Here are a few of the things mentioned in the recent Library Issues seminar. We reported interesting themes and presentations from the following conferences:
- LOEX 2010, April 29-May 1, Dearborn, MI
http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html
- LOEX of the West, June 10-12, Calgary, Alberta
http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/lotw/
- ALA Annual Conference, June 24-30, Washington D.C.
http://presentations.ala.org/
Selected Themes:
Livening up your instruction session (storytelling, images, narrative, comics, etc.)
Silverman, C. (2007). Regret the error: How media mistakes pollute the press and imperil free speech. New York: Union Square Press.
BBC: Wrong Guy on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5evS-ApSNQ)
Dalhousie Libraries Cartoons & Humor: http://infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/cartoons.htm
Supporting Students on Topics
Dalhousie Libraries Cartoons & Humor: http://infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/cartoons.htm
Supporting Students on Topics
Using images to find/refine a topic. For example, uing Artstor image have small groups work on what they see and what questions they have. What do you see? What do you want to know more about? What does this mean to __ (time/place)?
Group brainstorming topic activity sheet: http://www.mtroyal.ca/library/files/lotw2010/davidson.pdf
Making it "stick"
Making it their idea: The Learning Cycle in library instruction by Eric Frierson in In the Library with the Lead Pipe
Marek, E. A., Cavallo, A. M. L., & Renner, J. W. (1997). The learning cycle: Elementary
school science and beyond. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Transitions to College
Making it "stick"
Making it their idea: The Learning Cycle in library instruction by Eric Frierson in In the Library with the Lead Pipe
Marek, E. A., Cavallo, A. M. L., & Renner, J. W. (1997). The learning cycle: Elementary
school science and beyond. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.Transitions to College
days before their scheduled library instruction session. They presented their results in a poster at the Library Assembly on Dec. 1 (see this 
for April...now just have to figure out how to get to London! Here are some of the titles that caught my eye: