ARLIS/NA
Annual Conference: Atlanta,
Georgia
Teaching
Librarians in the Arts Discussion Group
Meeting
minutes
Sunday,
April 29, 2007, 3:30-5:00 pm
Co-moderators:
Betsy Peck Learned, Roger
Williams University,
and Rijn Templeton, University
of Iowa
Recorder: Andrea
Goldstein
There were 38
people in attendance, list attached
·
Rijn and Betsy welcomed everyone,
and introductions went around the room.
·
Rijn and Betsy stated that after
five years, they would not be moderating this group any longer and asked for
volunteers to take over. Krista Ivy and Andrea Goldstein will co-moderate next
year.
·
The group agreed that we would like
to continue meeting at ARLIS/NA national meetings. If we have a project or
proposal for the national conference, we can submit to the conference program
chairs. A session in this year’s
conference grew out of discussion from this group.
·
Discussion on new teaching methods
was initiated by Betsy Peck Learned.
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At Roger Williams
University, the
instruction librarian is experimenting with problem-based
learning, a process where a class is presented with a
real-life problem and they work collaboratively to gain information about the
problem, research it, and then apply the results of their self-directed
learning to solve the problem. Others added to discussion how this method has
worked in their institution, including a full-blown program at the University of Cincinnati which has a PBL website and
workbook.
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University
of Rochester,
River Campus Libraries ethnographic study of student’s research habits.
The project, which began in 2004, and has led to a collaborative learning
center designed by students, was
briefly described. A book will be published later in 2007.
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University
of British Colombia
has a learning commons to be completed in fall 2007-. Some classes and
university programs will be held right in the building. Seen
as an environment where people involved with teaching and learning can engage
with resources of teaching and learning.
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University
of Virginia
-used the term “outsourced librarian” -librarians embedded in the
departments, and are able to sit in on classes in classrooms, studios,
etc... and conduct sessions based on syllabus.
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University of Rochester outreach - all classes have course
pages and are introduced to them in their classes. Roving Librarians in
Library. Presence in Facebook, MySpace. IM, There is an “unofficial
library page in MySpace
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University
of Cincinnati
has a very active instruction program for students and faculty. Participate in
the UC Integrated Core Learning initiative by developing program for first-year
students, mid-collegiate composition, and capstone courses. Coordinate
with the Faculty Technology Resource
Center and Academic
Information Technology and Libraries (AIT&L) to offer workshops such as
“e-portfolios” or low-tech classes in how to create pod casts, or
how to set up ARTstor accounts Also run weeklong institutes during breaks in
winter and spring. They use pod-casts for “low-tech instruction”,
use student assistants as “peer-mentors” use RSS feeds to
communicate with student assistants. They have a staff lap-top that they check
daily for updates and messages.
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University
of Utah
is reducing the number of classes taught by librarians, and has trained
graduate student to include information literacy competencies in classes they
are teaching.
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Others spoke of overview sessions
and/or tutorials for freshmen that cover basic databases, and research
techniques, and more refined research being covered later on within their
subject specialty.
Respectfully
submitted,
Andrea S. Goldstein
Temple University
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