tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit/50 2009-05-25T02:31:53Z Blog for the University Library's Information Literacy Services and Instruction programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Shares information about the breadth and depth of teaching and learning, orientation, and outreach activities across the University Library and highlights innovative, inspiring, and interesting approaches and ideas. Goal is that the information literacy community of practice will grow stronger and larger through learning about the range of programs offered and the unique programs not widely known. Primary audience is librarians, staff, and graduate assistants in the University Library but everyone who has an interest in information literacy is welcome. Movable Type 3.35 tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1828 2009-05-25T02:20:47Z 2009-05-25T02:31:53Z

WILU is Canada's answer to the LOEX Annual Conference in the United States. The University Library is well-represented this year. Merinda Hensley is presenting on "Teaching New Librarians How to Teach: Creating a Peer Learning Environment" and Emily Love on...

ljanicke WILU is Canada's answer to the LOEX Annual Conference in the United States. The University Library is well-represented this year. Merinda Hensley is presenting on "Teaching New Librarians How to Teach: Creating a Peer Learning Environment" and Emily Love on "Reaching Out Beyond the Classroom: Partnering with Student Services on Campus." Lisa Hinchliffe is presenting a session with Karen Nicholson of McMaster University on "Fostering Reflective Practice through Coaching" as well as giving a Lightning Strike session on "The Learning Library: Building Communication for an Information Literacy Program" (yes, this is a blog posting highlighting a talk that is about this blog - how's that for coming full-circle?)." ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1824 2009-05-19T01:28:34Z 2009-05-19T01:30:47Z

Our next Teaching Toss is this Thursday, May 21, 12-1, in Library 428 on the topic of assessment. Susan Avery will facilitate the discussion based on her experiences as a participants in the Institute for Information Literacy Assessment Immersion program....

ljanicke Teaching Toss is this Thursday, May 21, 12-1, in Library 428 on the topic of assessment. Susan Avery will facilitate the discussion based on her experiences as a participants in the Institute for Information Literacy Assessment Immersion program. As a reminder .... The Teaching Toss is an open discussion on teaching and a salad-buffet potluck rolled into one! Sort of like a brown bag but instead we'll share our ingredients and ideas to create two great mixes - intellectually and culinary. The Office of Information Literacy (a.k.a. Lisa) will provide lettuce and other salad basics - you bring one salad topping (e.g., croutons, shredded cheese, cut-up veggies) and your best ideas on the theme. Why are we doing this? Well, because you asked us too! We've had many requests for discussions and opportunities to share with each other. We thought this would be a fun alternative to the brown bag. So, bring your salad contribution and willingness to share great ideas! ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1823 2009-05-19T00:11:08Z 2009-05-19T00:22:48Z

Each year the University of Illinois hosts the Faculty Summer Institute (FSI) a week-long workshop for faculty, administrators, and others around the state "involved in the application of Web-based technologies to the teaching and learning process and in the planning,...

ljanicke Faculty Summer Institute (FSI) a week-long workshop for faculty, administrators, and others around the state "involved in the application of Web-based technologies to the teaching and learning process and in the planning, administration, and management of online education programs." In past years, librarians have attended and presented at the FSI. The theme for 2009 is "Anywhere, All The Time: Transforming Learning" and the sessions include one lead by Rudy Leon, Learning Commons Librarian in the Undergraduate Library. It is great to see the University Library represented in these kinds of workshops in order to further our integration in teaching and learning on campus! Rudy's Session: Social Bookmarking & RSS for Teaching and Research Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:30pm - 2:45pm Location: 304 English Building Target Audience: Beginner Session Type: Hands-on Workshop - 1 part Track: Future Tense Delicious, Diigo, 2collab, Connotea, CiteULike... the list could go on and on. The real question is what do these tools have to offer you beyond a certain level of buzz and savvy? Can they help your research, your teaching, and the quality of work you get from you students? How can you harness the power of social bookmarking to make the most out of your time and information? This workshop will help you determine which bookmarking networks are right for you & your research, and for you & your students, and how you can combine social bookmarking and RSS to maximize the time you spend finding the information you need, and communicating it to others. ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1827 2009-05-06T18:01:01Z 2009-05-25T02:20:21Z

The Library was well-represented at this year’s LOEX Annual Conference (http://www.loexconference.org/), held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 30-May 2, 2009. Lisa Hinchliffe and Beth Woodard facilitated a session called “The Teaching Philosophy Framework: Learning, Leading, and Growing.” Merinda Hensley...

ljanicke http://www.loexconference.org/), held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 30-May 2, 2009. Lisa Hinchliffe and Beth Woodard facilitated a session called “The Teaching Philosophy Framework: Learning, Leading, and Growing.” Merinda Hensley facilitated a session titled “The Savvy Researcher: Teaching Information Management Skills to Graduate Students.” Robin Miller, current graduate assistant in Reference, also presented a poster at LOEX titled, “Live and Online! Developing Drop-In Library Instruction Sessions for Distance Learners.” As presenters submit their materials, they are being posted online, and eventually the proceedings will be published. ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1798 2009-04-13T13:13:34Z 2009-04-13T13:16:12Z

