by Steven Bell | May 31, 2023 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries There was a time before computers when scheduling and planning one’s workload using paper calendars and planners was the rule rather than the exception. Those of us in the library... by Steven Bell | Apr 12, 2023 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Here’s something upon which we can agree. When someone comes in contact with our libraries, whether it’s in person, by phone, web, chat or whatever touchpoint you can identify, that individual – and... by Steven Bell | Feb 15, 2023 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Let’s say you have some bad and good news to share. Most of us want to hear the bad news first so we can get it out of the way fast. Then we can bask in the feel-good glow of whatever the... by Steven Bell | Jan 18, 2023 | Blog Posts
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries When we get to the end of the year, it seems we have collectively come to express how terrible that just-ending year was. At the same time, we also tell ourselves there is no chance the... by Steven Bell | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Fall has arrived and along with it what looks like the reinvigoration of the on-site library conference. Fall months were always prime time for state library conferences, scholarly... by Steven Bell | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries How much time each day do you spend delving into the higher education news? Do you have a regular current awareness regimen for keeping up-to-date with the latest trends in higher ed? While... by Steven Bell | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries If you’re an Open Educational Resources (OER) purist, you might want to skip this post. For the rest of us who will accept non-OER paths to “textbook affordability”, this post shares some... by Steven Bell | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Editor’s Note: In Part One, Steven made the case that we have a significant problem with our discovery systems, using information from a recent webinar and study on library discovery and... by Steven Bell | Jul 6, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries Editor’s Note: In Part One, Steven makes the case that we have a significant problem with our discovery systems, using information from a recent webinar and study on library discovery and... by Steven Bell | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, In the Spotlight
by Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Libraries To better understand where in the curriculum open education resources (OER) were adopted by our faculty, our institutional Textbook Task Force turned a faculty survey on OER use into an...
