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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your consideration: the “Untour”…. LOEX of the West University Of Nevada Las Vegas June 5, 2008 By Janice Mutz, Instruction/Distance Education Librarian, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario CANADA. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION !. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your consideration: the
“Untour”…
LOEX of the WestUniversity Of Nevada
Las Vegas June 5, 2008
By Janice Mutz, Instruction/Distance Education Librarian, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
CANADA
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
• Location:Paterson North (NSRC - 5th Fl.) Call Number:FC 3213.1 S53R33 2007
• Location:Paterson Books - 3rd Floor Call Number:E 78 C2I387 2006
• Location:Paterson Storage (Ground Fl.) non-circ .Call Number:TN 27 O5 1912, v.21, pt. 2, p. 3 – 18
• Location:Paterson Gov. Pubs. CODOC (Ground Fl.)Call Number:CA2ON NR 99O52
• Location:Paterson Microfiche (Main Fl.) non-circ. Call Number:MFICHE MB 130 no. 25956
What we do to help: tours,open houses, orientation booth, etc… …sometimes with our fun mascot (thanks
Wolfie!)
The Amazing Race: Library edition!
Destination: Stacks! The teams!
The difficult roadblocks!
The triumph!The winners!
The fabulous prizes!
What is a scholarly journal?
What the groups figure out on their own:
• Peer-review• References• Abstracts
What is a reference book?
What the groups come up with:
• Shortcut!• Great place to start• Scholarly references
listed
What is a thesis?
What they figure out:
• A really looooong paper!
• Shortcut (again!)• Useful references
TRADITIONAL TOUR VS. “UNTOUR”:
• PASSIVE• LECTURE STYLE• LIBRARIAN
TEACHING
• ACTIVE• SMALL GROUP WORK• PEER-TO-PEER
TEACHING
Contact me for more info on the “Untour”…Where is Lakehead U/Thunder Bay, Ontario anyway?
Kakabeka Falls • North of Minneapolis, MN• North of Duluth, MN• North of Lake Superior• Well, just NORTH!
Janice Mutz, Instruction/Distance Education Librarian, Lakehead University
jmutz@lakeheadu.ca
Image credits• “William and the Books”www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/457689943• “Park Ranger‘” www.flickr.com/photos/48355243@N00/1274922784
• “Which way do you want me to go?”http://www.flickr.com/photos/40275313@N00/327767127
• Tour de France www.flickr.com/photos/58934987@N00/756793192
• “a simpler map”www.flickr.com/photos/20095166@N00/374586852• “Signage in the GSU
library”www.flickr.com/photos/78199693@N00/472518263• “Seattle PL sign” www.flickr.com/photos/45131388@N00/246133138
• “Rainbow”www.flickr.com/photos/63969483@N00/844363451
• “PHD”www.flickr.com/photos/35034353562@N01/372415952
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