Classroom Management Software

If you use computer classrooms or labs for bibliographic instruction, you may already be considering classroom management software. A recent discussion on the ili-l listserv recieved over 30 replies with the following responses:

Most Recommended:

• GenevaLogic's Vision
• NetSupport School 8.5
• Smart Technologies SynchronEyes

Also Recommended:

• LanSchool v6.5
• CrossTec's SchoolVue

ALA has a page comparing Classroom Management Software.

Social Networking and Libraries

How are MySpace, Blogs and other social networking applications affecting your library? Do you have policies in place about their usage? Bandwidth issues? Here are some positive applications of social networking software by libraries (and one museum):

• Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library Youth Services
• Brooklyn College Library
• American Museum of Natural History
• Cheshire (CT) Public Library
• University of Texas - Austin Libraries
• Portland Community College

Library Assessment Conference Workshop Links

Here's a link to the workshop schedule for the Fall 2006 ARL Library Assessment Conference. Many of the workshops have clickable links to PDF or PPT documents. Although the conference was not devoted to Community College libraries, many of the ideas could be adapted to our environment.

The Value of Librarians

A lot of good information in this article; 33 reasons for our relevance.

Outreach and Marketing

Hello, Anybody Out There? is a summary of table discussions on outreach and marketing from the ALA Instruction Section’s Management of Instruction Committee meeting at the 2006 San Antonio Midwinter Meeting.

Do you have any novel ideas for outreach to faculty and students? Does your library have a formal outreach plan to reach faculty across the curriculum?

Reference Training at Guilford Tech Community College

Reference training for library staff at Guilford Tech Community College is available within a Blackboard course module. To access the materials, go to :

http://nclc.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

login as

gtcc-library
library

Click on "Reference Help Training" on the right. On the next page, click on "Handouts", "Assignments", or "Web Sites" in the green margin on the left.

Do other community colleges in NC have reference training modules or similiar materials for training paraprofessionals and technicians?

Ideas For Developing Interesting Research Assignments

The following resources may be helpful in developing new ideas for one-shot instruction sessions or creating assignments with faculty:

Ideas for Library Related Assignments
Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound

Ideas for Research Assignments
Library, Spokane Community College

Sample Library Assignments That Meet Information Literacy Goals
Lakeland Community College

Oregon Library Instruction Wiki
Oregon Library Association’s Library Instruction Roundtable

Assessment Resources for Library Instruction

The following pages and articles discuss student assessment of library instruction, and administrative assessment of instruction by librarians and program administrators:

The "S" word: Assessment. Statistics, Support, Success
Kathy Labadorf, University of Connecticut, and Laurie Sabol, Tufts University
New England Library Instruction Group Spring meeting, 2005

Library Instruction Services Assessment and Evaluation
Odum Library, Valdosta State University

Library Instruction Program: Assessment
Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University

Assessment: Library Instruction Classes & Programs
University of Maryland Libraries

Instruction: Assessment Surveys
University of Iowa Libraries

Instructional Improvement in Academic Libraries
Scott Walter, Associate University Librarian for Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assessing Library Instruction Assessment Activities
Jim Kapoun, Library Philosophy and Practice Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2004)