Many people become librarians because of a love of books and reading or a strong commitment to public service – not because they love getting up in front of groups and teaching. Yet many of us find ourselves thrust onto the teaching stage with some regularity, either as instructional academic librarians or as public librarians […]

Many people become librarians because of a love of research and reading or a strong commitment to public service – not because they love getting up in front of groups and teaching. Yet academic librarians are more and more frequently finding themselves thrust into the teaching spotlight by the increasing demand for library skills and […]

By now you have probably heard of blogs (short for web logs), and you might even be reading some – whether you know it or not. Many of us, though, are still wondering just how we can use this exciting new web-publishing platform in our libraries. This three-hour, hands-on workshop will introduce you to the […]

You’ve heard the buzz about MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, and more – now find out what the buzz is all about! This 3 hour workshop will explore what makes social networking sites unique, and what about them is drawing in users by the millions. We’ll also take some time to discuss ways that your library can […]

This four hour technology and copyright course was requested by Houston Community College’s Instructional Media Center and Instructional Design Coordinators. One part of the workshop focused on helping faculty understand the full range of library and information technologies available to them, and the other focused on copyright in the classroom. Designed in conjunction with the […]

Interested in reaching out to your college’s increasing distance education population, but don’t have a lot of money to do it? This workshop is for you! This full day, hands-on workshop will focus on ways that college and university libraries can use a collection of free tools to build a presence in online classes and […]

A remix of “RSS In Your CMS,” “Info To Go” is a workshop that introduces the concept of RSS and provides hands-on opportunities to explore free RSS-to-email and RSS-to-Javascript tools, with a focus on Houston Community College specific applications. The class was developed for technologists working with classroom faculty. Co-taught with Barret C. Havens. Past […]