Comments on: First Year Out – Just Not That Into Us http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freshman Instruction | I-LIT http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/comment-page-1/#comment-194407 Freshman Instruction | I-LIT Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:11:38 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=806#comment-194407 [...] the most motivated, the bulk of freshmen really aren’t that interested in the library.  This blog post at ACRLog says it best.  My belief?  Freshman come to the library because they have [...] [...] the most motivated, the bulk of freshmen really aren’t that interested in the library.  This blog post at ACRLog says it best.  My belief?  Freshman come to the library because they have [...]

]]> By: stevenb http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/comment-page-1/#comment-80397 stevenb Fri, 23 May 2008 23:46:12 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=806#comment-80397 Some of the content and comments to a recent blog post by Mark Bauerlein at Brainstorm are relevant to Mark's post about first-years, their experience and mindset. Find it at: http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/bauerlein/the-reigning-paternalism Some of the content and comments to a recent blog post by Mark Bauerlein at Brainstorm are relevant to Mark’s post about first-years, their experience and mindset. Find it at:
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/bauerlein/the-reigning-paternalism

]]> By: Eleanor Cook http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/comment-page-1/#comment-80357 Eleanor Cook Fri, 23 May 2008 16:33:58 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=806#comment-80357 I am using Clydesdale's book as a resource for a journal article I am about to submit to a peer-reviewed journal. I spent a semester attending a freshman English class "as a student" and am writing up my experience - "My Freshman Year" was the initial inspiration for this. My findings match these for sure! Stay tuned ... Eleanor Cook Appalachian State University I am using Clydesdale’s book as a resource for a journal article I am about to submit to a peer-reviewed journal. I spent a semester attending a freshman English class “as a student” and am writing up my experience – “My Freshman Year” was the initial inspiration for this.
My findings match these for sure!
Stay tuned …
Eleanor Cook
Appalachian State University

]]> By: Paige Fujisue http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/comment-page-1/#comment-80318 Paige Fujisue Fri, 23 May 2008 07:09:37 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=806#comment-80318 Thank you Marc for sharing this. I am a MLIS candidate (December 2008) interested in working in academic libraries and your post has given me food for thought. If first-year students' main concerns revolve around daily life management, then it behooves the library to link to local sites that address these needs--social hot spots, grocery stores, online communities, public library, student blogs, churches, etc. Campuses whose student body typically come from afar would be well served. Such provision of information can no doubt help students acclimate themselves to their new community and personal responsibilities. According to the information presented in your post, the sooner this happens, the sooner first-years will be able to absorb that which we hope to teach them. Thanks for sharing this Marc! Thank you Marc for sharing this. I am a MLIS candidate (December 2008) interested in working in academic libraries and your post has given me food for thought. If first-year students’ main concerns revolve around daily life management, then it behooves the library to link to local sites that address these needs–social hot spots, grocery stores, online communities, public library, student blogs, churches, etc. Campuses whose student body typically come from afar would be well served.

Such provision of information can no doubt help students acclimate themselves to their new community and personal responsibilities. According to the information presented in your post, the sooner this happens, the sooner first-years will be able to absorb that which we hope to teach them.

Thanks for sharing this Marc!

]]> By: Brian Mathews http://acrlog.org/2008/05/22/first-year-out-just-not-that-into-us/comment-page-1/#comment-80281 Brian Mathews Thu, 22 May 2008 21:02:18 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=806#comment-80281 My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student is another good read. My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student is another good read.

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