[Eril-l] tech svcs glossary

[Steve Oberg]

In a conversation thread yesterday about onboarding advice for e-resources librarians, Athena mentioned how helpful it might to have a glossary. There is one I use as both a help and an assignment for students in IS593TSO: Technical Services Functions, a course I teach at the iSchool at Illinois. You can access it at https://librarylink.wheaton.edu/techsvcsglossary. This URL redirects to a shared Google Doc.

It’s a tool to help students in all of the courses I teach, but it is particularly used as an assignment in IS593TSO. Students are expected to contribute two glossary entries. In this way, over several years of teaching the class, the glossary continues to expand.

Previously, this glossary was built-in to Moodle. When the iSchool at Illinois switched over to the Canvas LMS, I had to rethink how to build and maintain the glossary from scratch. I don’t know that the approach I am currently using is the best one for several reasons, but it is what I could come up with quickly, and a side benefit is that it is easier to make publicly available. If I end up switching to some other site/tool, the above URL will be updated to redirect there.

If you have ideas or suggestions or feedback, I’m glad to receive them.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor and Group Leader for Acquisitions and Discovery Services
Buswell Library, Wheaton College (IL)
+1 (630) 752-5852

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