[RE]Boot Camp: Share Some. Learn More. Teach Better.
By Ellie Collier Setting the Stage Last fall, as a part of the Texas Library Association’s “Transforming” initiative, my library held its own transforming retreat. Austin... Read More
Sense of self: Embracing your teacher identity
Welcome to another guest post at ItLwtLP. This time we bring you thoughts from Carrie Donovan, an instruction librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. Enjoy! By Carrie... Read More
Stepping on Toes: The Delicate Art of Talking to Faculty about Questionable Assignments
By Ellie Collier Working in an academic environment, the majority of my student interactions are based around a specific assignment. Every semester there is at least... Read More
It’s the Collections that are Special
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome another guest author, Lisa Carter! Lisa has just recently been appointed as Visiting Program... Read More
In Praise of the Internet: Shifting Focus and Engaging Critical Thinking Skills
By Ellie Collier My alternate title for this post was “The Internet is awesome. Start acting like it.” It is a call to arms to shift... Read More
Sticking it to Instruction
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath By Ellie Collier I always feel the need to... Read More