From ansumpcre at gmail.com Mon Jun 17 10:41:33 2024 From: ansumpcre at gmail.com (Nicole Sump-Crethar) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:41:33 -0500 Subject: [Coil-l] Registration for unCOILed 2024 now open! Message-ID: Hello All, I'm super excited to announce the schedule and open registration for unCOILed 2024! Once you have registered we will send details regarding parking and the building location. Remember that registration is FREE! If you have any questions please send me an email. Looking forward to seeing all of you in Edmond on July 18th! Nicole Sump-Crethar ansumpcre at gmail.com *Registration: https://forms.gle/Aff4fncYejg1AJNv9 * Schedule for Thursday, July 18, 2024 9:00-9:30 Registration opens 9:30-10:15 Keynote: Laura Dumin 10:30-11:20 AI for the Undergrad 11:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:50 Seekers Unbound: Navigating Babel from Inquiry to Discovery 2:00-2:50 The Importance of Information Literacy Instruction: Bridging the gap between higher education and K-12 3:00-3:50 Instructional Games are for Everyone! 3:50-4:00 2024 COIL Instruction Award presentation Session Descriptions AI for the Undergrad, Courtney Oliphant This past spring, the OCCC Library launched its first AI Workshop. The session is targeted mainly at students but has received positive feedback from faculty and staff who've attended, too. Participants learn to manage tasks, identify at what times during an assignment when AI may be helpful and appropriate, and ethically considerations when using AI. Those who attend will get hands on experience with GoblinTools and a Large Language Model like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The workshop combines the use of LibGuides, Mentimeter, and Canva, for facilitating group work while allowing participants to have a webpage to return to after the session is over. Seekers Unbound: Navigating Babel from Inquiry to Discovery, Chris Rosser As librarians, we understand that information literacy is not merely a skill but is fundamental to how we learn, work, and navigate our information-saturated world. We also recognize that artificial intelligence literacy is no longer optional; yet, many instructors and students are hesitant about embracing AI in the classroom, and not without reason. At this moment of profound disruption, students, instructors, and all information Seekers need training to deepen crucial literacies, and that’s where Seekers Unbound comes into play. "Seekers Unbound: Navigating Babel from Inquiry to Discovery" is an immersive and engaging information literacy game that challenges students to become skillful navigators of a complex and often chaotic information ecosystem. The game integrates AI technologies to enhance learning experiences and foster the development of crucial AI literacy skills alongside traditional information literacy competencies. Borges' famous short story “La Biblioteca de Babel” provides an evocative backdrop that aligns with the game's themes of knowledge-seeking and the vast, often overwhelming nature of information. Our game invites learners into a storied world that provides the context for play and discovery, where an enemy known as Dis roams the halls of Babel, a chaotic force that thrives on distrust, disharmony, and disinformation. Bias, Fallacy, Echo, and all the children of Dis make a mess of discovery. We need Seekers who can navigate this information nightmare, Seekers ready to be trained in the Library of Babel. Seekers use wit, skills, and creativity to craft keys, powerful search strategies that call forth needed information. Crafting keys takes training, so we’ve created a new option for instruction by transforming one-shot research sessions into a game. In teams, students are guided by a librarian Oracle to craft search strategies within various realms of discovery, such as library databases, search engines like Google, and new AI tools. Searching is complicated or, perhaps helped, by the cards they draw and, of course, by a roll of the dice. Teams then defend their search strategies and discoveries in a Babel Royale, creating space for the librarian Oracle to offer one-point instruction for deepening research skills. Moreover, the game's adaptability to specific research needs and assignments makes it highly scalable and playable across disciplines, with the potential to reach a wide audience of students at various skill levels. Learning outcomes focus on analyzing information sources, collaborating with peers, adapting search strategies, and developing critical thinking skills. Throughout the game, students interact with AI-powered tools to conduct research, critically assess tools and search strategies, generate insights, and overcome challenges. By incorporating AI, the game exposes students to the possibilities and limitations of AI in the context of information-seeking and knowledge discovery. Our panel presentation invites participants as Seekers to play along in live gameplay. As a serious game, “Seekers Unbound” leverages the power of story, imagination, and play to broaden encounters with diverse ways of thinking and to grapple with the ethics of information discovery, creation, and consumption within a system increasingly powered by AI. See full game description at this site: https://bit.ly/SeekersUnbound The Importance of Information Literacy Instruction: Bridging the gap between higher education and K-12, Lisa Grimes and Kathryn Thomas This presentation will demonstrate how instruction librarians in higher education can work with K-12 school district librarians to bridge the instruction gap, and how K-12 can reach out to them. We will share our methods for creating this program, how to approach administration, find funding, and working with other departments on campus. We will include tips on how to gain outside media coverage, how to create surveys to make data informed decisions, and how to maintain communication for continued collaboration and support. Instructional Games are for Everyone!, Angie Brunk and Dan Ireton Want to incorporate more active learning into your classroom but you don't want to exclude anyone? This session is for you! We'll show you how to create games and other active learning activities that are suitable for students with disabilities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From campbe95 at nsuok.edu Tue Jun 18 12:03:55 2024 From: campbe95 at nsuok.edu (Jennifer Campbell) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:03:55 -0500 Subject: [Coil-l] Help Wanted: Instruction Librarian Message-ID: Happy Tuesday OK-ACRL and COIL friends, It’s a great day to be a Riverhawk! If you don’t know me, my name’s Jennifer and I love being a librarian at Northeastern State University. We’re looking for an Instruction Librarian on our main campus in Tahlequah and we hope you’ll consider applying. We have an awesome team and Tahlequah is a great place to live. Please find the listing below: https://nsuok.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/4968?c=nsuok Please consider sharing with anyone interested, thank you! Jennifer -- *Jennifer Campbell, MLIS* *Instructor of Library Services* *Northeastern State University* Broken Arrow Campus Library Office: Rm. 135 918.449.6449 campbe95 at nsuok.edu Schedule an appointment with me! "I am not young enough to know everything." ~Oscar Wilde -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansumpcre at gmail.com Tue Jun 25 16:31:20 2024 From: ansumpcre at gmail.com (Nicole Sump-Crethar) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:31:20 -0500 Subject: [Coil-l] Position posting at the UCO Library Message-ID: Please forgive cross postings... An opening at the University of Central Oklahoma Max Chambers Library in Edmond: The Director of Research and User Engagement (DRUE) is responsible for developing and evaluating integrated *Information services*, advancing research within and across disciplines, and fostering student learning and academic success, while empowering a culture of assessment and efficiency. DRUE provides inspirational and strategic leadership, innovative visioning, expert policy alignment, and program development as the library continues to reimagine services for seamless delivery. *Information services *is defined broadly and embraces scholarly endeavors, student academic success, information literacy in information analysis and management, scholarly communication, and activities that help users examine research problems and identify, interpret, and manage relevant information resources. The DRUE leads and motivates the Research and Learning librarians and other staff while directing their efforts with student learning, eLearning initiatives, research support services, and user services. Provides visionary and innovative leadership for the Information Desk, Interlibrary Loan, and Stacks Management departments. Interested applicants can find more information and apply here. Thank you! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Nicole Sump-Crethar ansumpcre at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ansumpcre at gmail.com Fri Jun 28 08:34:15 2024 From: ansumpcre at gmail.com (Nicole Sump-Crethar) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:34:15 -0500 Subject: [Coil-l] unCOILed Workshop: Registration is open! Message-ID: Hello All, unCOILed 2024 is here! We've posted the schedule and there are some wonderful presentations scheduled this year. Please register and come join us in Edmond at UCO on July 18th. 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