The Librarian's Guide to Teaching

By Amanda Piekart

This podcast is hosted by two instruction librarians that are interested in sharing their experiences teaching information literacy, discussing current trends, and having meaningful conversations abou... more

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How many episodes does The Librarian's Guide to Teaching have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

The Librarian's Guide to Teaching episodes:

March 23, 2021 Leadership in a Pandemic
Show Notes:
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica chat with librarian Alyssa Valenti about leadership during the pandemic.
Resources referenced in this episode:
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
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58min
March 09, 2021Lesson Planning
Show Notes:
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica discuss their experience with creating and using lesson plans. They also explore the benefits and pitfalls.
Resources referenced in this episode:
Lizard People in the Library by Barbara Fister; Article # 1 in the Project Information Literacy Provocation Series

University of West Florida: Megal Oakleaf Lesson Plan Template

Who Can I Trust? – Questions to Ask When Evaluating Information Sources (featuring SIFT, PIE, and SMELL methods) by Keely Kiczenski (Lesson plan utilizing comprehensive template)

Algonquin College: Lesson Plan Template (Instructor/Learner Table Template)

MacPhaidin Library: Library Information Skills Curriculum LibGuide: Class/Activity Templates

Sharing is Caring: Three Ways to Maximize Collaborative Lesson Planning by Anne Guarnera - Inside Higher Ed

Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook 2-VOLUME SET by Nicole PagowskyKelly McElroy

Sarah Smith Tweet - “Pandemic Fine”
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
41min
February 23, 2021Tech Tool Round Up
Show Notes:
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica review some tech tools that can be used by library professionals in the classroom.
Resources referenced in this episode:
Digital Pedagogy Lab Tool Parade

Technology in Library Instruction

Tip of the Month Teaching and Learning Toolbox

LIS Pedagogy Chat - Tech It Out! May 22, 2020

Hypothes.is

Kahoot!

FlipGrid

JamBoard

Bubblus

Anchor

Padlet

Wikipedia

Mentimeter

Poll Everywhere

Teaching in the Age of Disinformation

8 Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
48min
February 09, 2021Teaching about Algorithms
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica chat with librarian Carolyn Caffrey Gardner about ways to incorporate algorithmic education into our lessons.
Resources referenced in this episode:
Lesson Plan: Analyzing search engines: What narrative is told through the algorithm by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner

Teaching Algorithmic Bias in a Credit-Bearing Course by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner

ACRL University Library Section PDC: Deficit or equity: Decoding implicit thinking and practice in information literacy

On the Media Podcast: “The Disagreement Is The Point” November 22, 2019

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

Composing Algorithms: Writing (with) Rhetorical Machines Edited by Aaron Beveridge, Sergio C Figueiredo, Steven Holmes Volume 57, September 2020

Carolyn’s Twitter: @ccaffgardner

LibParlor Classifieds
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
36min
January 26, 202121 Instructional Tips for 2021- Part II
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica share 21 instruction tips to start out 2021! Episode 31 covers the first 14 tips and episode 32 covers tips 15 - 21. We received some great tips from listeners which they share in addition to some that they want to share.
Resources referenced in this episode:
Librarian’s Guide to Teacihng: Engaging Students in the Classroom through Critical Librarianship with guest Romel Espinel: Episode 4

ILA ACRL Keeping Up in Iowa With Online Instruction (“Raise Your Hand If...Game”)

Librarian’s Guide to Teaching: Gamification in Information Literacy Instruction: Tips, Tricks and how to get started! with Serene Rock and Kristine Cwengros: Episode 17

Overthrowing Education: Episode 37: Overhauling Assessments with Natalie Vardabasso
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
...more
21min
January 12, 202121 Instructional Tips for 2021- Part I
Show Notes (Episode 31):
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica share 21 instruction tips to start out 2021! Episode 31 covers the first 14 tips and episode 32 covers tips 15 - 21. We received some great tips from listeners which they share in addition to some that they want to share.
Resources referenced in this episode:
Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching. The Chronicle of Higher Education, by James Lang, November 16, 2020

Padlet

Librarian’s Guide to Teaching: Humor in Information Literacy Instruction with Lee Adams, Stephanie Alexander, and Lana Woods: Episode 21
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
26min
December 29, 2020 Mini Episode 6: Faculty Collaboration Follow Up
Show Notes:
In our 6th mini episode, Amanda and Jessica take a look back at episode 20 and follow up on opportunities to collaborate with faculty.
Resources referenced in this episode:
https://mrlibrarydude.wordpress.com/
Weng, C., & Murray, D. (2020). Faculty perceptions of librarians and library services: Exploring the impact of librarian faculty status and beyond. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46, 102200: https://dr.tcnj.edu/bitstream/handle/2900/2994/weng-2019-faculty-perceptions-of-librarians-and-library-services.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
13min
December 16, 2020Mini Episode 5: Online Learning
Show Notes:
In our fifth mini episode, Amanda and Jessica take a look back at episode number 7 from last December where they discussed digital pedagogy and critical online pedagogy by looking at a recent blog post about online instruction engagement.
Related or Referenced Resources for this Episode:
What Does Engagement Mean? By Veronica Arellano Douglas, on ACRLog.org

Imagining a Resilient Pedagogy By Bill Hart-Davidson on Medium.com

Digital Pedagogy Lab Tool Parade by Jesse Stommel, Digital Pedagogy Lab
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
14min
December 01, 2020 Do you Twitter Chat? An Interview with the Hosts of the #LISPRO Twitter Chats
Show Notes:
In this episode, Amanda and Jessica chat with Leigh Milligan and Lauren who are the co-hosts of the LISProchats on Twitter. They share their backstory, how the come up with topics, their most popular chats and so much more.
Resources referenced in this episode:
http://lisprochat.blogspot.com/
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
33min
November 10, 2020Project Info Lit "Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage” Report & Interview with Alison Head- Part II
Topics & Takeaways (Part 2)
With the COVID story, we're getting to see how science works under pressure and without information agency or discipline expertise, it can be hard to understand what's happening and see the downsides to peer review.

In a way, we can identify the questions to ask about where media literacy should go next but not really the exact solutions.

We need to recognize the social-ness of news and of research and it must be taken into consideration in the transformation of media literacy.

If not everything is biased, how do we unpack that with students?

Students relate to images and we can use examples from the report to discuss with them how the images impact the way they interpret news.

While some faculty are single-source news viewers ("I only look at NPR"), students just don't engage in the media landscape that way.

Reach out to Alison at [email protected] with how you are using the report in the classroom & how students are responding!
Resources referenced in this episode:
PIL's list of Covid-19 misinformation resources

Project Info Lit’s Publications

Librarian’s Guide to Teaching: Episode 9 with Barbara Fister on the Algo Report

SIFT (The Four Moves) - Mike Caulfield

Sam Wineburg, Stanford Researcher on Twitter

Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin West

You Think You Want Media Literacy… Do You? By Danah Boyd

Casting a critical eye on "fake news" literacy and post truth pedagogy - CLAPS 2020 (Source of the quote, “You can’t SIFT yourself out of QANON”)

How the COVID-19 crisis has prompted a revolution in scientific publishing - Fast Company - 8/5/2020
This episode's theme music:
Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go
Here's where you can find us:
Podcast: @Librarian_Guide
Jessica: @LibraryGeek611
Amanda: @HistoryBuff820
Email: [email protected]
Be sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast!
...more
37min

FAQs about The Librarian's Guide to Teaching:

How many episodes does The Librarian's Guide to Teaching have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.