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

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 !.

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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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