From the monthly archives: July 2011

Mobile instruction

On July 29, 2011 By

Although the Duke Libraries always get a mention when mobile library services are discussed, we know that there’s always more that can be done.  A changing landscape of mobile devices, coupled with evolving user expectations, means that we have several investigations going on here in the library.  Our Center for Instructional Technology has been [...]

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From teacher to teacher-librarian and back again

On July 22, 2011 By

In 2002, I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education and a job in a public high school. After a year of teaching high school English that was as gratifying as it was exhausting, I moved across the country to a school district with no openings in my field. On a whim [...]

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…but are they learning?

On July 15, 2011 By

We’ve posted before about implementing learning outcomes assessment for library instruction.  Last month we held a workshop for librarians who do instruction to review basic concepts in assessing student learning.  We practiced how to write good outcomes, and talked a bit about assessment methods.

This time around, fifteen librarians who do instruction for Writing [...]

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Revisiting Bloom’s and Making Sense of Outcomes

On July 6, 2011 By

After attending a learning outcomes assessment workshop led by Diane Harvey in June I was left pondering three things: Bloom’s Taxonomy, ACRL Literacy Standards, and information behavior theory.

As a library science student I regularly refer to theories and models related to information seeking behavior, both to reflect on my [...]

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