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- Steven Bell, Director of the Paul J. Gutman Library
- Philadelphia University
- bells@philau.edu http://blendedlibrarian.org
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- Steven J. Bell is director of the Paul J. Guttman Library at
Philadelphia University. He has worked with Steven Gilbert and the
TLT Group on a variety of workshops and programs for the academic
community. He is a co-founder of the Blended Librarians Online Learning
Community. Learn more at :
http://staff.philau.edu/bells
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- Ubiquitous courseware systems
- information silos to all course-related information
- Textbook publishers marketing directly to faculty and students
- Personalized subscription databases marketed directly to students – i.e.
Questia
- Web Search Engines - Google
- The “Googlelization” phenomena - emulating Google
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- Tim Burke, faculty member at Swarthmore, wrote:
- “The main reason that I don’t think
- students learn from our librarians is that
- they’re not learning from their professors
- how to search, either, and in some cases,
- because the professors themselves don’t really
- know how to navigate the brave new world of
- catalogs and databases.”
- Easily Distracted – Jan.20, 2004
- http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/
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- An academic librarian who
- combines the traditional skill set of librarianship
- with the information technologist’s hardware/software skills,
- and the instructional or educational designer’s ability to apply
technology appropriately in the teaching-learning process.
- The BL helps faculty to achieve student learning outcomes by designing
or assisting in the design of tools that facilitate the mastery of
information literacy skills.
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- More than a concept – a working community of professionals.
- Focus is on developing skills and working collaboratively on the
evolution of the concept and practice of Blended Librarianship.
- Currently has 600+ members, offers chat sessions, discussion threads,
live webcasts, and more.
- Learn more at http://blendedlibrarian.org
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- Using the library’s catalog-based or turnkey e-reserve system (#16)
- Using table of contents alert services (#34)
- Capturing database articles as text files and uploading captured files
into courseware
(#26)
- Locating articles in databases using exact citations, supplementing the
addition of articles to course sites or e-reserves (#26)
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- Methodology
- Blended librarians use instructional technology to develop learning
tools that educators may use to enable learners to gain information
literacy skills (i.e. CMS, LTAs, LOs, RSS)
- Forefront versus Background: the blended librarian may work behind the
scenes to support the instructor who teaches information literacy in
place of/or addition to the librarian doing the classroom teaching.
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- At your institution…
- Are you collaborating with other academic
support professions? (excluding teaching faculty).
- Did you initiate the collaboration? Was a “formal” institutional
program/change the outcome of this collaboration?
- Are the other academic support professionals you have collaborated with
supporting information literacy at your institution
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Notes