Gretchen Keer, Electronic Resources Librarian

Technology & Teaching Conference 2008

eLearning and Embedded Librarians
October 3, 11:10 A.M - 12:00 P.M.
Mary Beth Parkinson, Peter Scheponik & Gretchen Keer
Montgomery County Community College

"This session will involved participants in a discussion of the use of embedded librarians in online courses for the purpose of information literacy instruction and support. The three presenters include: English professor, Peter Scheponik, who will describe his experience as an instructor in a course with embedded librarian support; Information Literacy Librarian, Mary Beth Parkinson, who will discuss the project's information literacy goals; and Electronic Resources Librarian, Gretchen Keer, who will explain the mechanics of the actual embedding process. The session is meant to be a discussion, and questions, comments, and information sharing are encouraged."

Powerpoint presentation

RSS for Research
October 3, 1:00 P.M.- 1:50 P.M.
Gretchen Keer & Lisa McColl
Montgomery County Community College

"This hands-on workshop will show the benefits of using RSS feeds for research. Participants will be lead through the process of discovering feeds appropriate to their subject of study and then subscribing to these feeds."

Example Google Reader account:

Username: refdesk@mc3.edu
Password: MCCCTech

Sample subscriptions:

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/
Distance Education Clearinghouse http://www.uwex.edu/disted/index.cfm
Page2RSS http://page2rss.com/
SLOAN-C Blog http://sloanconsortium.org/blog/3009
MCCC Library Databases http://www.mc3.edu/sa/lib/lib_dbs.html