Recent advice
In this early moment in the semester (Although I did just hear a faculty member in the business school reference midterms happening next week. Is that… a thing?), I want to take a moment to share some...
View ArticleREFRAMING: One-shot instruction
I want to return for a minute to a chapter in James Lang’s Small Teaching, which I mentioned before felt relevant to library teaching. “Chapter 3: Interleaving” tackles the learning principle of...
View ArticleIn progress, a book
I don’t know if there’s ever a right time to announce that you’re writing a book. Imposter syndrome comes into play no matter the timing, so here it is: I’m writing a book. The title is Get the Job:...
View ArticleThe genesis of a book
This book began as a money making scheme. I’ll pause here for laughter. Ok, let’s continue. But seriously, sometime in 2015 I read the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. There are a lot of really...
View ArticleA brief list of things I’ve declined while on research leave (and a list of...
I’m on research leave. Hooray! I have the 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas to work on my book. At Indiana University, all pre-tenure librarians have up to 5 months of research leave available...
View ArticleDigital/physical
InULA Notes recently published a brief write up of some research I’ve been working on with my colleague, Meg Meiman, regarding student learning and engagement using digitized and physical primary...
View ArticleREFRAMING: Citation
It occurred to me recently that we don’t give students enough credit when it comes to citation. If you ask faculty and librarians about student citation practices, they will bemoan students’ inability...
View ArticleOutlander and the research process
I finished reading Outlander 3 recently. (Formally titled Voyager, but I’m not great a remembering titles in series, and especially not when I read them on Kindle, which is how I read this 1000 page...
View ArticleChoosing new words
Can I share with you one of my most embarrassing teaching moments to date? Actually, I think I need to just own it and say that it was my MOST embarrassing teaching moment to date, even surpassing the...
View ArticleThe book is here!
Last week, my book quietly launched. You can read more about it or purchase it through the ALA store. A lot of people compare a book to a baby. Generally, I’m not on board with that comparison but I...
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