Reference and Instruction: Bridging the Research Waters

A special thank you to all photographers for Creative Commons Licensing. Credits supplied at the end of this presentation.

C. Quill WestLibrarian

The Lone Searcher

Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damn difficult.

~Erin McKean, Online TED Talk

Improve the Passage

Classic Footholds

• Reference Interactions

• Instruction Sessions

• Finding Aids

• Tutorials

• Orientations

• “Embedded” Librarians

New Models for Footholds

• Mobile learning

• Student (User) generated content

• Open Education Resources

• Worldwide Scholarly Communication

• Learning Community

• Gaming and Tinkering

You still have to worry about falling in.

Let’s build bridges.

Bridging Instead of Footholds

• Scaffolding

• Design and Evaluate

• Meaningful assessment

• Institutional planning

Thank You

Photo Credits 

Middle Boise River, photographer unknown, Owned by waterarchives.org

Floating on the Boise River, by Paul-W, Flickr

Upper Boise River, photographer unknown, Owned by waterarchives.org

Rock Hopper, by Rex Bennett, Flickr

Arrowrock Dam, photographer unknown, Owned by waterarchives.org

Friendship bridge over Boise River, by Karakorum90, Wikipedia

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