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Progressive, holistic education, “engaged pedagogy” is more demanding than conventional critical or feminist pedagogy. For, unlike these two teaching practices, it emphasizes well-being. That means...
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I didn’t start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn’t become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day,...
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you! -Dorothy Parker Source
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Reflections on a Year in Librarianship
It’s hard to believe, but last week marked my one year anniversary of playing that full-time library game. It’s been a good year, and it’s gone by incredibly fast, so it seems like a good moment to...
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A man once asked me … how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by themselves. Was I, by any chance, a member of a large, mixed family with a lot of male...
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In Defense of Research Guides
Yesterday, Kevin wrote a very well-reasoned post expressing his skepticism about LibGuides. I am less skeptical and more hopeful–when I think about research guides, I think: Courtesy of refe99.com...
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New Name, Same Game
Some news from your SoCal contributor to this blog: I got married last weekend to my library school sweetheart, so I’ve changed my name to Dani Brecher Cook—you’ll see this reflected on this blog,...
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Photo by David Shankbone. Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like...
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How to Be a Philosophical Librarian
My chapter “Thinking about Meaning: How to be a Philosophical Librarian” was just published in a volume called Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside the Library. An...
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Rule Number One Hits the Road
Photo by Ai-Shuu Your Rule Number One writers are off to conferences galore this week, and we hope you’ll look us up! Conference details follow–if you’d like to meet up and chat about instruction,...
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On Where I’ve Been
Well, it’s been a while since I wrote on this blog, and rather than just come back and start posting without addressing that fact, I want to spend my first post back talking it. Earlier this year,...
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If You Give a Librarian a Cookie…
I’ve always loved to bake. When I was in high school, I would make a dozen kinds of Christmas cookies every year, pack them up in colorful Tupperware and ribbons, and give them to friends, family, and...
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What We Can Learn From Preschool
This month’s copy of The Atlantic includes an interesting (and attention-grabbingly titled) article by Erika Christakis on “How the New Preschool Is Crushing Kids.” While I can’t vouch for the...
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
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Information Literacy Implications of “Algorithmic Bias in Library Discovery...
In the not-too-distant past, my library adopted a new discovery system for our catalog access. Right away, my colleagues and I noticed weirdness: some keyword searches would pull up seemingly unrelated...
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Librarian in a Strange Land
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and I’m teaching an introductory STEM class using a lesson plan that I’ve used approximately one billion times before, asking students to located a scientific study based on...
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The Language of Learning
A few weeks ago, I had coffee with my talented colleague Robin Katz, and we talked about teaching things, just like you might expect. I was struck then, and in a later co-consult with a faculty member,...
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What Does It Mean to be a Teaching Librarian?
This summer, my department is in the midst of an organizational transition, as we move from a traditional, disciplinary-bound reference department to a “Teaching & Learning” team. I’m excited to...
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The Professional Imperative for Learner-Centered Teaching
This piece is cross-posted on the Facet Publishing blog, our UK publisher for Learner-Centred Pedagogy: Principles and Practice. Many thanks to Sinead Murphy for asking us to write this piece and...
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Congrats, Kevin!
Major congratulations are in order for my friend and co-blogger, Kevin Michael Klipfel, who is starting a new gig this week at USC as the Instructional Design and Assessment Librarian! A little over a...
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