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Author Archives: Patricia Cia
Library Update
Changes continue in the Library… Darcye Lovsin is covering Lindsay Tripp’s maternity leave, taking on the role of Copyright Librarian, co-chairing Open Langara, and acting as Subject Librarian for Aboriginal Studies, Canadian Studies, Classical Studies, History, and LEAP. Darcye is … Continue reading
Scholarship Café review: Opening Up Teaching and Learning & more
Scholarship Café attendees enjoyed seeing all the faculty and students’ work represented — very impressive! This year’s venue of the T-Gallery with professionally printed posters (thank you C&M) provided a polished and dynamic event. Read about Opening up Teaching and … Continue reading
Tagged Academic Innovation Newsletter, Makerspace, MSSC, Open Langara
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Heard it on the news…
Academica Top Ten, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other sources are a great way to stay connected. Some of the full text articles are open access and others have premium content to which the Library subscribes to help satisfy your … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education
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Library and Learning Commons Summer+Fall Reports
In 2016, the summer and fall semesters morphed so quickly into one-another we didn’t have an opportunity to pause before now. Below are: Library Services Report: Summer and Fall 2016 – reports on our record-setting semesters and new initiatives. Learning … Continue reading
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Year in Review with a glance forward
Happy New Year! As we embark on a new year with new challenges and opportunities, I step back and reflect on 2016.
Posted in Library Reports
Tagged Academic Innovation, Academic Innovation Newsletter
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Keeping up with… higher ed
Although Keeping Up With… is aimed at academic librarians, the brief themed articles include trends in higher education that may be of interest to many. Each edition focuses on a single issue including an introduction to the topic and summaries … Continue reading
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Essential Functions of Your Syllabus (Chronicle articles)
Library resources are not just to help students complete your assignments. They are also available to all Langara employees. The Library subscribes to the Chronicle of Higher Education, so the next time the article you want is behind the firewall, … Continue reading
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Academic Innovation Directory
For Langara employees… This updated directory now includes all the areas represented within the Academic Innovation portfolio: Library and Learning Commons CAPER-BC Educational Technology Teaching & Curriculum Development Centre (TCDC) p.s. file revised. Links now work better / 22 Jan … Continue reading
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Using the Library makes a difference
Two research studies are featured in new publicity posters that describe impact on students: their use of library resources correlated to student retention and academic success assessment of library instruction impact on academic success. The studies show statistically significant improvement … Continue reading
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Spring to July 2014 Term Report
The Spring Term transitioned so quickly into Summer that we decided to overlap a bit with this report. Read the Spring and Early Summer Term Report (January–July 2014). Other recent reports Fall 2013 Summer 2013 Annual Report 2012/13 Patricia Cia … Continue reading
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