Darren Flynn 🌻🇺🇦🌈 Profile picture
Library manager (academic liaison) in higher education by trade, gardener when possible. Views/opinions my own (he/him) @DFlynnLib@mastodon.lol
Mar 1, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Mini 🧵for librarians and academic skills folk:
Ever get that awkward moment when a student complains about a 'poorly-run' module? Lecturer doesn't know what assessment is, can't answer questions etc.
And we do this "um..well" response because we don't criticize colleagues 🤷 Maybe we should use this to develop academic literacy and be transparent about what's often going on:
Fair chance your lecturer is on a zero-hours contract. Likely recruited a week or so before the module started
Feb 2, 2022 13 tweets 2 min read
4 years of supporting these as an allied health librarian; sometimes great, sometimes a nightmare. If General advice I'd give to faculty 🧵... 1. Don't call them SR's, your students will freak out if they read anything about proper SRs. If you want students to go through the motions of an SR go for something like Systematised/structured Lit Review and emphasize the difference
Feb 1, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
*CfP Klaxon*
Stage 1 CfP for #CALC2022 closes soon and I wanna read your #critlib session proposals
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sites.google.com/view/calcconfe… This stage of of the CfP is reserved for speakers from groups who experience under representation and marginalisation from libraries, academia and traditional conference programmes. Eligibility, submission and guidance here:
sites.google.com/view/calcconfe…