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John J. Burke, MSLS Director, Gardner-Harvey Library Miami University Middletown 4200 N. University Blvd. Middletown, OH 45042 burkejj@muohio.edu (513) 727-3293

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Samuel Johnson

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." I Corinthians 1:25

Miami University Libraries

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My Books Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion, 3rd ed. Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion, 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion Intronet: A Beginner's Guide to Searching the Internet Learning the Internet: A Workbook for Beginners Activities & Associations A brief resume, and my dossier (2008). Academic Library Association of Ohio (member, past president). Library Leadership Ohio (2002 grad - see this article). The Community and Junior College Libraries section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association (member) Resources and Documents Ohio Academic Libraries Search Ohio Regional Campus Search Library Technology Companion Blog Library Technology Awareness Resources Embedded Librarian Surveys for Students and Faculty Important Stuff Daily Manna from the 'Net Bible Gateway Scripture Search CrossSearch

Article The Case for Textbooks (article for American Libraries with Krista McDonald) Presentations & Workshops Comfort Food for All: The Scalability of LMS Embedded Librarianship (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson at LOEX 2012) Research to Go: Taking an Information Literacy Course Online (Presentation with Jessie Long and Beth Tumbleson at DLS 2012) Transition Mission: Academic & School Librarian Collaboration for Student Success (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson and Cheri Pandora at ALAO 2011) This Old Library: Revitalizing Your Library Space Through Moving, Mixing, Mashing, and (a Little) Money (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson and Jessica Long at ALAO 2011) A Declaration of Embeddedness: Instructional Synergies and Sustaining Practices in LMS Embedded Librarianship (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson at ACRL 2011) When Life Hands You Lemons: Overcoming Obstacles to Expand Services in an Embedded Librarian Program (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson at 14th Off-Campus Library Services Conference in 2010) Are You Ready to Roll?: Expected Technology Competencies and the Library Worker (Presentation at Michigan Library Association 2009 Annual Conference and as a Technology Spotlight at ALAO 2009) Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in New Spaces: The Blackboard Embedded Librarian (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson and Sarah Frye at Michigan Library Association 2009 Annual Conference) Embedded Librarians Meet Students in Space (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson and Sarah Frye at the Academic Library Association of Ohio 2009 Annual Conference) Use Your Powers for Good, and Not for Evil: Expected Technology Competencies and the Library Worker (Presentation at OLSSI 2009) The Perfect Number is Three: An Ad Hoc Alliance Takes on Technology Fluency Assessment (Presentation with Ellenmarie Wahlrab and Andrea Han at SEED 2009). Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: the Blackboard Embedded Librarian (Presentation with Beth Tumbleson, Sarah Frye, and Ellenmarie Wahlrab at AURCO 2009). Library 2.0 PDQ: Meeting the Challenges of the Rapid Growth of Distance Learning and Off-site Courses at a University Regional Campus (presentation with Beth Tumbleson at 2008 LITA National Forum). Textbooks on Reserve Programs at Regional Campus Libraries (Presentation with Krista McDonald at AURCO 2008). You Can't Do That!: Library-Initiated Textbooks on Reserve Programs (Presentation with Krista McDonald at ALAO 2007). Calling on Q: Library Applications of Mashups and Customized Search Engines (Speed update at OPAL '007). Defeating Dr. No: Library Initiated Textbooks on Reserve Programs (Presentation with Krista McDonald at OPAL '007). Here is the PowerPoint and the handout (PDF). Life Preserver or Anchor?:  Implementing a Textbooks on Reserve Program in the Library (Poster session with Krista McDonald at ACRL 2007) Here is the handout from the session and a file of slides from the poster itself (both in PDF). Next Steps: Continuing Your Education and Pursuing Certification - OLSSI 2006 - links Part-Time Author, Full-Time Librarian - Ohio Library Council Annual Conference 2005 Extreme Makeover: Library Edition - OPAL Annual Conference 2005 Beyond Point and Click -- Taking Web-Based Pedagogy to a New Level - ODCE 2005

Librarianate - a bit of background on the term
v. 1. To act in a manner that the general populace would characterize as "being a librarian" (i.e. cataloging socks, feeling compelled to answer any and all questions raised in conversation). 2. To excel in the work of a librarian for a momentary or prolonged time period ("Rita was really librarianating today!" or "Simply put, Ms. Nelson librarianates more than anyone else in the department.")
n. The massed collection of librarians in a locality or within a political boundary ("This letter is addressed to the librarianate of Sioux Falls, Idaho" or "As I gazed around the convention hall, the diversity of the librarianate therein gathered astounded me.")