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Aug
26
What Students Don’t know
Posted by: Jan Wallace | August 26, 2011 | Comments Off on What Students Don’t know
A new study at Illinois Academic Libraries studied college students’ reasons for not approaching academic librarians for help with finding information. According to the study authors, students’ research habits are worse than librarians have realized. Problems include over-reliance on Google, misunderstanding of search logic, and preference for simple databases over scholarly ones. Whose fault is […]
Aug
2
Teaching in August
Posted by: Jan Wallace | August 2, 2011 | Comments Off on Teaching in August
Although the library and learning commons are quiet during August, Lam librarians are working hard to prepare and update their instructional sessions for fall. Upcoming classes and orientations that we are currently working on include the MBA Precore, The MBA Core, the JumpStart orientation for international students, the Early Career Master’s orientation, and the MBA […]
New Books- The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.
- Designing the best work-from-home you : how to work remotely (but not all the time) / Vennessa McConkey.
- How to work from home and actually get sh*t done : 50 tips for leaders and professionals to work remotely and outperform the office / Cynthia D. Spraggs.
- Subprime attention crisis : advertising and the time bomb at the heart of the Internet / Tim Hwang.
- Effortless : make it easier to do what matters most / Greg McKeown.
- UBC Library Government Publications Blog