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The Good, the Bad, and the Reality: Life in the Classroom

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. As academic librarians, we all aspire to be excellent for our students. Some days we earn ourselves gold stars with knockout classroom visits that match professor’s goals and actively engage students. Other days we fall face […]

New Aestiva Research on Libraries and Retention

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Since 2019, Aestiva Solutions has pursued its motto of helping academic libraries make a big impact. One of our newest ways of creating impact was a recent study which asked “What are the characteristics of academic […]

Learning Outcomes: The First Instruction Step, Not the Last

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. We’ve all been there. It’s a Monday morning in mid-September and you open up your email to see an instruction request for Wednesday. THIS Wednesday. You have never provided a library instruction session for this course, […]

Understanding Users and Their Needs

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Happy Summer friends! We hope that this time of year provides you with long needed refreshment as well as the opportunity to catch up on important tasks. About ten years ago, we realized that we […]

More Wins for LibGuides

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Hello Friends! In our last Aestiva Campfire we shared quick wins for your LibGuides, in the form of four quick and simple changes to improve your library web presence. In this issue we would like […]

Quick Wins for LibGuides

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Happy December! We hope that you are handling the end of the calendar year rush with ease and grace. In this issue of the Aestiva Campfire, we want to share some quick wins for your […]

Total Participation Techniques for Your Classroom

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. This summer, Eric and Ruth found time for a little professional reading as they prepared to host summer camp for instruction and reference librarians. Their favorite item from the stack was a book by the […]

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This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Congratulations! You’ve survived another academic year. While summer brings outdoor grilling and trips to the beach, let’s face it: as academic librarians this is also project time in dimly lit, over air-conditioned libraries. One of […]

Information Literacy Assessment

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. It’s 48 minutes into your hour-long one-shot and you are almost at the end of another library instruction session. The temptation is always to teach one last thing, especially because that one last thing is […]

All About Icons

This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Happy Holidays! We hope you are managing well at the end of the semester and calendar year. As we’ve worked on projects over the years, one of our favorite people to partner with is Megan […]

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