Thursday, September 26, 2019

The Gift of a Public Library

Andrew Carnegie was the force of Gilded Age philanthropy behind the building of public libraries. Along with other recognizable names who made their fortune in the late 1800s and early 1900s—Rockefeller, Ford, Mellon, Morgan, Stanford, Harriman, Heinz—Carnegie’s influence endures today largely because of the way he gave away the vast fortune he amassed.

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Monday, September 23, 2019

CENSORSHIP LEAVES US IN THE DARK: A BANNED BOOKS WEEK READING LIST

Happy Banned Books Week 2019! This year, we’re highlighting how censorship leaves us in the dark. Keep the lights on by adding some of the titles below to your reading list!

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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Collaborating on Flipped Library Sessions: 8 Best Practices for Faculty & Librarians By: Nicole Webber and Stephanie Wiegand


Students collaborate in library for library instruction session














A common practice at many colleges and universities involves course faculty inviting librarians into their classrooms to teach research and information literacy skills and concepts customized to disciplinary or course needs. Library instruction varies in format but often manifests in the librarian teaching a single, isolated class session—what librarians refer to as a “one-shot.” Many challenges accompany this traditional format, including time-constraints, disengaged audiences, and little understanding on the part of the student as to how the library instruction integrates with course content.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019