Category Archives: Professional issues

Conference Presentation Feedback, Part 8: Getting All Meta

December 17, 2010 – 11:12 am

(See this post for an introduction to this blog series.) Well, this is the final post in the series, and I thought I would wrap up with one last thought, which is to point out that this entire series has been enabled by the minute paper assessments that I got back at the end of […]

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Conference Presentation Feedback, Part 7: But will it get me tenure?

December 16, 2010 – 2:06 pm

(See this post for an introduction to this blog series.) One question that got asked over and over again was essentially, “how can I use this information in my annual performance review and/or my tenure portfolio?”  And that’s an excellent question!  It’s common practice for teaching faculty members to include course evaluations as part of […]

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Conference Presentation Feedback, Part 2: Getting Buy-In

December 1, 2010 – 9:00 am

(See this post for an introduction to this blog series.) The single most common response I got on my conference presentation minute papers can be accurately represented by this quote: How on earth to institute this kind of reflective practice among other librarians!! First off, this is a problem of leadership and organizational culture. Assessment, […]

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