Professional development for Instruction & Outreach (I&O) will help librarians continually expand and enhance their knowledge and application of innovative pedagogies in learning, teaching, outreach, and research. Using a peer instruction model, librarians will collaborate and share their expertise with each other in order to meet the WMU Libraries’ information literacy and research services goals and outcomes.
For each professional development (PD) session, the leader will identify the following:
Any librarian may lead an I&O PD session. All library employees are welcome to attend.
Fall 2017
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Notes/Preparation |
| “But It’s a Number, So It Has To Be True!”: An Introduction to Data Literacy, Part I Presented by Lynette Hoelter, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
Video | Slide Deck | |||
| “But It’s a Number, So It Has To Be True!”: An Introduction to Data Literacy, Part II Presented by Lynette Hoelter, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
Video | Slide Deck | |||
| Harwood Institute program - led by Ed Eckel | ||||
| Outreach models, strategies, techniques | ||||
| User Experience | Consider inviting presenter from U of M, MSU, GVSU |
Past Sessions
Spring 2017 Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Preparation | Resources/Recordings |
| January 17 | 12:00-12:30 | Waldo Classroom A | Dissertations and Theses - Maira Bundza | ||
| February 28 | 12:00-12:30 | Waldo Classroom A | Google Scholar for Reference and Instruction - Carrie Leatherman | ||
| TBD | TBD | Waldo Classroom A | Media Literacy and "fake news" - discussion of the issues and practical instruction techniques/exercises - Dianna Sachs | TBA - there will be preparation | |
| TBD | TBD | Waldo Classroom A | Connecting lesson plans to the Information Literacy Core Competencies - Dianna Sachs | TBA - there will be preparation | |
| TBD | TBD | Google Apps for Education - Presenter/Moderator TBD | |||
| TBD | TBD | One Drive for Business - demo and training - Ed Eckel | |||
| TBD | TBD | Libraries' Faculty and WMU Diversity Learning Community - report from M. Duffy and L. Guth | |||
| TBD | TBD | Screencastify - demo - Carrie Leatherman | |||
| TBD | TBD | Critical Information Literacy - Dianna Sachs | TBA - there will be preparation |
Fall 2016 Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Preparation | Resources/Recordings |
| November 22 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo Classroom A | Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education – implications and potential applications (part 2) – Dianna Sachs | Kuglitsch, R. Z. (2015). “Teaching for Transfer: Reconciling the Framework with Disciplinary Information Literacy” portal 15(3), 457-470. | |
| October 18 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo Classroom A | Information Literacy and Scholarly Communications – Dianna Sachs | ACRL (2013). Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. | |
| September 27 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo 3077 | Research Data Services - Carrie Leatherman | ||
| TBD | 10:30-11:00 | TBD | Google Apps for Education - Presenter/Moderator TBD |
| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Preparation | Resources/Recordings |
| February 11 | 11:00-4:00 | Education Library classroom | Going Out of Bounds with Reference Services |
Recorded versions: http://mycourses.amigos.org/conferences/out_of_bounds See Maira Bundza, Dianna Sachs, or Ed Eckel for log in information |
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| April 12 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | Art reference – Michael Whang | ||
| April 25 | 2:00-3:30 | Waldo, 3077 (moved to Classroom A) | ACRL Presents Webinar – A Shared Language: Threshold Concepts in Writing Studies | Recorded version: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/p1g69i2uwuw/ | |
| April 26 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | Blended Librarianship – Dianna Sachs |
Bell, S. J. & Shank, J. (2004). “The Blended Librarian: A blueprint for redefining the teaching and learning role of academic librarians” C&RL News, 372-375. Bell, S. J. & Shank, J. (2011). “Blended librarianship: [Re]Envisioning the role of librarian as educator in the digital information age” Reference & User Services Quarterly 51(2), 105-110. |
