The document summarizes trends in libraries and projects at the UW Tacoma Library. It discusses how libraries have adapted to changes in the information environment like abundance of information online and push technologies. It outlines new roles for librarians like data librarians, digital scholarship librarians, and UX librarians. For UW Tacoma, it envisions the library transitioning from its focus on collections to prioritizing services and becoming integral to the campus community. It highlights faculty and student praise for library support and resources. Upcoming trends and projects may include renovating library space, new technologies, supporting student and faculty scholarship, and enhancing pedagogical support. Key challenges include keeping up with campus growth with limited
You Already Have It Within You: Expanding Your Design Practice to Meet Emergi...Lauren Pressley
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Making meditation a part of a daily routine, even if just 10-15 minutes per day, can have mental and physical health benefits over time by helping people feel more relaxed and focused.
Libraries as Liminal Spaces: Transformation in a Time of Change Lauren Pressley
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Library as a Liminal Space: Creating, Supporting, and Responding to Change Lauren Pressley
This document discusses a presentation about managing change in academic libraries. It begins with introductions from the presenter about their professional background and leadership models. The presentation then covers identifying changes happening internally and externally to libraries, as well as frameworks for creating, supporting, and responding to change. These include models of organizational change, working with colleagues and supervisors during change processes, and developing personal resilience. The overall goal is to help participants understand and navigate their roles during organizational changes.
The document summarizes a presentation about the changing landscape of academic libraries. It discusses how academic libraries are facing critique on cost and role in higher education. Libraries are asked to prove their value and take on new services with stagnant budgets. The presentation examines how professional associations and consortiums are adapting to changes in library work, profession, and developing adaptive mindsets. It outlines topics like the evolving culture and values of libraries, membership trends in the profession, and using evolutionary and revolutionary approaches to change.
We are makers of change: Creating our shared future Lauren Pressley
This document discusses frameworks for creating change in higher education and libraries. It outlines strategies for being a change agent such as adaptability, problem solving, and focusing on people. Frameworks for leading change include Bolman and Deal's four frames, an 8 step change process, strengths-based approaches, and liberating structures. Tools from the field discussed include programs from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) for demonstrating value, advancing student learning, transforming research, and professional development.
The UW Libraries as a Catalyst for your Research Lauren Pressley
The UW Libraries provide a variety of resources and services to support research at UW Tacoma, including getting resources like subject librarians building collections, training research assistants, the Digital Commons institutional repository, the Foundation Center funding database, using the library as a research site, open scholarship, data and visualization services, consultation on research workflows, and collaboration on student learning.
The document summarizes trends in libraries and projects at the UW Tacoma Library. It discusses how libraries have adapted to changes in the information environment like abundance of information online and push technologies. It outlines new roles for librarians like data librarians, digital scholarship librarians, and UX librarians. For UW Tacoma, it envisions the library transitioning from its focus on collections to prioritizing services and becoming integral to the campus community. It highlights faculty and student praise for library support and resources. Upcoming trends and projects may include renovating library space, new technologies, supporting student and faculty scholarship, and enhancing pedagogical support. Key challenges include keeping up with campus growth with limited
You Already Have It Within You: Expanding Your Design Practice to Meet Emergi...Lauren Pressley
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Making meditation a part of a daily routine, even if just 10-15 minutes per day, can have mental and physical health benefits over time by helping people feel more relaxed and focused.
Libraries as Liminal Spaces: Transformation in a Time of Change Lauren Pressley
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Library as a Liminal Space: Creating, Supporting, and Responding to Change Lauren Pressley
This document discusses a presentation about managing change in academic libraries. It begins with introductions from the presenter about their professional background and leadership models. The presentation then covers identifying changes happening internally and externally to libraries, as well as frameworks for creating, supporting, and responding to change. These include models of organizational change, working with colleagues and supervisors during change processes, and developing personal resilience. The overall goal is to help participants understand and navigate their roles during organizational changes.
The document summarizes a presentation about the changing landscape of academic libraries. It discusses how academic libraries are facing critique on cost and role in higher education. Libraries are asked to prove their value and take on new services with stagnant budgets. The presentation examines how professional associations and consortiums are adapting to changes in library work, profession, and developing adaptive mindsets. It outlines topics like the evolving culture and values of libraries, membership trends in the profession, and using evolutionary and revolutionary approaches to change.
