Reference, Instruction, and Outreach (RIO)

This Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (Framework) grows out of a belief that information literacy as an educational reform movement will realize its potential only through a richer, more complex set of core ideas.

Article from May 2015 College & Research Libraries News suggested by Mayumi Miyaoka

An open access resource for faculty and librarians

A resource developed and maintained by a committee of the ACRL Instruction Section.

A regional event that I think is wonderful is the Northeast Regional OER Summit held at UMass Amherst every year.

Nationally, the OpenEd conference is also great, but can be expensive.

Here are photos of this year’s contestants:

UHLS, SALS, and MVLS/SCPL also recently began an "adult program swap" to share ideas across all three public library systems, and the archive of programs is here:

Desk Tracker is a hosted web service that provides customizable data entry forms and graphical reporting for central tracking of all library service points.

Free screencasting software to download. Full featured.

Screencasting software to purchase ($299 in March 2010). Full featured (rivals Captivate). Allows editing, adding bubbles, etc.

Screencasting software to purchase ($249 as of March 2010). Full featured (rivals Camtasia).

Spark students to learn, collaborate, and engage in active new ways with the Jamboard mobile app or 55-inch cloud-powered whiteboard.

A SpOoKy night of Halloween-themed trivia for ADULTS!

Joyce Miller's link to the research guide for their synchronous and asynchronous HRD110: Freshman Seminar classes, a basic college orientation one-credit class. From Joyce :
For the synchronous classes:
I put a link to that research guide in the chat box at the start of class, and go through the tabs in class. After I do the Articles section, I do a 2-3 minute hands-on time, asking the group as a whole to put a total of five citations in the chat box. Then, I go through the rest of the tabs. At the end, I ask them to answer "What did you find useful?" in chat, which acts as a good summary. Total time is 40-50 minutes.
For the asynchronous classes:
Students progress at their own pace through each tab on the research guide, and fill in the answers on this Google Form. I share the Google Forms with the instructor on or before the due date.

For people interested in hosting a trivia game for their library, attending one is a great way to think about how you’ll act as host and how to set it up.

For those who want to do live or recorded readings but are worried about copyright, Poets.org creates a guide of poems that can be shared.

Book and crafting groups have benefitted from being on Zoom with much greater attendance.

While not online, this is one way the library adapted a sip-n-paint activity that would normally be in-person.