Archive for January, 2009
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Narrating the “Back Story” Through E-learning Resources in Libraries
January 28, 2009 | 14 commentsTags: digital learning materials, e-learning, instruction, instructional design, learning objects, peer reviewWe at In the Library with the Lead Pipe are happy to welcome two guest authors to our blog! Hyun-Duck Chung and Kim Duckett are two of our creative and inspiring colleagues at the North Carolina State University Libraries. Read on to learn more… By Hyun-Duck Chung and Kim Duckett Lately we’ve been thinking a lot about the…
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A Librarian’s Guide to 332.024
January 21, 2009 | 3 commentsTags: andrew tobias, burton malkiel, insurance, investing, money, personal finance, retirement, tiaa-cref, vanguardBy Brett Bonfield I want you to think rationally about money. That’s my goal for this article. After you read it, I want you to feel more in control. That sounds easy, but it’s hard to think clearly when it comes to money. Daniel Kahneman was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2002 for his work…
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A Look at Recessions and their Impact on Librarianship
January 14, 2009 | 10 commentsImage courtesy of Flickr user RayBanBro66 By Hilary Davis Given the constant flood of reports comparing our current economic recession with past major recession events including the Great Depression, I want to explore the historical patterns of employment rates and salaries for librarians at times of recession and the role of libraries during recession events. In…
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In Praise of the Internet: Shifting Focus and Engaging Critical Thinking Skills
January 7, 2009 | 25 commentsTags: information literacy, instructionBy Ellie Collier My alternate title for this post was “The Internet is awesome. Start acting like it.” It is a call to arms to shift our attitude away from magnifying the perils of online research and towards examining the many types of useful information along with how and when to use them; to shift our…