Welcome to LIBR 1101: Academic Research and the Library. My name is Jessica Critten (call me Jessica!) and I look forward to working with you all throughout the semester!
First, class business:
If you are reading this, there is a good chance that you have already set up your blog. If you haven't, you soon will! You'll use your blogs this semester to reflect on things we discuss in class, and also as a way to prepare for upcoming topics and exercises.
I will be using my blog to send you announcements, to post relevant and important information, and also to post the prompts that you'll be responding to in your individual blogs. It is important that you check this blog regularly so you don't miss anything.
I will also try to post as much information as I can on the CourseDen site, but we will use that less in this class than, perhaps, in your other classes. This means that I will probably rarely if ever check the email in CourseDen. If you want to email me, use my westga.edu account (or post a comment to my blog!) jcritten@westga.edu
A few important items:
- Remember that this class meets in the 3rd floor classroom. We will be working on laptops this semester, so the earlier you can get to class and set those up, the better!
- We have a lot of logistical things to work out in this first week. So make sure that you've:
- Set up your Gmail account
- Set up your class blog
- Post your Gmail address to the class Gmail directory (This is linked on CourseDen as well)
- Once everyone has posted their blog info on the Gmail directory, make sure to add all of your classmates (and me!) so you can comment on their blog
Take a second and think about why you decided to take this class....
...done? What did you come up with? You want to do better research? Or maybe someone just signed you up for it and you really don't know what you are doing here? Both are perfectly fine places to start!
Whatever the reason, I'm sure you want to make good grades in your other classes, right? I promise you that if you put the effort into this class, you are going to finish this semester better equipped to manage all of the classes you'll ever have. Think of LIBR 1101 as a foundation: we'll give you the tools you need to write papers, to think critically, and to find the information that you need. This is not just going to be useful in college--these are skills that you'll need to be a productive citizen of the world!
Just remember: in this class--like with most everything you'll experience in life--you will get out what you put in. In other words, if you make the effort and pay attention you will learn a lot. If you do the minimum, you'll get a minimum grade.
Most important: I am on your team. I want you to succeed, but you have to want to succeed too. Let me know how I can help you, and let me know if you are falling behind. I can't help if I don't know that you need it.
Here's to a fun and productive semester! See you soon!
Best,
Jessica
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