We are makers of change: Creating our shared future Lauren Pressley
This document discusses frameworks for creating change in higher education and libraries. It outlines strategies for being a change agent such as adaptability, problem solving, and focusing on people. Frameworks for leading change include Bolman and Deal's four frames, an 8 step change process, strengths-based approaches, and liberating structures. Tools from the field discussed include programs from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) for demonstrating value, advancing student learning, transforming research, and professional development.
The UW Libraries as a Catalyst for your Research Lauren Pressley
The UW Libraries provide a variety of resources and services to support research at UW Tacoma, including getting resources like subject librarians building collections, training research assistants, the Digital Commons institutional repository, the Foundation Center funding database, using the library as a research site, open scholarship, data and visualization services, consultation on research workflows, and collaboration on student learning.
Taking the Wheel: Charting a Course for a Professional TransformationLauren Pressley
This document outlines a panel discussion on professional transitions in libraries. The panelists, who are library directors and managers, will discuss how they knew they were ready for a career change, how they thought about risk, the resources that helped them transition, lessons they learned, surprises they encountered, how their work has changed, and advice for others considering a transition. The panel hopes to help others navigate organizational changes by sharing their experiences and lessons from their own professional transformations.
Charting a Clear Course: A State of the Learning CommonsLauren Pressley
The document discusses trends in university learning commons and libraries. It notes that physical library spaces are evolving to accommodate more group study spaces and technology integration. Services are expanding beyond traditional reference to include writing centers, tutoring, and makerspaces. Administrations are recognizing the importance of learning commons to student success and investing more resources. Emerging technologies and changing student needs are also driving libraries to adapt their spaces, services, and collections to remain relevant in the long run.
This document outlines a framework for building a foundation and approach that empowers others in creating organizational change. It discusses establishing a foundation based on safety, clarity, assessment, systems and empowerment. The recommended approach is agile, values time, emphasizes collaboration and showcasing successes. It also stresses the importance of patience, reflection, communication and relationships. Key themes are the need for lasting, marathon-style change through assessment, adaptation and trying new approaches.
The document discusses various citation management tools including Zotero, RefWorks, Mendeley, EndNote, and Sente. It provides an overview of each tool's features, functionality, and user experience. The presenter aims to help attendees determine which tool may be the best fit based on their needs and preferences by demonstrating how each tool can be used to organize references, attach documents, and insert citations into writing projects. The presentation concludes with suggestions for further topics related to digital research workflows.
Revolutionary Change in Libraries: You Say You Want a RevolutionLauren Pressley
A presentation for the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions’ (USMAI) Library Managers Community of Practice (LMCOP) July 8, 2015 Forum.
Building Knowledge Together: Interactive Course Exhibits as Project-Based Lea...Lauren Pressley
A presentation for The Innovative Library Classroom conference at Radford, VA on May 12, 2015. Presenters: Brian Mathews, Scott Fralin, and Lauren Pressley
Learning Environments at Virginia Tech University LibrariesLauren Pressley
The document outlines the various services provided by a university library, including online resources, circulation of physical and technological materials, reference support, assistance available throughout the physical library spaces, and programming events. It discusses the goals of each service, such as supporting teaching and student learning, and provides examples of specific types of help that are available, such as creating online course content, offering equipment loans, and showcasing student and faculty work. The overall document serves to introduce faculty to the full range of library resources and how each can be leveraged to enrich teaching and the student experience.
The document discusses how to make the internet work for you by experimenting with, selecting, and investing in various online tools and services. It provides examples of services for collaborating on documents, syncing files, taking notes, managing bookmarks, passwords, alerts and RSS feeds. Browser extensions are also covered. The overall goal is to help users select the best online tools to organize information and stay up to date based on their needs and interests.
Lauren Pressley, Associate Director of Learning & Outreach at Virginia Tech University Libraries, gave a webinar on presentation lessons. She covered different presentation styles including the Lessig Method, Guy Kawasaki's rules, and the TED approach. She emphasized focusing on the audience by understanding their needs and using visuals, stories, and empathy. She also suggested involving the audience through questions and active participation.
The document summarizes a presentation about hacking the learner experience through techniques and strategies for connecting with instructional ecosystems. It discusses using technology to improve people's lives, testing the boundaries of what can be done, focusing on learner taxonomies and models of learning like Bloom's taxonomy, Perry's model of intellectual development, and Kolb's experiential learning cycle. It emphasizes the importance of inquiry-based learning and acknowledging difficulty as part of learning.
