Dangers of being too helpful
I’d like to think that, if we worked hard at it, us reference and instruction librarians could almost work ourselves out of a job. We’d teach students to be so good at not only finding information for...
View ArticleThe Library Web Site of the Future: thanks but no thanks.
Steven J. Bell has a piece in the February 17 Inside Higher Ed titled, “The Library Web Site of the Future.” Since we’re currently in the early stages of completely overhauling our current web site, I...
View ArticleStewardship, Librarianship, the ACS, and us
This blog has been dormant long enough that I think it’s probably okay for me to hijack it from its usual purpose (discussion of the hows, whats, and whys of library instruction) to address an issue...
View ArticleHow we done good
Two Fridays ago was a busy day for me. My campus is trying to start up a first-year seminar (FYS) program as part of our new general education program. We’re working on recruiting faculty to teach...
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