Bibliographic Instruction SIG

From Metro Collaborate

1 About Us
2 Meetings
3 Recent Activities
4 Convenors

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:

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

Hands-On Instruction in Advanced Search Techniques in Library Catalogs and Databases by Jenna Freedman, Barnard College

Advanced RefWorks Instruction by Kanu Nagra, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Directions:

To get to room 6418, take the elevators in the lobby of the Graduate Center. You cannot get to the sixth floor from the library.

CUNY visitors must show their CUNY IDs to the security guard by the elevators. Non-CUNY visitors must check in at the security desk in the lobby. The security personnel will have a list of those attending. There will also be a list at the library security desk off the lobby for those wishing to see the library.

After leaving the elevator on the sixth floor, follow the signs to room 6418. Restrooms and water fountains are to the right and left of the doorway by the elevators.

Coffee and cookies will be served. In addition, there is a snack bar on the right side of the lobby just past the entrance to the library and a lunchroom on the eighth floor. Feel free to bring food and drinks to room 6418.

For directions to the Graduate Center, see http://library.gc.cuny.edu/info/directions.html.

For information about the Graduate Center, see http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/index.htm. Be sure to follow the B. Altman Department Store link

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Recent Activities

Recent Activities:

April 1st, 2008 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

Meeting Notes

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