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has honored University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign librarians, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Beth S. Woodard, with a Special Presidential Recognition Award. Hinchliffe and Woodard are faculty members of ACRL's Institute for Information...

ljanicke http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/acrlinfolitinnovators.cfm for more information.]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1797 2009-04-13T13:11:20Z 2009-04-13T13:12:28Z

Assignments and Exams that Promote Curiosity and Learning Monday, April 13, 3:00-4:30 (LIS 131) Assignments and exams are a necessary part of education that we have come to take for granted, largely because they provide the basis for a student's...

ljanicke Assignments and Exams that Promote Curiosity and Learning Monday, April 13, 3:00-4:30 (LIS 131) Assignments and exams are a necessary part of education that we have come to take for granted, largely because they provide the basis for a student's grade. But assignments and exams provide a more important opportunity: to promote students' curiosity and self-reflective learning. This session will examine the characteristics and appropriate sequencing of intellectually stimulating assignments/exams. Participants will view sample assignments and exams (including some of your own we hope) for analysis and discussion. tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1794 2009-04-08T22:04:55Z 2009-04-08T22:06:53Z

How Students Learn: Implications for Advising and Reference Thursday, April 9, 3:00-4:30 (LIS 131) Research in the fields of education, neurobiology and psychology informs our understanding of how students learn. Yet there is a gap between what we know about...

ljanicke How Students Learn: Implications for Advising and Reference Thursday, April 9, 3:00-4:30 (LIS 131) Research in the fields of education, neurobiology and psychology informs our understanding of how students learn. Yet there is a gap between what we know about learning and what we do about it when we're teaching. Our discussion will focus on practical implications of the research on students' learning, especially on teaching techniques for one-on-one advising. We’ll view a videoclip of students discussing their course assignments, and consider your own examples of real students’ reference desk questions to jump-start our conversation. tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2009:/blog/infolit//50.1729 2009-01-17T03:29:25Z 2009-01-17T03:35:26Z

Congratulations to Jim Hahn for being accepted to lead an ACRL Instruction Section Discussion Group at Midwinter (competitive blind review process). Should be a great conversation on mobile technology and information literacy instruction! Original announcement below with time/date/place details. I'll...

ljanicke Reply-To: ili-l@ala.org To: The Instruction Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries will be convening two Discussion Groups at Midwinter in Denver. On Saturday, from 4-5:30 pm, in the Sunlight Peak Room of the Grand Hyatt, Jim Hahn, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will lead a discussion titled Mobile Learning Best Practice for Information Literacy Instruction. As Mr. Hahn pointed out in his proposal, according to a 2008 Pew Internet and American Life Project report, Mobile Access to Data and Information, the cell phone ranks as the most highly valued technology in America. None of us who spends any time on a college campus is surprised by that, I’m sure. Our students appear to be glued to their phones, both texting and talking. This discussion will be an opportunity to consider the tapping of this pervasive technology for information literacy instruction. Then, on Sunday, 1:30-3 pm, in Korbel Ballroom 2C of the Colorado Convention Center, Wendy Holliday, from Utah State University, will be facilitating a discussion on another very timely topic, Teaching 2.0: What are the Pedagogical Implications of Social Technologies. While 2.0 tools and technologies have been a hot topic recently, the specific focus of this discussion proposes to move our attention away from the specific tools and into a deeper exploration of our teaching, connecting the 2.0 technologies to real instructional practice. Please join us for these very timely discussions. And, bring your colleagues! Gail Gradowski Orradre Library Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 Phone: (408) 554-5438 Email: ggradowski@scu.edu ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2008:/blog/infolit//50.1657 2008-11-20T14:01:26Z 2008-11-20T05:14:40Z

Any review of the University Library's information literacy and library instruction programs must include highlighting the service of those who give their time and talent to the User Education Committee. Existing in some form or another since at least 1986,...

ljanicke User Education Committee. Existing in some form or another since at least 1986, this is a long-standing group! We meet monthly to consider a wide range of topics, initiatives, and activities - all documented in meeting minutes, which we try and post within a week of each meeting. Here is the group's current charge: "The User Education Committee provides guidance and advice to the Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction and the University Library by formulating and reviewing plans, goals, priorities, strategies, policies and procedures related to user education; identifying temporary and ongoing instructional issues; promoting awareness of and participation in information literacy activities within the Library and the University as a whole; gathering information and encouraging research and discussion about information literacy, information seeking, and user education; creating and assisting with instructional development programming; and responding to requests for assistance or advice about user education and information literacy issues." We also have a number of working groups working on specific projects. Have a topic you want the committee to consider? Contact any member!

• Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (chair)
• Melody Allison
• Paula Carns
• Bernice Harrington
• Karen Hogenboom
• Yoo-seong Song
• Ellen Swain
• Nathan Yarasavage
• Susan Avery
• Lori Mestre
• Merinda Hensley
• Emily Love

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Continuing the effort to introduce people who are involved with information literacy and instruction in the University Library, I asked the Information Literacy Services and Instruction Graduate Assistant to introduce herself on this blog. I'll only add that our information...

ljanicke library video tutorials at University of Illinois. Last year as a graduate assistant in Central Reference I created several brief video tutorials on the basics of using the library. This fall, along with other members of the Information Literacy team, I’m testing the tutorials to see if a) users can find them and b) they effectively guide users through different library and research tasks. It’s rewarding to be able to rigorously assess the tutorials that I spent so much time on last year and to identify ways to improve access and usability. As the Info Lit GA, I’ve also taught quite a few library workshops, including Tools to Stay Current in Your Research, Drowning in Data? RefWorks Can Help, How to Be A Better RA/TA, and Research Your Way Past Writer’s Block. That last workshop, Research Your Way Past Writer’s Block, is a workshop that Merinda Hensley and I developed especially for thesis and dissertation writers and we just started offering it this semester. So far, it seems like a big hit! This graduate assistantship has been a great pre-professional experience for me so far and I get to work with some fantastic librarians.]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2008:/blog/infolit//50.1685 2008-11-13T16:57:09Z 2008-11-13T16:59:03Z

The User Education Committee invites you to our first of what are planned to be twice/semester gatherings: The Teaching Toss. We'll meet in Library 428 on November 18, 12n-1p. Our theme this time is active learning. And, what is The...

ljanicke The Teaching Toss. We'll meet in Library 428 on November 18, 12n-1p. Our theme this time is active learning. And, what is The Teaching Toss? It's open discussion on teaching and a salad-buffet potluck rolled into one! Sort of like a brown bag but instead we'll share our ingredients and ideas to create two great mixes - intellectually and culinary. The Office of Information Literacy (a.k.a. Lisa) will provide lettuce and other salad basics - you bring one salad topping (e.g., croutons, shredded cheese, cut-up veggies) and your best ideas on the theme. The User Education Committee's Active Learning Working Group has some information to share but we'll also be opening this up to everyone for ideas. Why are we doing this? Well, because you asked us too! We've had many requests for discussions and opportunities to share with each other. We thought this would be a fun alternative to the brown bag. So, bring your salad contribution and willingness to share great ideas! ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2008:/blog/infolit//50.1672 2008-11-06T01:40:27Z 2008-11-06T01:51:59Z

I'm very excited to be working on the campus Teaching & Learning with Technology Open House. Over a year ago, Leslie Hammersmith in CITES Educational Technologies and I were brainstorming ways to communicate with faculty the range of services and...

ljanicke CITES Educational Technologies and I were brainstorming ways to communicate with faculty the range of services and tools made available by a myriad of campus units to assist with teaching and learning. Leslie tells me the open house was my idea but I give her the credit for championing it with other units and ... now ... coming soon! Teaching & Learning with Technology An Open House Co-Sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education, CITES, and the University Library Monday, November 17, 2008 | 10 a.m. - 3 PM Illini Union, Rooms A, B, and C The Open House on Teaching and Learning with Technology is intended to help educate faculty and staff on the latest tools and services available on campus to help you use technology to enhance learning. We will demonstrate various technologies and their applications to teaching; resource materials will be available for you to take away with you and you will also have a chance to meet and chat with the staff members on campus who can help you adapt technologies to your courses. For more information: http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/learningtech/ ]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2008:/blog/infolit//50.1658 2008-10-29T03:18:51Z 2008-11-04T18:40:08Z

One of the goals I have for this blog is to introduce the PEOPLE who make the information literacy program work and who work to make it even better. Before I ask anyone else to let me do a focus...

ljanicke physical facilities, equipment, and software (e.g., Camtasia), virtual tools (e.g., e*vents and LibGuides), and professional development and training opportunities. Information literacy is also my research area and the area where I am active professionally so there is great synergy in all aspects of my work. I am very passionate about the Library's contributions to student learning and the role of librarians in higher education and feel very privileged to work at such a great Library and University. A joy of my job is the great colleagues I work with and I look forward to introducing them on this blog and highlighting their wonderful work!]]> tag:www.library.uiuc.edu,2008:/blog/infolit//50.1650 2008-10-22T20:17:55Z 2008-10-24T03:30:45Z

I'm excited to kick-off this new blog for the University Library's Information Literacy Services and Instruction programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My goal is to share information about the breadth and depth of teaching and learning, orientation,...

ljanicke I'm excited to kick-off this new blog for the University Library's Information Literacy Services and Instruction programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My goal is to share information about the breadth and depth of teaching and learning, orientation, and outreach activities across the University Library and to highlight innovative, inspiring, and interesting approaches and ideas. I hope that our information literacy community of practice will grow stronger and larger through learning about the range of programs we offer and the unique programs that are not widely known. The primary audience I have in mind are librarians, staff, and graduate assistants in the University Library but I welcome everyone who has an interest in information literacy. Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction