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Beyond the Diversity Audit:
Beyond the Diversity Audit:
This was an invited "Virtual Talk" held on December 11, 2023. The session was sponsored by the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Library Consortium and organized by the Operations & Collections Task Force of the consortium’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Social Justice (EDI&SJ) Team, of which I am a member. Creating equitable, diverse, and inclusive (EDI) library collections that amplify the voices of historically marginalized groups and contribute to a sense of belonging and representation requires that we work to make these collections discoverable to the campus community. Moving beyond diversity audits, this presentation offered practical and innovative outreach strategies aimed at increasing awareness and engagement with EDI-centered library collections. This was an interactive session that invited attendees to contribute to crafting a working set of best practices for promoting diverse collections that can be tailored to meet the needs of their libraries. The session drew 23 registrants consisting of personnel working at the member libraries of the CSCU Library Consortium. Feedback from registrants has been extremely positive.
Introduction to OER & Open Pedagogy
Introduction to OER & Open Pedagogy
I was invited to give an introductory presentation on open educational resources and open pedagogy to the Trinity College Library's Library and Information Technology Committee (LITC). LITC is responsible for setting faculty priorities related to Library and Information Technology Services in the context of teaching, learning, and research.
Building Bridges: The Library as a Service Learning Partner in a Civically-Engaged Campus
Building Bridges: The Library as a Service Learning Partner in a Civically-Engaged Campus
This was an invited presentation at Eastern Connecticut State University's 2018 Civic Action Conference. I was asked to present about a service learning and community engagement LibGuide I created. The guide was designed as a resource for faculty who were incorporating community-based learning into their courses. My conference presentation focused on the importance the library as a service learning partner in a civically-engaged campus. Below you will find the conference presentation and LibGuide.
Integrating Library Resources into Online Courses
Integrating Library Resources into Online Courses
I designed and delivered this presentation in collaboration with my Trinity College colleague Joelle Thomas, User Engagement Librarian. Like many other academic institutions, the COVID-19 pandemic required faculty to deliver their courses online. For Trinity College faculty, this meant delivering their course content both synchronously over Zoom and asynchronously via Moodle (Trinity's course management system). This presentation focused on ways faculty could integrate both library resources (e.g., individual articles, books, films, course reserves, etc.) and library services (e.g., research guides, an embedded librarian, etc.). We also used this presentation as an opportunity to introduce and encourage the use of open educational resources when selecting course content.
Educational Technology Summer Studio
Educational Technology Summer Studio
The Trinity College Library hosted "a series of Summer Studio events designed to offer the opportunity to learn more about digital scholarship and to experiment with digital tools." The series was organized by my colleague Mary Mahoney, the Digital Scholarship Coordinator. I was invited to give a presentation that introduced attendees to Canva (a user friendly graphic design platform) and its uses for outreach as well as research and instruction. Participants were then given the opportunity to explore Canva in a workshop setting.
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