Bibliographic Instruction SIG
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About Us
The Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group (SIG) is composed of individuals interested in different aspects of bibliographic instruction. Meetings throughout the year cover a wide range of bibliographic instruction topics and offer important opportunities for networking and information sharing. The SIG also provides professional development opportunities through group discussion, and presentations by group members, vendors and others. Topics targeted for future meetings include bibliographic instruction for targeted groups, distance learning and bibliographic instruction, developing assessment tools, and planning for the future needs of bibliographic instruction.
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Meetings
Next Meeting: TBA
Recent Activities
November 18th, 2008, 2-4 p.m. at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave.
Topic: Proven Instructional Strategies
Presentations:
- Active Learning in One-Shot Instruction Sessions by Maura Smale, New York City College of Technology Handouts
- Hands-On Instruction in Advanced Search Techniques in Library Catalogs and Databases by Jenna Freedman, Barnard College Handout, Powerpoint
- Advanced RefWorks Instruction by Kanu Nagra, Borough of Manhattan Community College RefWorks PowerPoint
April 1st, 2008, 10-12 at METRO
Topic: Instruction Assessment
How do you assess instruction?
Rubrics? Surveys? Observation? Testing? What are you assessing?
Instructor skills, students’ learning, students’ attitudes towards instruction? How do you use assessment data?
Use for reports, use for research/publication/presentations, use to improve instruction? Presenters will delve into aspects of these questions in their discussion of instruction assessment efforts at their libraries.
Presenters:
Laura Cobus, Hunter College
Miriam Laskin, Hostos Community College
Leah Massar, SUNY Purchase
Keith Muchowski, New York City College of Technology
October 31, 2007 at METRO
Topic: Proven Instructional Strategies
- EBSCOhost Visual Search by Sara Marcus, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and CUNY Online BA Program
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) by Scott Johnston, CUNY Graduate Center
- Federated searching by Leah Massar Bloom, SUNY Purchase
June 13, 2007 at METRO
Topic: Proven Instructional Strategies
Speakers:
- Anne Leonard, New York City College of Technology: Historical New York Times
- Anamika Dasgupta, York College: LexisNexis
- Kathleen Collins, CUNY Graduate Center and New York University: RefWorks
April 4, 2007 at METRO
Topic: Proven Instructional Strategies
Speakers:
- Jane Suda, Long Island University: Business Source Premier
- Anne Leonard, New York City College of Technology: Historical New York Times
- Betsy Crenshaw, Long Island University: CINAHL
- Judith Wild, Brooklyn College: Direct ILL via WorldCat
- Linda Roccos, College of Staten Island: Product tutorials for Academic Search Premier and JSTOR and short tutorial examples for short-attention-span patrons.
October 18, 2006 at METRO
Topic: Google Scholar
Program bibliography in .pdf format, PowerPoint, Handout in .pdf format
June 14, 2006 at METRO
Topic: Tips for Beginning Instructors
April 14, 2006 at METRO
Topic: Assessing 50-Minute Instruction Sessions
Topic Bibliography (file in .pdf)
October 26, 2005: Meeting at METRO
Topic: Promoting Information Literacy to Faculty and Admnistrators
June 14, 2005: Meeting at METRO
Topic: Humor as an instruction tool
Topic Bibliography (File in .pdf format)
March 9, 2005: Meeting at METRO
Topic: Library Instruction for the English Classroom
Topic Bibliography (File in .pdf format)
November 16, 2004: Meeting at METRO
Topic: Graduate Information Literacy Graduate Information Literacy
Bibliography (File in .pdf format)
March 24, 2004: Meeting at METRO
Meeting Notes (in Word)
November 5, 2003: Meeting at METRO
September 16, 2003: Meeting at NYPL's Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Topic:The New York Public Library's new training facility and training program.
Speaker: Gary A. Wasdin, Training Coordinator, Celeste Bartos Educational Center, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, New York Public Library
June 3, 2003: Meeting at METRO
April 23, 2003: Meeting at METRO
Convenors
Convenors:
Michael Adams
Reference Librarian
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
TEL: (212) 817-7055
EMAIL: madams@gc.cuny.edu
Betsy Crenshaw
Reference/Health Services Librarian
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 10021
TEL: 718-246-6362
EMAIL: Betsy.Crenshaw@liu.edu
