So in a class that I taught earlier today, some of the students were looking at some of the subject encyclopedias I brought in, talking about photocopying articles, and writing down the call numbers so they could go to the reference collection and use them later!!!!
OK, that’s what warms my heart, isn’t it sad? I […]

I think I’m going to try mentioning google scholar in my classes this semester. I’m not going to spend a bunch of time on it, unless requested. I plan to take an informal poll to see if students have heard of it already, mention the importance of using the proxied link from our library’s web […]

Alane from OCLC left a comment on my post about the Gaming and Information Literacy program at ALA asking me to elaborate on why I think an info lit MMOG game isn’t such a good idea. A little bit of disclosure about my own background – I’ve been teaching library workshops and instruction sessions for […]

It never fails, around two weeks before my last class is scheduled I start feeling totally burnt-out. This happens every year. I’m feeling insanely cranky about teaching right now. Sometimes the subject matter just gets so repetitive, it is a little difficult for me to maintain my enthusiasm even though usually all the students and […]

Its kind of funny that earlier this semester I was slightly anxious about my statistics going down a little bit in terms of the number of classes coming in for the departments that I coordinate. I was just checking my work e-mail (it is probably very sad that I’m checking my work e-mail right before […]

I thought I was teaching one class this evening, but I looked at my schedule and discovered that I was teaching 2 classes. Yikes! Fortunately, I’m in full teaching mode nowadays so suddenly teaching an extra class wasn’t too bad. I was a little punchy by the end of the night. Somedays I’d like to […]

I’m sitting around after work watching a baseball game. I don’t think I’ve done this before. There must be something in the water.
I taught a class this evening (a very laid-back one, because instead of a professor, this was a class where seniors teach freshmen as part of an advising program), and when they […]

Every semester it always takes me a little while to get adjusted to all the public speaking I do once the classes I work with start coming to the library. Today I spoke at a meeting and taught 2 classes in a row this evening, and I am totally drained. I gave out my aim […]

Since it is summer, I’m planning my classes in the fall and I’ve decided to set up a library/work AIM screenname and give it out in my classes along with my e-mail address. Why didn’t I think of doing this before, like 2-3 years ago?
I don’t tend to get a ton of e-mail questions […]