Making science librarianship wonderful
“We all know that when people don’t know something, the 1st person they ask is a friend …, so everyone should be friends with a librarian” – J. West
Recent Blog Posts by Annie
writing to learn in STEM resources
writing to learn v. writing to communicate: What is Writing to Learn? and Writing Matters: Increasing Undergraduate Cell Biology Literacy through Writing-to-Learn Activities Peer review: Eli review - Melissa Meeks canvas has something built in, but seems difficult to...
Course based undergraduate research (CBRE) or CUREs
Here is a database of them: https://serc.carleton.edu/curenet/index.html and this one specifically: https://seaphages.org/ and the BENG 205 from Yale seems like it might be similar to what I would love to do with HPHY. ...
Honoring Linda Freya Zeidman
Linda Freya Zeidman, long-time professor at the Community College of Baltimore County, died peacefully at her retirement community in Springfield, Oregon on November 14, 2019; she was 75. Her daughter, Ann Zeidman-Karpinski, a librarian at the University of Oregon,...
how to read a journal article (revised)
from NIST presentation April 8, 2022 by Melissa McCartney: Primary Scientific Literature in the Classroom: a great idea in theory but how do we assess student learning? Some tip sheets "How to read and understand a scientific paper."...
Canvas for Fall 2020
use the syllabus tool! the list of assignments is especially helpful if you need to see what's due when and adjust dates. zoom integration with Canvas has options. They are explained here. Copying content:...
building community online
SI happy hour presentation from Tamara Brenner: some highlights include: connect to other students and the instructor build rapport, including ice breakers (what's your favorite thing to teach), post introductions online, group work, problem solving, small...