HLA Next Steps: OER Presentation

Happy Friday!

I type this up as I reflect on the Hawaii Library Association Next Steps presentation on Open Educational Resources. I admit, during my time in public libraries, I did not get the request to look up or find OER for patrons, however I can see the benefits of the public utilizing these resources. I was lucky to have made time to attend this presentation by an expert in the field, especially now that I am in academia. Go Sunny!

I took a look at the University of Hawaii OER website and saw familiar names. I wanted to look at how anyone could find information. I went to "Arts & Humanities" > "History" and saw the name of my history professor from Kapiolani Community College! She had compiled selected articles from Densho Publications. 

I look forward to finding more treasures on our University of Hawaii website. Knowing that OER is even possible in this day and age is progressive towards the goals of inspiring instructors to adapt their learning methodologies and improve student success. 

Links: 

• Open Educational Resources 
• OER: Densho Publications

Library Instruction: Graphic Novels

Hi all! 

I was so excited to do library instruction for ENG 200G: Graphic Novels. I might have gotten a bit overboard, but I hope the students could see through all my excitement ways that can help them with their research on graphic novels. 

For this class, I demonstrated the following databases:

1. LibCat - Our library catalog. Our library has its own graphic novel collection, organized by the title of the graphic novel series. 
2. Ebook Central - Users are able to download books onto their smart devices or computers. There are a few graphic novels as well as books on literary criticism. 
3. Access World News - Newspaper database. I wanted to show this database since graphic novels have been in the news, from awards to book reviews, 
4. JSTOR - A humanities database with images!  
5. Literary Reference Center Plus - Graphic novels are becoming a titan in reading nowadays which leads to more articles and reviews on graphic novels in a scholarly sense! 
6. NoveList Plus - Readers' advisory site with excellent information on what a graphic novel is as well as graphic novels for adults, teens, and children. Something for everyone! 

Be sure to use the following keywords:

• graphic novel
• comic
• superhero

There is so much more to work on with this subject... I can't wait to dive in more! Thank you Professor M. for allowing me to lead your class in our library session.