STEM Ed+ Commons | steven bell | Activity https://stemedplus.hcommons.org/members/blendedlib/activity/ Activity feed for steven bell. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:33:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 79e56001077d9be5f840e5a8badd6844 steven bell deposited Learning From Crucible Moments to Become Better Library Leaders in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1622579/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:25:56 +0000 If you lead, you will face a crisis. Of all the demands made on leaders, crisis leadership is probably the most challenging, and it is the one they are least prepared to handle properly due to lack of experience and skills. While thinking ahead about how to respond in a crisis can help, it really comes down to whether each leader’s personal e…[Read more]

]]> 0 ee816682846459ba2fdeda52b9ad7532 steven bell deposited Learning From Crucible Moments to be Better Library Leaders https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1622478/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:20:42 +0000 If you lead, you will face a crisis. Of all the demands made on leaders, crisis leadership is probably the most challenging, and it is the one they are least prepared to handle properly due to lack of experience and skills. While thinking ahead about how to respond in a crisis can help, it really comes down to whether each leader’s personal e…[Read more]

]]> 0 556892bcf9b4201b65c38ea8092364e0 steven bell deposited Design Thinking + User Experience = Better-Designed Libraries in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1618146/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:25:21 +0000 This article provides an overview of design thinking as a component of, and contributor to, great library user experiences. When design thinking is used to shape the environment in which users connect with library spaces and personnel, the result is a better library experience—by design.

]]> 0 48cf39c1bb2a5f64025b326152a74012 steven bell deposited Design Thinking + User Experience = Better-Designed Libraries https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1618093/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:50:33 +0000 This article provides an overview of design thinking as a component of, and contributor to, great library user experiences. When design thinking is used to shape the environment in which users connect with library spaces and personnel, the result is a better library experience—by design.

]]> 0 4ace2131ad42d0785a838b95b10af529 steven bell deposited Fit Libraries are Future Proof in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578154/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 01:00:04 +0000 While we may know well what personal fitness means, the concept
of a fit library is ambiguous. Is it simply a matter of paying attention
to the numbers, not unlike observing metrics such as the Body Mass
Index? Does an increase in circulation or the delivery of more
instruction sessions point to a fit library? Achieving library fitness is
a…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f342999526d1c89b34211a6be3d7d8a steven bell deposited Stop Having Fun and Start Being Quiet: Noise Management in an Academic Library in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578153/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 01:00:02 +0000 Academic libraries are supposed to be places of silence and deep study. Tell that to the students watching a video, talking on cell phones or working on a group assignment. Today's academic libraries need to accommodate students' desires for quiet and socialization. This essay offers recommendations for noise management in academic libraries.

]]> 0 37ec004360e1c3c0497aaefd0b8d379a steven bell deposited Fit Libraries are Future Proof https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578002/ Mon, 07 Aug 2017 21:14:10 +0000 While we may know well what personal fitness means, the concept
of a fit library is ambiguous. Is it simply a matter of paying attention
to the numbers, not unlike observing metrics such as the Body Mass
Index? Does an increase in circulation or the delivery of more
instruction sessions point to a fit library? Achieving library fitness is
a…[Read more]

]]> 0 47f1d0cfaa1248c87f1f201897551bac steven bell deposited Stop Having Fun and Start Being Quiet: Noise Management in an Academic Library https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1577991/ Mon, 07 Aug 2017 21:03:13 +0000 Academic libraries are supposed to be places of silence and deep study. Tell that to the students watching a video, talking on cell phones or working on a group assignment. Today's academic libraries need to accommodate students' desires for quiet and socialization. This essay offers recommendations for noise management in academic libraries.

]]> 0 c33fba6a9905ef29965fd7258532f6c7 steven bell deposited Stop IAKT syndrome with student live search demos in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1577762/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:00:03 +0000 The purpose of this paper is to share a classroom teaching technique and pedagogical
style that can alleviate difficulties encountered during information literacy instruction sessions when
students think they already know everything the librarian instructor plans to cover in the session.
Ignoring this situation can result in a poor teaching and…[Read more]

]]> 0 801b00e32bcce401eab2e2b20fa56e36 steven bell deposited Coming in the Back Door: Leveraging Open Textbooks to Promote Scholarly Communications on Campus in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1577461/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 01:00:36 +0000 Textbook affordability is a critical issue in higher education. Academic librarians have responded by creating programs to encourage faculty to become aware of the cost of textbooks and using open educational resources as an alternative. Another, less obvious reason to start a campus textbook affordability initiative is to establish a culture of…[Read more]

