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Teaching Free and Low-Cost Legal Research
Teaching librarians are routinely tasked with instructing on how to use subscription databases. This is true in both undergraduate and graduate settings, but something I try to keep in mind when I’m teaching legal research is what will my students … Continue reading
The Death of a ‘Cool Tool’ — RIP Jamboard
Following up on Christina Boydston’s great write-up of Google Pinpoint – I also have a Cool Tools update (though not a very happy one!). At the 2023 AALL Conference, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Cool Tools Cafe. … Continue reading
Posted in Google
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The Mid-Semester Course Evaluation
One thing we may dread reading are course evaluations. We spend months developing a course to be the best it could be and sometimes students can be very critical (or harsh) with their feedback. Some of the feedback on evaluations … Continue reading
Making Transactional Research Classes More Interactive
One of the struggles any teaching librarian knows too well is how difficult it can be to make a class interactive. Whether it’s a class you are teaching for the first time or one you have taught a hundred times, … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Research Instruction
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Adding a Basic Needs Statement to Your Syllabus
Students will read through a pile of syllabi this fall and one of those may be for a course you are teaching. When designing your syllabus, you are likely considering how best to communicate course content, important deadlines, and even … Continue reading
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