In my recent application to the ACRL Immersion Program, I was asked to describe my “approach to teaching, what and who has influenced [my] teaching, and [my] teaching aspirations/goals,” along with why I decided to apply for Immersion. Here’s what I had to say.
Read More Some thoughts on teachingWelcome Alabama Museums Association Annual Meeting attendees! The resources referenced in our presentation, Museum Accessibility: How & Why, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s ama12 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Museum Accessibility: Why & HowWelcome MSU Libraries Emerging Technologies Summit attendees! The resources referenced in my presentation, Emerging Technology as Assistive Technology: The iPad, Accessibility, and Libraries, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s MSULibCon11 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Emerging Technology as Assistive Technology: The iPad, Accessibility, and LibrariesLast weekend, in an attempt to recover deleted website content, I did some Google cache searching and stumbled across this: Wolverton, Robert, and Karen Davidson. “E-Resource Round Up.” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. 23.1 (2011): 68-95.
Read More MSU mentionsMy fiancé pokes fun at me for having redesigned this site so many times; it seems I can’t let more than six months pass without switching themes, rearranging the layout, etc.. I play with the site because it’s fun and, until a few months ago, I hadn’t found a theme that met both my needs…
Read More RebuildingWelcome AETC Attendees! The resources referenced in my presentation, Keeping Up: Current Awareness Tips & Tools for Educators, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s aetc2011 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More Keeping Up: Current Awareness Tips & Tools for EducatorsWelcome ASCLA Virtual Convergence Attendees! The resources referenced in my presentation, The Disability Experience in a Post-2.0 World: Implications for Libraries, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s ascla11 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More ASCLA Virtual Convergence: The Disability Experience in a Post-2.0 World: Implications for LibrariesWelcome MSU Libraries Emerging Technologies Summit attendees! The resources referenced in my presentation, The Disability Experience in a Post-2.0 World: Implications for Libraries, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s msuet10 Bookmarks on Diigo.
Read More MSU Libraries Emerging Technologies Summit: The Disability Experience in a Post-2.0 World: Implications for LibrariesWelcome ALLA attendees! As a companion to my ALLA/AACRL Best Practices Mini-Session, Access to Electronic Resources for Patrons with Disabilities, I’ve compiled this collection of resources for those who would like to learn more about library services and people with disabilities. The list is hardly exhaustive, but I hope it will provide interested persons with…
Read More Access to Electronic Resources for Patrons with Disabilities“My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation” Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time
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