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Bronwen K. Maxson

Request Library Instruction for Fall 2024

Fri, August 2, 2024 3:15 PM

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UC Merced librarians offer instruction sessions to support undergraduate and graduate students in their completion of course assignments requiring library research skills. We offer sessions in-person and online options depending on your course delivery mode.

Please submit Fall 2024 requests via our online instruction request form (for non-course integrated instruction, you can also submit a by-request workshop form). We appreciate receiving requests by Friday, August 23rd for Fall planning. We are also happy to consult prior to your instruction request regarding desired learning outcomes.

Visit the Library Instruction Services landing page for more resources including:

We look forward to working with you to increase students’ ability to strategically navigate, critically evaluate, and ethically use information! Email us with any questions library@ucmerced.edu or contact your library liaison.

UC Merced Library is hiring a Learning Services Coordinator!

Tue, July 23, 2024 6:00 PM

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Brief Description:

The UC Merced Library seeks a Learning Services Coordinator to work closely with Research & Learning Services colleagues to further the development of students’ information literacy competencies.

Key responsibilities include the following: 

  • Instruction and Learning Support – Prepares and evaluates instructional materials ensuring they are current, designed effectively, and accessible in a variety of formats, and leads instructional workshops with support from unit colleagues.

  • Administration -- Administers online tools used for instruction and reference purposes (e.g. LibApps) to ensure that software functionality is optimized and user access is managed. Creates documentation to support use of these tools. Coordinates scheduling of instruction sessions, workshops, and events. 

  • Assessment -- Gathers, analyzes, and summarizes data for reporting, decision-making, and advocacy purposes. Evaluates and recommends new processes and tools to improve existing workflows related to instruction and reference services.

Qualifications:

A Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. See job recruitment link below for more.

Salary Range:

$62,236 -$74,215

View Job Posting for Full Details https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01803

Review of Applications Begins: August 15, 2024

Anticipated Start Date: September 2024

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The University of California, Merced is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, pregnancy, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or other protected categories covered by the UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy. UC Merced intentionally promotes and maintains a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace by demonstrating it neither condones nor tolerates employment practices that discriminate against or harass any person or specific group of persons on the basis listed above. We seek candidates who will support our vision to cultivate a vibrant, equity-minded, inclusive excellence university community. When applying to UC Merced, we strongly encourage you to reflect on our Principles of Community and our 2021 strategic plan.

Contact:

Questions can be submitted to Bronwen K. Maxson, Head of Research & Learning Services, bmaxson@ucmerced.edu.

CatCourses Module Empowers Students to Develop Academic Integrity

Thu, April 25, 2024 12:10 PM

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The Library is pleased to announce a new module about academic integrity is available in Canvas Commons for CatCourses. The module empowers students to put together the four pieces of academic integrity – the scholarly conversation, academic honesty, attribution & citation, and copyright & fair use – to reflect and make connections to their own lives. The module supports students in understanding their responsibilities in being part of a research university. It includes a final assessment that can be graded. The module, licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, was adapted from a module that Librarian, Bronwen Maxson, helped develop, and tailored for the needs of UC Merced in collaboration with Librarian, Olivia Olivares, the Teaching Commons, and in consultation with the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

The Library’s module was designed as a student onboarding module for Spark courses to enrich the first-year experience at UC Merced. To locate this module, log in to Canvas Commons via CatCourses and search for "Bobcats Live With Academic Integrity: Academic Conduct at UC Merced," from there you can download or import the module. Interested Spark instructors can reach the Teaching Commons for more information and for assistance embedding the module into a CatCourses site.

CatCourses LTI Update

Wed, February 21, 2024 4:50 PM

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The LTI to make UC Merced Library research guides visible to students in CatCourses has been upgraded. Please use the “Library Research Guide” page (formerly “Start Your Research”), found in your CatCourses site to display Subject or Course research guides. To add this page to your course site, go to Settings > Navigation > enable the Library Research Guide page. If there is an existing research guide for your course, it will automatically embed there.

Please use this form if you would like a custom-built course research guide. For questions, contact your library liaison.

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