]]> 0 c5c86d2af866a678a4611df112ee7725 steven bell deposited Stop IAKT syndrome with student live search demos https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1577395/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:51:56 +0000 The purpose of this paper is to share a classroom teaching technique and pedagogical
style that can alleviate difficulties encountered during information literacy instruction sessions when
students think they already know everything the librarian instructor plans to cover in the session.
Ignoring this situation can result in a poor teaching and…[Read more]

]]> 0 628124ef580f46f8605383f5d1fdebe7 steven bell deposited Coming in the Back Door: Leveraging Open Textbooks to Promote Scholarly Communications on Campus https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1577381/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:01:34 +0000 Textbook affordability is a critical issue in higher education. Academic librarians have responded by creating programs to encourage faculty to become aware of the cost of textbooks and using open educational resources as an alternative. Another, less obvious reason to start a campus textbook affordability initiative is to establish a culture of…[Read more]

]]> 0 4320715a467c943acec16f74d36cda17 steven bell deposited A New Strategy for Enhancing Library Use: Faculty-Led Information Literacy Instruction in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576920/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:00:02 +0000 We suggest a new approach to information literacy for students: let faculty do it. Let librarians concentrate less on educating students directly and more time helping non-librarian faculty to integrate information literacy skill building into their courses, and developing the tools and resources to simplify their ability to achieve that…[Read more]

]]> 0 56f662affd93632fb755c58c692e202e steven bell deposited A New Strategy for Enhancing Library Use: Faculty-Led Information Literacy Instruction in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576919/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000 We suggest a new approach to information literacy for students: let faculty do it. Let librarians concentrate less on educating students directly and more time helping non-librarian faculty to integrate information literacy skill building into their courses, and developing the tools and resources to simplify their ability to achieve that…[Read more]

]]> 0 9e56d0358ac0b1ccd961a5eed1dc5e1b steven bell deposited Collections Are For Collisions: Designing It Into the Experience in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576829/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:00:02 +0000 As libraries increasingly store books in off-site storage facilities or on-site automated retrieval systems, there is less capacity for library users to browse stack collections. This reduces the possibility for serendipitous discovery of books, or what the author refers to as a "collision with the collection". This article discusses why this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc20506be37078ef32470e1f1dee2202 steven bell deposited Great Age of Experimentation: What's Good For Higher Education is Good For Academic Libraries in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576828/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000 In this new era of experimentation in higher education, administrators should look to the academic library to adopt the same spirit of experimentation. Library and academic administrators will want to examine how they can collaboratively develop a new culture of experimentation to take risks, achieve new successes and occasional failures. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 08b87cdb27faf1389971943ba6c4bb9d steven bell deposited A New Strategy for Enhancing Library Use: Faculty-Led Information Literacy Instruction https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576808/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:47:17 +0000 We suggest a new approach to information literacy for students: let faculty do it. Let librarians concentrate less on educating students directly and more time helping non-librarian faculty to integrate information literacy skill building into their courses, and developing the tools and resources to simplify their ability to achieve that…[Read more]

]]> 0 c099acbe298ac42f5a64977c580f45f0 steven bell deposited Collections Are For Collisions: Designing It Into the Experience https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576734/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:11:20 +0000 As libraries increasingly store books in off-site storage facilities or on-site automated retrieval systems, there is less capacity for library users to browse stack collections. This reduces the possibility for serendipitous discovery of books, or what the author refers to as a "collision with the collection". This article discusses why this is…[Read more]

]]> 0 022a585c79088abc112a6e98f714a751 steven bell deposited Great Age of Experimentation: What's Good For Higher Education is Good For Academic Libraries https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576733/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:56:56 +0000 In this new era of experimentation in higher education, administrators should look to the academic library to adopt the same spirit of experimentation. Library and academic administrators will want to examine how they can collaboratively develop a new culture of experimentation to take risks, achieve new successes and occasional failures. This…[Read more]

]]> 0 56e266da3a59f27d3b1612824c0ffc54 steven bell deposited from gatekeepers to gate-openers: designing meaningful library experiences in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576649/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:00:02 +0000 As gatekeepers and content buyers, academic librarians carve out only a limited higher education role - making information accessible - for themselves. Our future depends on our ability to differentiate what libraries offer and what library workers bring to their communities. This article lays out an alternate vision for the library profession -…[Read more]

