My new boss and ideas from others’ conference presentations

By Karen Nicholson

OK, so I told my new boss I wasn’t the blogging type but it seems the easiest way to keep track of ideas about T&L and libraries. The first ones are these: we need to focus on how to find answers to questions, not how to find books and articles; how can we use mashups in instruction; we should investigate Penn Tags; and what about a debate on the future of the catalogue, or specific topics in instructional design?

4 Responses to “My new boss and ideas from others’ conference presentations”

  1. John Fink Says:

    PennTags, or something like PennTags would be very cool indeed, unfortunately I can’t see anywhere on http://tags.library.upenn.edu that suggests that PennTags is reusable by other institutions — no download links or licenses or anything like that.

  2. Pam Ryan Says:

    Hi Karen — you’re a welcome addition to my blog-reading!

  3. karenzed Says:

    Pam, that’s very flattering! Thanks!

  4. weelibrarian Says:

    I’m with you on the learning how to find answers to questions rather than learning to use the catalogue and articles. I saw an interesting post the other day that noted that we need to work on learning – interfaces, resources, etc change – if we can’t ask the questions, how can we find the information? We need to develop the skills for truly life-long learning.

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