Teaching with Librarians

6 January 2022

As Carleton’s instruction librarians, we enjoy meeting new faculty, learning about their teaching, and discussing the ways we can support their classes. We see faculty-librarian partnerships as new ways to…

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Feedback and assessment in collaborative projects with students

30 October 2019

Last week, Matt Whited (chemistry), Susannah Ottaway (history), and Ellen Iverson and Kristin O’Connell (both of SERC) presented at an engaging LTC session that explored strategies for communicating expectations, assessing…

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Information literacy in the age of disinformation

9 September 2019

Recently, Serena Zabin, professor of history, brought to my attention the Washington Post piece by Karin Wulf titled, “Could footnotes be the key to winning the disinformation wars?” After spending…

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Quickstart for Podcasts

4 April 2018

What are podcasts? Podcasts are digital audio files which can be listened to by streaming or downloading. Why use podcasts? Podcasts are sometimes used in lieu of a paper assignment…

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Information literacy across the curriculum

7 November 2017

Last week’s LTC lunch was a thoughtful presentation of various examples of teaching and assessing information literacy in different places across the curriculum. If you have ever wondered exactly what…

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Truth, Information Literacy, and the American Way

12 May 2017

This week’s LTC lunch showcased three partnerships between librarians and faculty to develop and support assignments designed to encourage students to make sense of current events and develop their information…

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