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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your consideration: the “Untour”…

Join us for the "Untour" at LOEX of the West University of Nevada Las Vegas on June 5, 2008, where we offer unique library tours, open houses, orientation booths, and more! Discover the world of scholarly journals, reference books, and theses through active small group work, peer-to-peer teaching, and interactive activities. Don't miss this exciting educational adventure!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your consideration: the “Untour”…

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  1. 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

  2. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! • Location:Paterson North (NSRC - 5th Fl.) Call Number:FC 3213.1 S53R33 2007 • Location:Paterson Books - 3rd FloorCall 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

  3. What we do to help: tours,open houses, orientation booth, etc… …sometimes with our fun mascot (thanks Wolfie!)

  4. The Amazing Race: Library edition! Destination: Stacks! The teams! The difficult roadblocks! The triumph! The winners! The fabulous prizes!

  5. What is a scholarly journal? What the groups figure out on their own: • Peer-review • References • Abstracts

  6. What is a reference book? What the groups come up with: • Shortcut! • Great place to start • Scholarly references listed

  7. What is a thesis? What they figure out: • A really looooong paper! • Shortcut (again!) • Useful references

  8. PASSIVE LECTURE STYLE LIBRARIAN TEACHING ACTIVE SMALL GROUP WORK PEER-TO-PEER TEACHING TRADITIONAL TOUR VS. “UNTOUR”:

  9. 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

  10. 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 Francewww.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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