Book: Academic librarianship by design : a blended librarian's guide to the tools and techniques. Bell, Steven J; Shank, John D. American Library Association 2007 Website and Learning Community: http://blendedlibrarian.learningtimes.net/ |
| May 3 | 8:30-12:00 | Brown Hall 3025 | R&I Planning Workshop | ||
| May 12 | 3:00-4:00 | Education Library Classroom |
Blended Librarianship Webinar: From ‘Design Thinking’ to ‘Design Knowing’: Reconceptualizing Librarianship as a Design Discipline - facilitated by Kate Langan |
Recorded version (follow link at bottom of the page): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-design-thinking-knowing-john-d-shank?trk=mp-author-card | |
| May 17 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | Sense-making in the University Libraries - a different framework for viewing library resources and services – Ed Eckel | ||
| May 24 | 11:30-1:00 | TBD | Info Lit brown bag lunch discussion | ||
| May 31 | 1:00-2:00 | Waldo, Classroom B | ACRL IS Forum: Using the Framework to Foster Conversations about Information Literacy Instruction - facilitated by Dianna Sachs | Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMSBC0WU-wc | |
| June 15 | 1:00-2:00 | Waldo, Classroom A | LOEX Virtual Conference: What Am I Doing and Why Am I Here?: Meaning, the Moment, and Combating Burnout |
Recording: https://loex.webex.com/loex/lsr.php?RCID=1c30b4ce7e93023b1da6a0d626e50782 Note: you will need to download the WebEX plug-in to play the recording |
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| June 16 | 1:00-2:00 | Waldo, Classroom A | LOEX Virtual Conference: Reinvigorating a Library Workshop Series: Moving Workshops into the Online Environment |
Recording: https://loex.webex.com/loex/lsr.php?RCID=e64f22d664fe5211e26f4438e5dc0769 Note: you will need to download the WebEX plug-in to play the recording |
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| June 17 | 1:00-2:00 | Waldo, Classroom A | LOEX Virtual Conference: Are you HIP?: Building the Value of Libraries and Library Instruction with High-Impact Practices |
Recording: https://loex.webex.com/loex/lsr.php?RCID=940afd78d81dda8183b98c6c6ecdeb80 Note: you will need to download the WebEX plug-in to play the recording |
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| June 21 | 1:30-4:00 | Education Library, Classroom E | Entrepreneurship Resource Workshop - LuMarie Guth | ||
| June 21 | 1:00-2:15 | Waldo, Classroom A | LOEX Virtual Conference: Rhetorical Reinventions: Rethinking Research Processes and Information Practices to Deepen our Pedagogy |
Recording: https://loex.webex.com/loex/lsr.php?RCID=a9beb9b8e39907f2982210353643ad06 Note: you will need to download the WebEX plug-in to play the recording
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| June 22 | 1:00-2:00 | Waldo, Classroom A | LOEX Virtual Conference: Dread Data No More: Crash Course in Data Visualization for Librarians |
Recording: https://loex.webex.com/loex/lsr.php?RCID=2f20ef262204f8118e7af805313cf342 Note: you will need to download the WebEX plug-in to play the recording |
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| July 5 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | Research data from Newsbank – Maria Perez-Stable | ||
| July 19 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - Implications and potential applications (part 1) - Dianna Sachs |
Foasberg, N. M. (2015). “From Standards to Frameworks for IL: How the ACRL Framework Addresses Critiques of the Standards” portal 15(4), 699-717. |
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| August 9 | 10:00-10:30 | Waldo, Classroom A | ScholarWorks – Connecting Researchers with the Institutional Repository – Maira Bundza | ||
| September 27 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo 3077 | Research Data Services - Carrie Leatherman | ||
| October 18 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo Classroom A | Information Literacy and Scholarly Communications – Dianna Sachs | ACRL (2013). Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. | |
| November 22 | 10:30-11:00 | Waldo Classroom A | Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education – implications and potential applications (part 2) – Dianna Sachs | Kuglitsch, R. Z. (2015). “Teaching for Transfer: Reconciling the Framework with Disciplinary Information Literacy” portal 15(3), 457-470. | |
| TBD | 10:30-11:00 | TBD | Google Apps for Education - Presenter/Moderator TBD | ||