Open Education Resources (OER): Where Libraries Are and Where We Are Going
Coming to the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans next month? Please plan on attending this program on Open Educational Resources (OER) put on jointly by the ACRL Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Interest Group and the Distance Learning Section.
ACRL DLS Member of the Month: May 2018
The ACRL Distance Learning Section (DLS) Membership and Communication committees started a “Member of the Month” initiative to highlight our diverse members. Here is our highlight on Kelly McCallister, Non-Traditional Student Librarian at Appalachian State University.
If you are interested in being an ACRL DLS “Member of the Month/Week”, please fill out this brief nomination/sign up form.
Name: Kelly McCallister
How long have you been a DLS member?
Since 2013
Where do you work and what do you do there?
Appalachian State University, Non-Traditional Student Librarian
What is unique about your institution, and how does your work as a distance services librarian support the mission?
Appstate is a physically isolated (like how DE students feel) as it’s located in the mountains of Western, NC. As a result, I identify with and strive more to create strong relationships and virtual communities with DE colleagues and students.
How do you bridge the distance with online learners? What’s one way you create community for your distance learners?
I use our web conferencing system, Zoom to create virtual study space and communities with our students.
How do you recharge your knowledge of distance library services?
Volunteering as the moderator/ tech support the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) Distance Learning Section (DLS) Webinar Wednesdays professional development workshops. I learn something new in every one!
What’s something fun that you’re doing now (outside of your work as a distance librarian)?
Started an unofficial Bocce team with my librarian colleagues, if only it would stop snowing in April!!!
What are you reading right now?
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Twitter, LinkedIn, or other handles you would like us to share?
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-mccallister-9a554142/
What else would you like for us to share about you?
Mother to three cats, one basset hound and two humans.
The DLS Instruction Group invites you to a pre-conference Virtual Poster Session between April 1-5, 2019. Forty online teaching and learning posters are available for comment.
https://t.co/f5ujXI7pWc
Please fill out the survey to let us know what you thought!