Making it their idea: The Learning Cycle in library instruction
by Eric Frierson Librarians are always struggling to convince someone of something: convincing voters to say ‘yes’ to a library bond; persuading a library director... Read More
What water?
by Sara Seely Recently I was lucky enough to come across the publication of a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace in 2005 to... Read More
[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
Learning to teach through video
By Kim Leeder It’s a truth so many of us keep in the dark corners of our lives as instruction librarians: we were never taught to... 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
Narrating the “Back Story” Through E-learning Resources in Libraries
We at In the Library with the Lead Pipe are happy to welcome two guest authors to our blog! Hyun-Duck Chung and Kim Duckett are... 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