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Information Literacy & Library Instruction

A list of the kinds of library instruction topics and sessions the librarians offer. Faculty are welcome to choose from this menu or collaborate with a librarian to create a customized session.

Omeka

Omeka provides open-source web publishing platforms for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. A librarian will collaborate with you to create an Omeka exhibit, or serve as consultant. 

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Tiki Toki

Tiki Toki is an online tool maker software for creating beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the web. A librarian will collaborate with you to create an Tiki Toki timeline, or serve as consultant. 

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Google Apps for Education

Google Apps for Education is Southwestern's toolset for documents, sharing, and collaboration. 

Approximately 45 minutes for each of the following sections:

  • Basics - Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar
  • Productivity - Documents and Sheets
  • Presentation - Slides

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Sketchup

Sketchup is online tool to make 3D models. A librarian will collaborate with you to create an account and begin designing, or serve as consultant for using this tool in a class.

Oral HIstory Recording

Recording oral histories can be as easy as using your mobile phone, and as sophisticated as utilizing the SU Studios audio recording studio. Resources:

StoryCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs. StoryCorps grew out of Sound Portraits Productions as a project founded in 2003 by radio producer David Isay.

 

 

 

Stories Matter is free open source software built by Oral Historians, for Oral Historians. This project is supported by the the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, Canada.