]]> 0 33fb416ee9ef5992a0107f1524712dce steven bell deposited Open to the Public: Risks and Rewards of Serving the Local Community in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576648/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000 In a world where openness is increasingly a desired quality of higher education, academic and research libraries should strive to be open to non-student/non-faculty members of the surrounding community that could benefit from library resources, primarily access to computers and the Internet. This essay explores the potential benefits and…[Read more]

]]> 0 f5c28c326d0e22fbe6dad8f191aa8866 steven bell deposited from gatekeepers to gate-openers: designing meaningful library experiences https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576596/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:03:48 +0000 As gatekeepers and content buyers, academic librarians carve out only a limited higher education role - making information accessible - for themselves. Our future depends on our ability to differentiate what libraries offer and what library workers bring to their communities. This article lays out an alternate vision for the library profession -…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c0af90d256ef12e42444dfa9836e840 steven bell deposited Open to the Public: Risks and Rewards of Serving the Local Community https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576594/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:50:23 +0000 In a world where openness is increasingly a desired quality of higher education, academic and research libraries should strive to be open to non-student/non-faculty members of the surrounding community that could benefit from library resources, primarily access to computers and the Internet. This essay explores the potential benefits and…[Read more]

]]> 0 26b46ff7c690bb5ee1a5a53ede294195 steven bell deposited Wikipedia: From Academic Pariah to Campus Learning Partner in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576361/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:00:03 +0000 At one time faculty rarely had much good to say about Wikipedia and typically warned their students not to use it for research. Academic librarians are visibly involved in changing the say Wikipedia is perceived on their campuses. This essay explores ways in which Wikipedia is being used to promote writing and research skills.

]]> 0 d7abd04a69ed4104311f26cafe311097 steven bell deposited Wikipedia: From Academic Pariah to Campus Learning Partner in the group Education and Pedagogy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576360/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:00:02 +0000 At one time faculty rarely had much good to say about Wikipedia and typically warned their students not to use it for research. Academic librarians are visibly involved in changing the say Wikipedia is perceived on their campuses. This essay explores ways in which Wikipedia is being used to promote writing and research skills.

]]> 0 a40ea12e59ac0a6ba7509914e66566bf steven bell deposited Momentum Building: Progress Towards a National OER Movement in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576359/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000 In this update to our original article we share those most recent developments, which to our way of thinking generate high enthusiasm for even greater progress towards higher education’s transition to a culture of openness. We offer suggestions for how to spread the development of open educational resource (OER) initiatives.

]]> 0 ffafb8c0173d1aa15d62d32beb6809c6 steven bell's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576270/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:53:20 +0000 0 d2e49ac80af9e2ea42c249896d752f4d steven bell changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576268/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:44:35 +0000 0 843dfb79abd6953840a2d8338d67e6c7 steven bell changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576267/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:42:55 +0000 0 71f1985df34909390b4c46bbf08b7418 steven bell deposited Wikipedia: From Academic Pariah to Campus Learning Partner https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576265/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:33:18 +0000 At one time faculty rarely had much good to say about Wikipedia and typically warned their students not to use it for research. Academic librarians are visibly involved in changing the say Wikipedia is perceived on their campuses. This essay explores ways in which Wikipedia is being used to promote writing and research skills.

]]> 0 3b6c9ebc2b3b0a3fdeab3e2a251d9cb0 steven bell deposited Momentum Building: Progress Towards a National OER Movement https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576264/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 19:57:07 +0000 In this update to our original article we share those most recent developments, which to our way of thinking generate high enthusiasm for even greater progress towards higher education’s transition to a culture of openness. We offer suggestions for how to spread the development of open educational resource (OER) initiatives.

]]> 0 d2428fd97e6dce2f0c795c4e4473289f steven bell deposited What About the Bookstore? in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1575620/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:02:03 +0000 There is often an assumption that academic libraries and bookstores are adversaries around the development of textbook affordability projects. This article shares the results of a survey on library-bookstore relationships and suggests that the two organizations have a shared interest in student success upon which a productive relationship can be built.

]]> 0 418f94eee6bceb586b33bd269bf6a7be steven bell deposited What About the Bookstore? https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1575519/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:11:41 +0000 There is often an assumption that academic libraries and bookstores are adversaries around the development of textbook affordability projects. This article shares the results of a survey on library-bookstore relationships and suggests that the two organizations have a shared interest in student success upon which a productive relationship can be built.

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