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Live from WLA!

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Laura Crossett, Park County Library SystemKaijsa Calkins, University of Wyoming LibariesBlogsLaw Library LetterMeeteetse School Library blogRiverton Library blogUW Libraries blogWikisCoe Reference wikiPCLS wikiRSSNew York TimesWyoming State Library newsWYLD databasesFlickrCoe LibraryLibrary of CongressPark County Library SystemInstant MessagingUW LibrariesSocial NetworkingCoe Library on

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An enterprising member of our faculty started a seminar series so libraries faculty have a regularly scheduled venue to share our research with one another. Previous presentations have focused on digital initiatives, consumer health resources, and visual literacy. My turn is next week, when I'll be talking about an embedded librarian project I tried out last semester. It will be a bit of a dry

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It's time to resurrect this blog. I had grand plans to post about what I was doing and reading about IL and then I got busy doing all that stuff and it didn't seem fun to write about what occupies the bulk of my time and thoughts. But I have lots of interesting projects in the works and several presentations coming up that are relevant here, so I'm going to make a better effort at keeping this

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Summer is the slow season for instruction around these parts, but I've been able to do a little bit. I gave a workshop today for some of our staff who support distance education students. They work all around the state, as well as on campus. I love doing instruction for students and often work closely with faculty, but there's something extra special and fun about working with staff.Today's

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This is a slightly shorter version of the travel report I submitted at work. I enjoy writing these because it helps me think through what I heard and learned at conferences. This meeting in particular was really good. There were lots of interesting presentations jam-packed into one long day, but there were plenty of breaks and chances to meet and talk with people. It was especially nice for me to

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I've been negligent about promoting Library Links, a new-ish library blog network started by Jessica, the Cool Librarian. If you're inclined, join up and add the cute little button above to your page.

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I keep neglecting this space. I'm doing lots of instruction and really should take the time to reflect on it, but time gets away from me. I did sign up to blog ACRL, which will be fun and might spur me on to talk more about IL and less about which indie band I'm currently obsessed with (Lavender Diamond). More soon...

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I'm taking a break from the professional webpage and a research guide for English I've been working on this morning. I'm trying to use WordPress, which we use for our library blog, but I'm dissatisfied and annoyed with it. When I publish it, nothing's formatted the way I want it, even though I used HTML instead of relying on the WYSIWYG editor. We have an in-house subject guide template, but I

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I've been on a blogging hiatus of sorts lately. It's more by circumstance than design. We've been gearing up for the new semester and I've been trying to get things ready before I leave on vacation. Several things in particular have been occupying my attention, including the rollout of a project I've been working on: the library's fancy new website. We still have a few things to work out, but

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A couple of weeks after the all-day planning session at work, I'm still dealing with too many ideas all at once and haven't had time to process much. That might be why I haven't been posting here, but the other strong possibility is that I've just been busy during the days and lazy when I get home from work. One idea that came up and that I'm very interested in is creating web-based tutorials. My

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I realize I never posted about the second day of the colloquium, but time got away from me. It was great, and I learned about some interesting approaches faculty are taking in their classes.On another instruction topic, I'm kind of kicking myself for not going to LOEX of the West. I thought it would be too much to try to travel right after starting the new position, but from all reports from

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I spent the day at the spring teaching colloquium offered by my university's teaching and learning center. The program concludes tomorrow, so there's more in store. This year's events are centered around our keynote speaker Ken Bain's book, What the Best College Teachers Do. The book is a good and fast read that brings up lots of best-practice ideas, but isn't a how-to guide. I'm glad the ctl

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The last session of the TLT/ACRL Best Practices in Information Literacy webcast was yesterday afternoon, and I'm still kind of thinking over the content. This session focused on writing an IL plan and the types of assessment to consider. The series repeated a lot of what I learned in Immersion last year, but it was a useful review and the presenters pointed to lots of useful resources.As a

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This is my new space for all things IL. My current plan is to use this blog to focus on information literacy and, more broadly, instruction. It will probably take a while for me to get going on this, but I expect to be posting regularly by fall semester.

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