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The blended librarian: A blueprint for redefining the role of academic librarians

Bell, Steven J.; Shank, John. College & Research Libraries News, Jul/Aug 2004, Vol. 65 Issue 7, p372.

This article looks at the future of libraries and how library staff must change in order to stay relevant. This article is available in the WilsonSelectPlus database.

 

Building on Bibliographic Instruction

Grassian, Esther. American Libraries, 35(9):51-53, October, 2004.

A relevant look at librarians' teaching role and the transition to information literacy, this article provides a brief history of the bibliographic instruction movement. It goes on to explain how information literacy builds on traditional bibliographic instruction and advances the development of student research skills. This article is available in the WilsonSelectPlus database.

 

Burn the Catalog

Posting on Tim Burke’s Easily Distracted Blog

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/perma12004.html 

This thought-provoking article expresses an instructor’s frustration with the current state of academic catalogs.

 

Establishing Our Presence in Courseware: Adding Library Services to the Virtual Classroom

Shank, John D.; Dewald, Nancy H., Information Technology & Libraries, Mar 2003, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p38.

http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litapublications/ital/2201shank.htm

The increase in the usage of courseware to enhance traditional college courses is the focus of this article, including the benefits offered to faculty and students and types of courseware assessment tools.

 

The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google

http://www.exo.net/sla-sf/hypermail/0476.html

Bell, Steven J., Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/20/2004, Vol. 50 Issue 24, pB15.

This article describes the perils of "Google-ization" and why librarians must "encourage our users to migrate from low-quality Web sites to the high-quality information we can provide."

 

Promotion Through "Teachnology": Using LTAs (Low Threshold Applications) To Collaborate With Faculty

Bell, Steven J., NetConnect (Supplement to Library Journal 129(1),January, 2004:15-16, Winter, 2004.

Read this article to find out more about Low Threshold Applications (available in the WilsonSelectPlus database.)

 

10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library

Herring, Mark Y., American Libraries, April 2001, p. 76–78.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/10reasonswhy.htm 

This is Mark Herring’s classic article that strives to "correct the well-intentioned but horribly misguided notions about what is fast becoming Intertopia among many non-librarian bean counters."

 

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