraries and higher education and how they affect our practice and ethic as academic librarians, now and into the future. The dialogue will be framed by a short presentation by Char Booth but will largely be based on what participants bring to their small group discussions and the larger community. Come ready to contribute and explore."
Reframing Library Instruction: Advocacy, Insight, and the Learner Experiencechar booth
Opening Plenary, LOEX 2012.
Abstract: Increasingly, teaching librarians face the challenge of integrating into the learning communities that comprise our institutions, a process that requires a new depth of understanding and unparalleled instructional customization. At the same time, reorganization and resource depletion are the norm in our workplaces, stretching our support for existing programs and curtailing our ability to develop new approaches. In this environment of mixed opportunity and anxiety, it is critical that we understand that our effectiveness as mentors and educators is impacted by the role and value of libraries in the academy and society. It is equally important that we cultivate innovative methods of understanding our own communities with the goal of teaching more strategically and with greater curricular flexibility.
"Reframing" is a process of acknowledging that libraries and the academy are (and should be) changing, and that teaching librarians are at the forefront of a personal, local, and collective redefinition. Despite decades of effort, the evolution of librarian-as-teacher remains a departure from traditional understanding among some in higher education, requiring an ongoing perceptual shift on the part of ourselves, our users, and our collaborators. When we cultivate strategies for effective, creative instructional advocacy while critically examining our existing content and approaches, we are better positioned to meaningfully support the learner experience and develop a unique perspective on our own practice.
In short, this talk will examine how we understand what we do and who we do it for, and why this matters in the first place.
Information Privilege - Critical Approaches to Access and Advocacychar booth
DLF Forum 2013 Closing Keynote in Austin, Texas. Video available at http://mediasite.engr.utexas.edu/UTMediasite/Play/15fef35f23364ca0bbe4f0ee5f04a3e71d
love your library: building goodwill from the inside out and the outside inchar booth
ACRL 2013 Panel with Lia Friedman, Adrienne Lai, and Alice Whiteside, primary slide design by Alice. Audio available at https://www.evernote.com/shard/s35/sh/616dd10e-bd9c-4fb7-b02d-764162377abc/0dab0b4a4fda98a4350142a762ce049d
Description: "At its best, library outreach can be budget friendly, high impact, revitalizing for staff, and transformative for our relationships with our users. This showcase of innovative programming and marketing projects explores a holistic approach to outreach, illustrating how small creative efforts can lead to significant gains. Join the discussion, gain strategies, templates, and scalable project ideas, and glean from our enthusiasm to transform shared notions into something new and vibrant in your own communities."
Reflecting with Every CLIC: Morning Presentation, The Library as Indicator Sp...char booth
Reflecting with Every CLIC workshop morning presentation - The Library as Indicator Species. Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. October 28 2011. Link to resources and audio: http://www.macalester.edu/library/char/
powers of ten dialogue: on perspective, insight, and communication char booth
ACRL 2013 dialogue forum with Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss. Description: "This forum will be a container for powerful conversation, an exploration of different perspectives on issues in libraries and higher education and how they affect our practice and ethic as academic librarians, now and into the future. The dialogue will be framed by a short presentation by Char Booth but will largely be based on what participants bring to their small group discussions and the larger community. Come ready to contribute and explore."
Reframing Library Instruction: Advocacy, Insight, and the Learner Experiencechar booth
Opening Plenary, LOEX 2012.
Abstract: Increasingly, teaching librarians face the challenge of integrating into the learning communities that comprise our institutions, a process that requires a new depth of understanding and unparalleled instructional customization. At the same time, reorganization and resource depletion are the norm in our workplaces, stretching our support for existing programs and curtailing our ability to develop new approaches. In this environment of mixed opportunity and anxiety, it is critical that we understand that our effectiveness as mentors and educators is impacted by the role and value of libraries in the academy and society. It is equally important that we cultivate innovative methods of understanding our own communities with the goal of teaching more strategically and with greater curricular flexibility.
"Reframing" is a process of acknowledging that libraries and the academy are (and should be) changing, and that teaching librarians are at the forefront of a personal, local, and collective redefinition. Despite decades of effort, the evolution of librarian-as-teacher remains a departure from traditional understanding among some in higher education, requiring an ongoing perceptual shift on the part of ourselves, our users, and our collaborators. When we cultivate strategies for effective, creative instructional advocacy while critically examining our existing content and approaches, we are better positioned to meaningfully support the learner experience and develop a unique perspective on our own practice.
In short, this talk will examine how we understand what we do and who we do it for, and why this matters in the first place.
Information Privilege - Critical Approaches to Access and Advocacychar booth
DLF Forum 2013 Closing Keynote in Austin, Texas. Video available at http://mediasite.engr.utexas.edu/UTMediasite/Play/15fef35f23364ca0bbe4f0ee5f04a3e71d
love your library: building goodwill from the inside out and the outside inchar booth
ACRL 2013 Panel with Lia Friedman, Adrienne Lai, and Alice Whiteside, primary slide design by Alice. Audio available at https://www.evernote.com/shard/s35/sh/616dd10e-bd9c-4fb7-b02d-764162377abc/0dab0b4a4fda98a4350142a762ce049d
Description: "At its best, library outreach can be budget friendly, high impact, revitalizing for staff, and transformative for our relationships with our users. This showcase of innovative programming and marketing projects explores a holistic approach to outreach, illustrating how small creative efforts can lead to significant gains. Join the discussion, gain strategies, templates, and scalable project ideas, and glean from our enthusiasm to transform shared notions into something new and vibrant in your own communities."
Guest lecture given for the Metaliteracy MOOC, which is facilitated by Trudi Jacobsen and Tom Mackey. Unit description can be found at http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com/week2.htm. Session recording available at https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-09-18.0829.M.0FAB3903494045EFC45539A96FEDFA.vcr&sid=2012301 (Collaborate recording).