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<b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Reedbrarians:
Advocacy, Activism, and the Future of Access</span></b><span
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">An interactive
presentation and discussion for members of the Reed and library
communities<o:p></o:p></span><br>
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wednesday,
October 24, 2012, 4:30 PM, <a
href="http://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/reed_static_map.html">Psychology
105<o:p></o:p></a></span><br>
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> Reception and
light refreshments following the event</span><br>
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Please join us as we host Reed graduate, librarian, and
info-anthropologist, Char Booth '01, for a presentation and
discussion on research and student scholarship, the culture of
libraries, and the ever-changing landscape of information
dissemination. Char will share her own thesis experience and
explain how it shaped her explorations into educational
communication and our need to adapt and advocate for libraries to
remain relevant vibrant centers of future scholarship.<br>
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"When dissemination is part of the pedagogical process, it can build
transformative learner insight into what it means to participate in
a community of practice. Writing for a wider audience at the
undergraduate level is a springboard for the cultivation of a
student’s voice, interests, and expertise, and can expand the
meaning of an assignment beyond a graded exercise." <i>Char Booth
- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://infomational.wordpress.com/"><span
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C<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">har Booth ’01 is
the Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian at the
Claremont Colleges Library and also serves on the faculty for the
Information Literacy Immersion program, sponsored by the
Association of College and Research Libraries. Her pedagogical
explorations into library culture focus on the integration of
instructional design, technology, and assessment. The influence
of her Reed education shines through in her work as she delves
deeply and reflects critically on library issues that have
traditionally been given surface treatment. She also uses her
personal thesis experience to inform her work with students and
faculty on the undergraduate research process.<span
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</big><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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</big><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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Char has authored </span><a
href="http://infomational.wordpress.com/publications/"
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">two
books</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
and several articles, detailing her research and prescription for
libraries' progressive dissemination of information, including how
librarians can connect patrons’ needs, effectively harness
technology, and reflect on the collective educational exchange.
She virtually propagates such philosophies at </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://infomational.wordpress.com/"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">info-mational</span></a><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">,
her blog “on technology, media literacy, and librarians who
t-c-b.” </span>
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