Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Librarian Superpowers

Most of the librarians I know keep a lower profile than those at Carlton College, who have trading cards extolling their superpowers.

Ok, UH Librarians, what are YOUR superpowers?

Windward CC's Tara Severns:

Superpowers
* Undaunted ability to cite any source
* Bloodhound-like ability to track down obscure documents
* Super-angular vision: the ability to see an issue from many angles

Secret Weapon
* Boolean operators

Vulnerability
* Youtube

Friday, May 18, 2007

Pics from LILO Workshop

LIS grad student, Alice, took a bunch of great photos at the recent LILO Workshop at Windward Community College on May 16th, 2007.

Check them out at her flickr account.




Students Receptive to Interactive Tutorials

Here's an interesting article that suggests students are very receptive to learning information literacy through interactive tutorials:

Using Interactive Technology to Teach Information Literacy...