Building a Dream Team: Library Personas in the 21st CenturyLauren Pressley
The document summarizes a presentation on developing library personas. It discusses defining core competencies at both the individual and organizational level. It provides examples of personas for different library positions and discusses adapting organizational design and job descriptions around personas. Building personas involves understanding patron and staff needs and designing services accordingly.
Backwards Design: Creating Learning Opportunities That You Can AssessLauren Pressley
A presentation for the NCLA College & University Section and Community & Junior College Libraries Section's Assessment Beyond Statistics given on November 2, 2012.
The document discusses instructional design for library instruction sessions. It covers identifying learning outcomes, assessing student comprehension through formative and summative assessments, planning instructional experiences and activities, and using the ADDIE model of instructional design which includes analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation phases. The presentation provides information on each of these topics to help attendees design effective instruction that is focused on student learning outcomes and incorporates appropriate assessments.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document provides information on the individual's education and experience. For education, it lists degrees from UCLA, UNC Greensboro, and NC State with relevant concentrations and programs listed. For experience, it details the individual's roles at Virginia Tech since 2012 including their current role as Director of Learning Environments and previous role as Associate Director of Learning and Outreach. It also outlines experience at Wake Forest University from 2003-2013 including roles as Head of Instruction and Instructional Design Librarian.
This is a 15 minute presentation I'm giving as part of a panel for the Reynolda House Museum of American Art National Advisory Council meeting. This meeting is themed Achieving Impact Online and will focus on the launch of their new online presence in 2013.
Teaching Students "In" and "On" Today's Information EnvironmentLauren Pressley
This document discusses taking the library instruction course LIB100 online. It provides context on academic libraries, library instruction programs, and the guiding principles of LIB100. It then details how the instructor designed the online version of LIB100 using tools like Google Sites and Sakai. Student reactions were positive, finding it was the same rigorous course despite being online. Students reported it required more time but allowed better relationships with the instructor.
This document discusses an experiment in offering an online library instruction course. It was inspired by the need to support students needing a semester away from campus and a lack of instructors for an existing course. The author was well-suited to teach the course online based on their experience taking and designing online classes and instructional technology expertise. The course covers topics like library research, information ethics, and bibliographic tools. Planning involved curriculum mapping, active learning strategies, and student engagement approaches. Technology like Google Docs, YouTube, and Sakai are used. Initial impressions of online learning were mixed but engaging students more and providing detailed feedback have been strengths. The online format is still considered experimental.
Taking the Wheel: Charting a Course for a Professional TransformationLauren Pressley
This document outlines a panel discussion on professional transitions in libraries. The panelists, who are library directors and managers, will discuss how they knew they were ready for a career change, how they thought about risk, the resources that helped them transition, lessons they learned, surprises they encountered, how their work has changed, and advice for others considering a transition. The panel hopes to help others navigate organizational changes by sharing their experiences and lessons from their own professional transformations.
Charting a Clear Course: A State of the Learning CommonsLauren Pressley
The document discusses trends in university learning commons and libraries. It notes that physical library spaces are evolving to accommodate more group study spaces and technology integration. Services are expanding beyond traditional reference to include writing centers, tutoring, and makerspaces. Administrations are recognizing the importance of learning commons to student success and investing more resources. Emerging technologies and changing student needs are also driving libraries to adapt their spaces, services, and collections to remain relevant in the long run.
This document outlines a framework for building a foundation and approach that empowers others in creating organizational change. It discusses establishing a foundation based on safety, clarity, assessment, systems and empowerment. The recommended approach is agile, values time, emphasizes collaboration and showcasing successes. It also stresses the importance of patience, reflection, communication and relationships. Key themes are the need for lasting, marathon-style change through assessment, adaptation and trying new approaches.
The document discusses various citation management tools including Zotero, RefWorks, Mendeley, EndNote, and Sente. It provides an overview of each tool's features, functionality, and user experience. The presenter aims to help attendees determine which tool may be the best fit based on their needs and preferences by demonstrating how each tool can be used to organize references, attach documents, and insert citations into writing projects. The presentation concludes with suggestions for further topics related to digital research workflows.
Revolutionary Change in Libraries: You Say You Want a RevolutionLauren Pressley
A presentation for the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions’ (USMAI) Library Managers Community of Practice (LMCOP) July 8, 2015 Forum.
