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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Happy September! We hope your semesters are off to a great start. In the Fall of 2010, Ruth taught her first full semester class, “The World of Social Media.” That semester was a huge learning […]
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This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. In the top ten list of favorite librarian tasks, creating LibGuides often ranks right between knitting and collection development. However, just because you can create a LibGuide on a topic does not mean that you […]
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