tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668983.post116027224934966976..comments2023-09-19T09:28:19.313-05:00Comments on Librarians at the Gate: Bad Blogger!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689314012050314027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668983.post-1160420054797020702006-10-09T13:54:00.000-05:002006-10-09T13:54:00.000-05:00I *love* what you're doing for your new first term...I *love* what you're doing for your new first term seminars. I forwarded some of it to our FTS director so he'd be aware of what's going on in your neck of the woods. <BR/><BR/>And wow, your toolbar has an IE version. Ours is strictly Firefox.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689314012050314027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668983.post-1160406292113077052006-10-09T10:04:00.000-05:002006-10-09T10:04:00.000-05:00Sorry, all--the link to the "new Web site" (above)...Sorry, all--the link to the "new Web site" (above) should have gone <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Alechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503895513959778422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668983.post-1160406207805837232006-10-09T10:03:00.000-05:002006-10-09T10:03:00.000-05:00Things have been busy at my library, too! This is ...Things have been busy at my library, too! This is the first semester of my college's new first-year seminar program, and librarians were invited to the table. We decided upon <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/instruction/inquiry/outcomes.htm#infolit" REL="nofollow">common information literacy objectives</A> for all first-year seminars, and met with all first-year seminar instructors last summer to explain <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/instruction/inquiry/index.htm" REL="nofollow">what information literacy is</A> and <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/instruction/inquiry/integration.htm" REL="nofollow">how they can "teach" it</A>. In addition to providing an <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/instruction/inquiry/lew.htm" REL="nofollow">exploration workshop</A> to almost all (I think over 90%) first-year seminars, librarians designed <A HREF="http://library.cord.edu/instruction/inquiry/assignments.htm" REL="nofollow">sample assignments</A> that instructors eagerly adapted and used. In addition, many of our first-term seminar instructors have also scheduled multiple sessions. (For examples, see our <A HREF="http://www4.cord.edu/library/instruction/" REL="nofollow">Course Page</A> and look under Inquiry Seminars. Many of these course pages are designed for multiple sessions.)<BR/><BR/>We also started our year with a <A HREF="http://www.cord.edu/" REL="nofollow">new Web site</A>. Working with a committee of two other library staff/librarians, we together did usability tests and conceived of a new information architecture. I spent most of my summer realizing our prototype. We also have a <A HREF="http://www4.cord.edu/library/research/toolbar.html" REL="nofollow">new toolbar</A>.Alechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503895513959778422noreply@blogger.com