Building Knowledge Together: Interactive Course Exhibits as Project-Based Lea...Lauren Pressley
A presentation for The Innovative Library Classroom conference at Radford, VA on May 12, 2015. Presenters: Brian Mathews, Scott Fralin, and Lauren Pressley
Learning Environments at Virginia Tech University LibrariesLauren Pressley
The document outlines the various services provided by a university library, including online resources, circulation of physical and technological materials, reference support, assistance available throughout the physical library spaces, and programming events. It discusses the goals of each service, such as supporting teaching and student learning, and provides examples of specific types of help that are available, such as creating online course content, offering equipment loans, and showcasing student and faculty work. The overall document serves to introduce faculty to the full range of library resources and how each can be leveraged to enrich teaching and the student experience.
The document discusses how to make the internet work for you by experimenting with, selecting, and investing in various online tools and services. It provides examples of services for collaborating on documents, syncing files, taking notes, managing bookmarks, passwords, alerts and RSS feeds. Browser extensions are also covered. The overall goal is to help users select the best online tools to organize information and stay up to date based on their needs and interests.
Lauren Pressley, Associate Director of Learning & Outreach at Virginia Tech University Libraries, gave a webinar on presentation lessons. She covered different presentation styles including the Lessig Method, Guy Kawasaki's rules, and the TED approach. She emphasized focusing on the audience by understanding their needs and using visuals, stories, and empathy. She also suggested involving the audience through questions and active participation.
The document summarizes a presentation about hacking the learner experience through techniques and strategies for connecting with instructional ecosystems. It discusses using technology to improve people's lives, testing the boundaries of what can be done, focusing on learner taxonomies and models of learning like Bloom's taxonomy, Perry's model of intellectual development, and Kolb's experiential learning cycle. It emphasizes the importance of inquiry-based learning and acknowledging difficulty as part of learning.
Building a Dream Team: Library Personas in the 21st CenturyLauren Pressley
The document summarizes a presentation on developing library personas. It discusses defining core competencies at both the individual and organizational level. It provides examples of personas for different library positions and discusses adapting organizational design and job descriptions around personas. Building personas involves understanding patron and staff needs and designing services accordingly.
Backwards Design: Creating Learning Opportunities That You Can AssessLauren Pressley
A presentation for the NCLA College & University Section and Community & Junior College Libraries Section's Assessment Beyond Statistics given on November 2, 2012.
The document discusses instructional design for library instruction sessions. It covers identifying learning outcomes, assessing student comprehension through formative and summative assessments, planning instructional experiences and activities, and using the ADDIE model of instructional design which includes analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation phases. The presentation provides information on each of these topics to help attendees design effective instruction that is focused on student learning outcomes and incorporates appropriate assessments.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document provides information on the individual's education and experience. For education, it lists degrees from UCLA, UNC Greensboro, and NC State with relevant concentrations and programs listed. For experience, it details the individual's roles at Virginia Tech since 2012 including their current role as Director of Learning Environments and previous role as Associate Director of Learning and Outreach. It also outlines experience at Wake Forest University from 2003-2013 including roles as Head of Instruction and Instructional Design Librarian.
This is a 15 minute presentation I'm giving as part of a panel for the Reynolda House Museum of American Art National Advisory Council meeting. This meeting is themed Achieving Impact Online and will focus on the launch of their new online presence in 2013.
Teaching Students "In" and "On" Today's Information EnvironmentLauren Pressley
This document discusses taking the library instruction course LIB100 online. It provides context on academic libraries, library instruction programs, and the guiding principles of LIB100. It then details how the instructor designed the online version of LIB100 using tools like Google Sites and Sakai. Student reactions were positive, finding it was the same rigorous course despite being online. Students reported it required more time but allowed better relationships with the instructor.
This document discusses an experiment in offering an online library instruction course. It was inspired by the need to support students needing a semester away from campus and a lack of instructors for an existing course. The author was well-suited to teach the course online based on their experience taking and designing online classes and instructional technology expertise. The course covers topics like library research, information ethics, and bibliographic tools. Planning involved curriculum mapping, active learning strategies, and student engagement approaches. Technology like Google Docs, YouTube, and Sakai are used. Initial impressions of online learning were mixed but engaging students more and providing detailed feedback have been strengths. The online format is still considered experimental.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Reimagining Your Library Space: How to Increase the Vibes in Your Library No ...Diana Rendina
Librarians are leading the way in creating future-ready citizens – now we need to update our spaces to match. In this session, attendees will get inspiration for transforming their library spaces. You’ll learn how to survey students and patrons, create a focus group, and use design thinking to brainstorm ideas for your space. We’ll discuss budget friendly ways to change your space as well as how to find funding. No matter where you’re at, you’ll find ideas for reimagining your space in this session.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.