stevenb - thinking and writing about academic librarianship, teaching/learning, design thinking, user experience and higher education
Making the Decision You Hate to Make
What to do? You’ve got to make a quick decision. Either way you could be right…or totally wrong.
The gut feeling is that no matter which road you choose it’s the wrong one.
Sometimes the only way to solve a challenging problem is to try seeing it from a completely different perspective. Call that “problem reversal” or “turn it on its head” — the hardest part is realizing a totally different…
Blended librarians are educators.
They teach students the effective use of library tools as they learn how to engage in college-level research. They conduct workshops, design lesson plans and create self-paced…
Librarians get stereotyped. Old ladies. Hair Buns. Glasses on chains. Shushing. Always reading books. Libraries have their own stereotypes. Books, books and more books. Very quiet. Lots of bookworms sitting around reading. Finger puppet story hours. Maybe…