NEAISL 2008 Program
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8:30–9:30 Registration, Lobby, Boyden Library
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9:30–10:30 Keynote, Garonzik Auditorium, Koch Center
- Megan Oakleaf
- “Once More Unto the Breach”: Closing the Gap between High School & Higher Education
- High school teacher-librarians strive to prepare college bound students for the rigors of collegiate research. Academic reference librarians help first year students adjust to complex library buildings and websites. With so many librarians working to close the gap between high school and higher education, why do some students fail to transition successfully? What more can librarians do to help? This presentation will identify the information literacy skills many college students lack, suggest focus areas for high school information literacy instruction, and outline a plan for determining which information literacy skills are emphasized at the colleges your students attend.
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10:30–11:15 Break, Lobby, Boyden Library
11:15–12:15 Break Out Session I
- Margaret Cohen, Boston College
- LibGuides
Garonzik Auditorium, Koch Center
- Research Guides and pathfinders are not new to the Library, but the way in which we create them has changed. Using software called LibGuides, Boston College Librarians created new tools to provide access to research sources, strategies, and support to the community. Come hear about the nuts and bolts of setting up LibGuides and how the software supports Web 2.0.
- W. Dean Eastman & Kevin McGrath, Beverly High School, Beverly, MA
- Primary Research Online: How Students Bring Local History to Life
AV1, Lower Level, Boyden Library
- The goal: Provide educators with ideas and technological tools designed to spark innovation in teaching local history and civics at the high school level. The model: A program at primaryresearch.org for teaching and learning local history. Learn how the program works, how the presenters use technology to broaden students’ understanding of local history, and how students become actively involved in civic service through digitization and archiving projects. Speakers illustrate, with real examples, the process of student research in the field and in the school, the use of the local environment as a history laboratory, the approach to gathering data and finding sources of information, the role of collaboration with a wide range of institutions, and more!
- Terry Plum, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
- Adding Local Content to the Web
Planetarium, Koch Center
- Adding digital content does not have to be complicated or difficult. It can even be fun for students. This presentation will explore various ways to place local content up on the web, as a student project led by a librarian. It will look at freely available tools for making content available, and will explore how standards for metadata, scanning and access can be taught and used to make local content available to everyone.
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12:30–1:30 Lunch — Lobby, Memorial Building
1:45–2:45 Break Out Session II
- Megan Lambert, Eric Carle Museum
- A Novel Idea: Connecting Picture Books and Novel Ideas in Middle & High School Curriculum
AV2, Lower Level, Boyden Library
- The picture book form is traditionally viewed as the domain of children ages 8 and under. This discussion-based workshop explores how to link novel reading with picture book reading in order to support critical engagement with texts and to extend the range of the picture book through upper elementary school, middle school, and high school classes in language arts.
- Megan Adams Brooks, Director, Research & Instruction, Wellesley College
- Heather Woods, Director, Digital Media & Instruction, Wellesley College
- Wellesley Plus: Integrating Library and IT into a Supplementary First Year Experience (handout)
Planetarium, Koch Center
- Wellesley College piloted a supplementary program for a small number of first-year students in 07–08. Along with enhanced advising and co-curricular support, students attended a weekly 2.5 hour lab session taught by Information Services staff covering finding, analyzing and producing information in print, graphics, audio and video. In this lab, which ran in conjunction with an expository writing course, students experienced a range of strategies for planning, research, content development, and publication. Because the lab was co-taught by our library and technical staff we were able to provide the students with a more comprehensive and connected look at information history, sources and production. This presentation will cover the development of the program, lessons we learned along the way, examples of student work, and plans for the 08–09 year.
- Lynne Robbins, Director, Boyden Library, Deerfield Academy
- Facebook, Wikis, Blogs... Oh My!
Faculty Lounge, Second Floor, Boyden Library
- A panel of Deerfield students will react to questions about social networks, wikis, blogs and present students’ views of what the 21st century library should look like—the building and the digital space, the resources and services.
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3:00–4:00 Tours - Meet in the Lobby of the Boyden Library for Transportation
Literary Events in the Surrounding Area
Lodging and Dining
Directions
Past Conferences
For further information, please contact
Julia von Ranson
jvonranson@deerfield.edu
