Tag Archives: professional practice
Last Class Reflection-Librarians Always Educate
At the end of the semester, we looked back over what we’ve done and how it all connects. I think that this course, Professional Practice has been one of the most immediately useful of all my SI courses. Today at … Continue reading
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Reading Reflection-Constantly Learning
There wasn’t class last week so I didn’t have a class reflection. Instead I participated in a couple more webinars and found them all fascinating. This project really brought out the best in all of the groups. For this last … Continue reading
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Reflections on Twitter and the Webinar
Class this week was rather short so we could have time to work on our webinars. We talked some more about Twitter and the pros and cons of it. I really enjoyed hearing all the perspectives on it from people … Continue reading
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Reflection-Twitter and the power of background networking
I started on Twitter last year thanks to 624, where we looked at blogs and Twitter feeds. Since then its always on for me either in the corner of my browser or in a tab when I’m not on my … Continue reading
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Class Reflection-Digital Books and Embedded Librarians
Class this week started with a wonderful talk by Paul Courant, who helps to run the Michigan Library. His talk about how complicated the world of ebooks is was really good to hear and understand all the different players. I … Continue reading
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Reading Reflection-Webinars
I watched an archived Webinar on a campaign created by OCLC and the Gates Foundation called Geek the Library, which was fascinating. I was really struck by how difficult it is to make a webinar more than just a recording … Continue reading
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Class Reflection-One Shot Workshop
My first thought about this class was I really wish we’d had more time. Twenty minutes even with the time planned out just feels far too rushed. The five groups covered an array of great topics, two takes on copyright … Continue reading
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One Shot Workshop-Accessibility Links
1-We provide the highest level of service to all library users through appropriate and usefully organized resources; equitable service policies; equitable access; and accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests. ALA Code of Ethics ALA Recommendations: Talk with your … Continue reading
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Class Reflection-One Shots and Horseless’ Carriages
This class was a fascinating mix of things as it felt more like we had at least three different classes in one. The first one was about how to run a One-Shot Workshop that I found so helpful. I like … Continue reading
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Readings-Ethics
The readings for this week are the ALA Code of Ethics, an article by Mosley and then three posts from the discussion about HarperCollins and the Overdrive issue of how many times can e-books be taken out. One thing that … Continue reading
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