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Blogging Silence until July 13th
Who knows, I may find to time to blog before July 13th, but I have to be realistic. I’m on vacation for the next two weeks because of the wedding and other than my course at MUN, I don’t think I’ll be online much.
Yes, I’ll put pictures online as soon as I can.
Yes, I’m [...]
Having a proud Canadian moment getting our wedding license
I have to share this story!
Brad and I went to apply for our marriage license and the gov’t form was totally gay-friendly. It didn’t assume that we were one gender or the other. We weren’t even labelled “bride” or “groom” but “Spouse”.
Under each spousal category (like where we put our date [...]
The Comments feature is working again
My apologies to everyone, I was having problems with my Comments feature, but it’s back on now. Thank you for your patience!
You know, I actually missed it. As you’ve heard me say many times, one of the reasons I blog is I’m a bit lonely professionally. Blogging gives me a chance to [...]
Commenting on “Ill never teach online again”
At work, we receive weekly emails recommending various readings from the web. Since I find the selections made rather random, I don’t often take a look at them but this week, one actually caught my eye… and I felt I needed to comment upon it ’cause my feelings about it are mixed.
I’ll [...]
My wedding weekend starts in 2 weeks
So much to do! If I don’t post as regularly, please forgive!
Posted by Laurie on June 19th, 2009 under Other | 1 Comment »I guess I haven’t mentioned that I’m going to McGill Fall 2010, huh?
Wedding planning has become so intense that I think I forgot to announce that I’ve been accepted into McGill’s Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science. Due to personal reasons, I’ve deferred starting it until Fall 2010, which includes deferring my pre-paid leave until then.
I’m really excited about it for lots of great reasons!!
Firstly, [...]
Impressive Libraries from History
Out of the blue I received an email from Mark Spicer who publishes The News in Print. He asked if I would consider talking about a recent article he put up about The 7 Most Impressive Libraries From Throughout History.
I thought, why not? After all, one of my favourite books to read in [...]
Typical critical/transformative research paper
For my class, we have to find 3 typical papers representing the 3 research approaches and then identify aspects of the articles that indicate how it fits within that approach. Enjoy!
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Critical/Transformative Research Paper
Koufogiannakis, D. & Wiebe, N. (2006). Effective methods for teaching information literacy skills to undergraduate students: A systematic review and meta-analysis [...]
Typical quantitative research paper
For my class, we have to find 3 typical papers representing the 3 research approaches and then identify aspects of the articles that indicate how it fits within that approach. Enjoy!
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Quantitative Research Paper
Robertson, M.J. & Jones, J. G. (2009). Exploring academic library users’ preferences of delivery methods for library instruction: Webpage, digital game, [...]
Typical qualitative research paper
For my class, we have to find 3 typical papers representing the 3 research approaches and then identify aspects of the articles that indicate how it fits within that approach. Enjoy!
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Qualitative Research Paper
Hepworth, M., & Smith, M. (2008, August). Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in higher education. Australian Library Journal, 57(3), 212-236. Retrieved [...]
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