Instruction

Today was the second in a series of instruction sessions for a variety of my students. I received an email from the course coordinator last last week stating that all our planning was going to get changed (read cut). Ultimately, this meant that I would be limited to explaining and introduction to library resources in thirty minutes.

It wasn’t as horrible as it could have been. I have taught enough that intro material doesn’t need much preparation. I was also secretly relieved because I really had enough work to do without the original, grand plan. I have more consecutive weeks of work to do, but that’s fine. This class is done in two blocks, so I will repeat this and the two embedded workshops once more in a month.

And when this gauntlet is over, I’ll have a meeting with my counterpart at the site to determine what opportunities are available in the new (fall) curriculum. I’m hoping we can make good in roads there. And the good part is the prelimary data I’ve collected about practice specific resources is getting a lot of attention and generating some solid partnerships. I’m looking forward to seeing how far this will take me.