This spin on a sharing session features 40 one-minute, rapid-fire tips delivered by library professionals across the state, addressing how they incorporate AI into their daily professional duties. The objective is to provide lessons learned, tips, and best practices from seasoned and new professional alike in a concise format. Topics will span all library services, but will be categorized by function. A brief Q&A will follow.
This panel discusses Southeastern’s long-time credit information literacy course, LS 1020: Introduction to Research, and its recent history: the good, the bad, and the in-between. The panel comprises four current instructors and one former instructor of the course
Drawing on conversations with library staff from institutions that have already migrated to Alma/Primo, this session shares 10 quick, practical tips for libraries also making the change. Learn strategies, lessons learned, and real-world advice to help your library navigate the migration process with greater confidence and fewer surprises.
Gamification usually focuses on a game as a means to deliver tailored content. I wish to explore an alternative, where analyzing the mechanics of playing a game allow students to enact core concepts of information literacy. Building on a successful model I have previously used, we will be doing an interactive session using The Stanley Parable and Untitled Goose Game to experience; “Authority is Constructed and Contextual”, “Research as Inquiry”, and “Searching as Strategic Exploration.”
Within this past academic year, Frazar Memorial Library at McNeese State University, a career focused school, has incorporated a greater focus on information literacy across campus. In this panel, two public services librarians and an information literacy coordinator discuss the methods of out reach and engagement, forms of measuring success, and analysis of collected data regarding information literacy. They will also discuss areas of improvement and plans for said improvement.
This presentation encourages a diversified approach to Source Type selection for librarians involved in Bibliographic Instruction. Source Types will be reviewed and considered through the lens of humanities and social sciences coursework. Aristotelian Appeals will be aligned with Source Types for their impact. Through thoughtful recommendation, librarians can facilitate the selection of resources that convey emotion, rationality, and perceptions of credibility for student "one-shot" attendees.
