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professional development and learning 2.0 | and/or
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Praxis. reflection. libraries. Professional development and learning 2.0. April 15, 2012 in meta. Burgeoning' by Robert S. Donovan via Flickr. As others have said, one of the great things about this class is the chance to run what amounts to a series of mini-conferences for preprofessional librarians and information workers — we learn by doing, and from each other. That’s easily been one of my favorite aspects of this semester. Our collection of webinars. Getting back to this week’s readings on pro...
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on institutions and identity | and/or
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Praxis. reflection. libraries. On institutions and identity. March 18, 2012 in meta. Our focus on ethics in class this week demonstrated to me how much I’ve benefited from being a part of the SI community as it hashes out current events and ethical dilemmas in the field of information work. I was also reflecting on the ways in which listservs and other online communication have opened up avenues for discussion. Controversy at SXSW, and one from a few weeks ago about a GPS mobile app. But I also feel a pe...
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on libraries and the one-way tweet | and/or
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Praxis. reflection. libraries. On libraries and the one-way tweet. April 15, 2012 in outreach. Not Getting Involved' by TarikB via Flickr. Apologies for the brief blogging hiatus. We took last week off from class to make room for a series of fantastic webinars produced and presented by my classmates. I’ll talk about those in my next post, but first I’ve got a few more thoughts on Twitter, the topic of our most recent class. I’ve already written. Well, sure — all of them, from libraries to co-ops to...
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on ethics and ‘dangerous questions’ | and/or
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Praxis. reflection. libraries. On ethics and ‘dangerous questions’. March 11, 2012 in meta. Inner Circle by jronaldlee via Flickr. It was hard to organize my thoughts this week in response to our readings on the values and standards of librarianship, and how to approach ethical dilemmas that challenge those values. We discussed the ALA code of ethics in another class this semester, and talked about whether it was prescriptive in a strict sense. While I do believe strongly in the values it lays out, I...
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a web-scale discovery tool by any other name | and/or
https://praxiscope.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/a-web-scale-discovery-tool-by-any-other-name
Praxis. reflection. libraries. A web-scale discovery tool by any other name. April 1, 2012 in meta. Maze' by woodleywonderworks via Flickr. This week, my classmates and I ran our own #si643. Backchannel on Twitter. A few days into our conversation, I felt like I’d participated in a virtual conference with all my sharp, engaged colleagues. Y’all are a fun bunch. Group where classmates shared links and news related to our discussions of information literacy instruction. A great cache of usability data that...