On this episode of The Librarian's Guide to Teaching, Amanda and Jessica talk with Bonnie Lafazan, Library Director of the Berkeley College Woodbridge Campus and current member of the ACRL Professional Development Committee and the ACRL Conference 2020 Committee. They chat about the importance of the various levels of professional development, strategies to building a culture of development and how we make time for writing and reading.
Our Guest:
Bonnie is a former media licensing lawyer who changed careers and became an academic librarian in 2008 and has not looked back! Bonnie works as the Library Director of the Woodbridge Campus Library at Berkeley College in Woodbridge, NJ. Bonnie is a robust contributor to the professional librarian community both locally in the NJ and nationally, currently serving as Past-President of the ACRL-NJ Chapter (also NJLA-CUS) and now co-chairs it's Strategic Planning Task Force. Bonnie serves as a Board Member for LibraryLink NJ, a NJ Library Co-operative and serves as a board member of the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information Advisory Board Council. Nationally, Bonnie is the past Co-Convener of ACRL’s Library and Marketing Outreach Interest Group and currently is on the ACRL Professional Development Committee and the ACRL Conference 2020 Committee. Topics & Takeaways:
Resources related to this episode’s theme and mentioned in the show include:
This episode's theme music: Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go Here's where you can find us: Podcast: @Librarian_Guide Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 Email: [email protected] Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica discuss online instruction, including the concepts of critical digital pedagogy and open pedagogy which were suggested by a listener on Twitter! They discuss incorporating these concepts into the online environment whether in a credit-bearing course, embedded instruction or one-shots.
NOTE: It’s not your speakers! We had some technical difficulties recording this episode and we are sorry the sound is a bit choppy. Topics and Takeaways:
Links to resources discussed in this episode (or related to the topics): There are SO many great resources on these topics - this is by no means a complete or widely reaching list!
Thank you to the Twitter users we quoted this episode:
This episode's theme music: Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go Here's where you can find us: Podcast: @Librarian_Guide Jessica: @LibraryGeek611 Amanda: @HistoryBuff820 Email: [email protected] Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast! |
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