This fall, IU Bloomington MLS student Jenny Hoops is developing digital timelines for the IU East Campus Library Women of Valor: Interfaith Actions for Social Justice LibGuide, in collaboration with library director Frances Yates. Jenny will be utilizing Knightlab software to develop digital scholarship for many of the women featured in Women of Valor, with… Read more »
Month: August 2018
Organizing Your Research
Research is changing. Experts from the EBSCO corporation, which produces library databases, spoke recently with IU East library staff about their internal studies on how students used their products – and what the emerging trends are that they plan to address. Their evidence shows that more students are doing initial research for final projects and… Read more »
Working skills for everyone
Beth South is Coordinator of Campus Library User Services and Archivist at Indiana University East. This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Library Management Skills Institute in Bloomington, IN, sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. It was an intensive and engaging three-day workshop, led by consultant… Read more »
Rhyme with Reason: The Summer Poetry Teachers Institute – KT Lowe shares her experience
This past July, I was fortunate to attend the Summer Poetry Teachers Institute. Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, which furthers the understanding and appreciation of poetry, the institute was at their headquarters in Chicago, IL. The application was competitive, with only 100 teachers and librarians from across the US, from kindergarten to college, selected to… Read more »