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NITLE Summit 2010


The National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education’s Summit was held in New Orleans this year. It drew a variety of people including professors, instructional technologists, CIOs, IT professionals, and librarians. It was nice to have an opportunity to meet so many other people who share my interests in thoughtfully using technology to advance learning [...]

ACRL/New England Interview


I was interviewed by Ruth Alcabes at ACRL/NEC. Check it out: Spotlight on Andy Burkhardt.

An Elevator Pitch for Your Library


At Champlain College there is an annual elevator pitch competition. Students compete against their classmates for cash, honing their networking and rhetoric skills. They get ninety seconds to make their case in three categories: job seeking, business idea, or non-profit. I think this is such a cool idea and a useful skill to have. Librarians [...]