Library badges go live! Or, what I did this summer.
Halfway through last year, a directive from the Cal State Fullerton Provost filtered down the ranks to me, the Instructional Design Librarian: Develop a 10-minute library tutorial that all freshmen will be required to complete. For such a short sentence, … Continued
Library Instruction West 2016
I attended Library Instruction West last week: June 8-10, 2016 in Salt Lake City! It was a fantastic conference, I had lots of interesting conversations with awesome people. Here are my biggest takeaways by day and session: Thursday, June 8 … Continued
Professional Development for Librarians: Try New “Learning Pathways” from Lynda.com
Last year LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com, the go-to subscription video service that teaches software, design, and more. Since the purchase, LinkedIn has been doing a lot to increase the value to users of both companies by integrating their best features. Now, LinkedIn users … Continued
What I learned at Library Technology Conference 2016
I attended Library Technology Conference last week: March 16-17, 2016 in Saint Paul, Minnesota! The TL;DR: it was SO WORTH flying out from California. I Tweeted (#LTC2016), and talked, and discussed, and I even presented. The company was good, the food … Continued
An Introduction to Pollak Library eLearning
Learn about our eLearning efforts at Pollak Library, and how we can scale up our instruction and impact without using more librarian time. I originally prepared this presentation for a library meeting.
Getting Library Badges and eLearning Off the Ground
So – since 2014 I’ve been the Instructional Design Librarian and now Instruction Coordinator at Cal State Fullerton. I’ve been interested in badges and scaling up library instruction with eLearning for a while. I pitched badges last year to our interim university librarian, and he’s … Continued
How to Become an Instructional Design/eLearning Librarian
I really, really like instructional design (aka ID). It is a growing field whether in libraries or without. I often get asked about what I do and I like to peruse/collect instructional design-related librarian job postings. So here goes! What does … Continued
Why I Got My Degree in Instructional Design (And You Should Too!)
I have a B.A. in English and a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS). Later on I earned a Master of Education in EduTech/Instructional Design. Every now and then I get asked why I got this second masters, and here’s … Continued
Making It Happen: Second Year Adventures as an Instructional Design Librarian
It’s been exactly one year since I wrote The Making of an Instructional Design Librarian for ACRLog. At the time, I was six months in to my new position. Now I’m a year and a half in! Time flies. That post seems … Continued
The Making of an Instructional Design Librarian
This post was originally published at ACRLog on January 20, 2015. I’m now in my sixth month and second semester as a tenure-track Instructional Design Librarian, which is a new position at my library. In December I completed my second master’s … Continued