Georgia Library Association - Coastal Georgia Library Collaborative

The Coastal Georgia Library Collaborative celebrated the end of a successful year with a Holiday Hoopla at the Learning Commons on the Armstrong campus of Georgia Southern University. Brenda Poku became our chair and Nikki Cannon-Rech was selected as the vice-chair

The Flywheel Effect: Bridging the gap for 1st year students in a virtual world

Presentation given by Georgia Southern faculty member Kay Coates and Vivian Bynoe at the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee

Pop-Up Library

Lane Library held a Pop-Up Library outside The Galley entrance on February 27, 2018. Books and DVDs were available to check out, and librarians provided answers to questions as well as outreach to inform the campus of library services

Don\u27t Cancel That Class! Creating Opportunities for Library Instruction.

Academic librarians and faculty both understand the importance of teaching information literacy skills to college students and the value of library instruction; however it can be a challenge to fit library instruction sessions into a busy semester schedule. In the fall semester of 2016, Armstrong State University Reference and Instruction Librarians, reached out to faculty by offering creative instruction sessions for those who needed to miss class. Instead of canceling class, faculty have the option to choose from three interactive standalone library instruction sessions. Utilizing this model allows librarians to address important information literacy proficiencies that fall through the cracks of the standard research assignment preparation, and engages faculty who may not otherwise seek library instruction. The classes are interdisciplinary and can be adjusted for all learners from freshman to graduate level, making them attractive to faculty and students who have already had more traditional library instruction. Each session includes an activity that is graded by the librarian or professor for course credit. During this poster session, handouts will be provided with detailed lesson plans for each interactive class, along with a discussion of the benefits of the “Don’t Cancel That Class” program, and opportunities for future improvement

Popping the Filter Bubble on Internet News and Recognizing Bias

Students deal with complex online environments every day, and many are being asked to grapple with—and produce—new types of information and to utilize and navigate unfamiliar information environments. Critical thinking skills can empower students to become savvy consumers, producers, and distributors of information and can equip them to navigate and participate in complex twenty-first-century information ecosystems. The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook provides lesson plans, resources, ideas, and inspiration to empower librarians in helping students develop the crucial critical thinking and information and media literacy skills they need. 96 recipes divided into two parts—Consuming Information and Producing and Distributing Information—explore evaluating information, recognizing scholarly sources, how technology mediates our experiences with information, the economics of information ecosystems, and more, including provocative considerations of issues like copyright and open access and deep dives into pop culture and social media. Critically examining many of the challenges inherent in our media ecosystems, The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook takes a broad look at the types of sources our students are expected to use and produce, and provides librarians and educators with a series of adaptable and innovative approaches to teaching critical-thinking skills

Bringing joie de vivre back: Workplace burnout & Black Women in academia

Workshop presented at the 10th Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) Conference

Intersectionality, ICD-11, and Black Women Librarians in the Midst of a Pandemic

Georgia Southern faculty members, Vivian Bynoe and Kay Coates co-authored Intersectionality, ICD-11, and Black Women Librarians in the Midst of a Pandemic, a chapter in Academic Librarian Burnout: Causes and Responses