Join the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community on Thursday, March 17 at 3:00 pm EDT for a webcast presentation and discussion with Lauren Hays and Mark Hayse, co-directors of the library-based

I will be presenting this today as a Library 2.013 pre-conference event,  Connected Librarians Day. Hope you see you online.

Blended Librarianship and Blended Librarian Presentation Overview based on the article Shank, John D., and Steven Bell. “Blended Librarianship.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 51, no. 2 (2011): 105-110.

The Proceedings of the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment are now available on the conference website. The fifth Library Assessment Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, brought together 600 participants from 47 US states, 8 Canadian provinces, and 14 countries outside of North America. The program offered panel, paper, lightning talk, and poster presentations covering all areas of library assessment. Session themes represented the diversity of assessment efforts and included sessions on data visualization, librarian liaisons, public libraries, and collaboration outside the library...

Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016 Time: 3:00 pm EDT Duration: 60 min Join the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community on Thursday, March 17 at 3:00 pm EDT for a webcast presentation and discussion with Lauren Hays and Mark Hayse, co-directors of...

The job is as multifaceted as it is hard to define. But some qualities are crucial: technical ability, design skills, pedagogical knowledge, and a deft interpersonal touch.

The Mary Idema Pew Library has quickly become a staple of the Grand Valley State University community. Hosting large events such as the annual Teach-In, Exam Cram activities and special exhibits, the library may also contribute to a much larger aspect of college: retention rates.

In this section, I am attempting to consolidate current job positions in libraries that require instructional design and technology skills. If you have a job posting you'd like me to add, please contact me through my Bio page. 

When library deans and directors make public statements, they invariably acknowledge staff as the library’s most important asset. It seems that this platitude is becoming increasingly relevant as academic and research libraries make the transition from collections-centered to services-centered organizations.…

We experimented with gamification here at the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community – though not too successfully. It was great to learn about Credly and how to integrate it into our Community.

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Libraries have long functioned as collaboration hubs - should we brand them the collaboratoriums for the digital age?

Libraries are now the leading place where the public accesses 3D printers. Whether it’s to provide increased opportunities for children to experiment with new technologies or encourage new technology-based innovation in small business, policymakers should look to include libraries in their policies and programs.

This is a recording of the live BL webcast on 10/22. Learn about the most significant trends in edtech, highlight responses in the form of emerging R&D models and examine two questions: How can we intentionally design universities & libraries to change fast–even as fast as the needs of students themselves are changing? And what is the role of edtech organizations–either for-profit or not–in these sandboxes?

When talking to instructors about what information literacy is, I'm not the biggest fan of referring to its commonly accepted definition: "Information literacy is the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." Why? Because in order to embrace it, support it, and implement…

Prospective online students may not be thinking about these resources, but they could be a key to success.

My shared presentation @ Bucknell on 10/7/15 Enjoy!

The Library 2.015 Worldwide Virtual Conference. The fifth annual global conversation about the future of libraries is on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 from 7am - 8pm US Pacific / 10am - 11pm US Eastern.

College students and instructors provide their insights on library use, the value of libraries, and research skills.

Several higher education learning and assessment professionals discuss the difficulties of measuring learning.

What is on the five-year horizon for academic and research libraries? The NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition examines key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in technology for their impact on academic and research libraries worldwide. 

As proof positive that, even with their superior powers of observation and vision, librarians can’t predict the future, the planners for the American Library Association 2015 annual conference definitely underestimated how many people would be attending the program Look into the Crystal Ball: Future Directions for Higher Education and Academic Libraries, sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries University Libraries Section (ACRL ULS). Every seat was filled, as well as all available floor space, with attendees eager to hear the panel’s thoughts on what the future may hold for academic libraries.