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How to Fix Reference


At the ACRL-NEC conference I attended recently there was a fair amount of talk about decreasing reference usage. I suppose I have heard rumblings about this, but I didn’t realize how serious a problem in many places. At Champlain College where I work, our reference usage stats are increasing, and I think some of the [...]

Going to the library is like sex


Follow me on this one. It’s a sensational title, but as I was in a library instruction class the professor actually compared going to the library to sex. You can’t get better marketing than this. We were doing some Q&A towards the end of the session, when the conversation surprisingly turned to libraries and library [...]

Teaching Experience


I really have a new found respect for teachers.  I have been taught all my life and have not realized what is going on behind the scenes when teachers are instructing me.   For my Library and Information Literacy Instruction practicum, I recently taught a library class in which I discussed the finer points of searching [...]