Meet the Presentors

Online Medieval & Classical Library: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL
The Labyrinth:Resources for Medieval Studies: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth
ORB (On-line Reference Book) for Medieval Studies: http://orb.rhodes.edu
Bayeux Tapestry (a beautiful government document): http://blah.bsuvc.bsu.edu/bt

Julie Hansen

I am an Associate Professor in Library and Information Services and the Humanities and Instruction Librarian for Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. I have been associated with the University for thirteen years. I have collection development and bibliographic instruction responsibilities for the departments of English, Foreign Languages, and Philosophical Studies, and I work collaboratively with the Assistant Instruction and Reference Librarian to coordinate the Library's instruction program. We teach basic research skills to Freshman Writing classes and to Academic Development students.

Emerging technologies have had a significant impact on our instruction program. A thirty minute walk through the building is no longer an adequate introduction to the Library's resources. We have worked collaboratively with the English faculty to develop a program that enables us to work with students over several sessions. In the Library's Instruction Classroom, students can work at eighteen computers to gain hands-on experience in searching both locally held and web-based resources. In addition, as campus-wide access to the Library's resources has grown, we have expanded our program to include on-site instruction in computer classrooms across the campus.

Lovejoy Library: http://www.library.siue.edu

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville: http://www.siue.edu

Lydia Jackson

I've been affiliated with Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville for fifteen years. Two years ago, I completed my M.L.S. degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Currently, I am Assistant Professor, Assistant Instruction and Reference Librarian at SIUE. I primarily work with English 101 and 102, Academic Development, and University 112 classes to ensure they have a basic understanding of the research process and necessary skills to succeed not only in their college endeavors but lifelong learning. I also conduct seminars for faculty, staff, and students on all electronic resources available in our library and have begun to venture out into the realm of distance education.

As a teacher, I do not believe library skills can be adequately taught in a one shot session. Thus, in my consultation with faculty and in bibliographic instruction sessions, I stress the importance of active learning environments that are conducive to hands-on practice and recognizes incremental stages or processes of awareness in learning.

One of my major responsibilities is coordinating all of the instruction classes in our electronic Library Instruction Classroom which numbered well over 300 last year.

Finally, the enormous amount of electronic resources and the complexity of using many of these sources makes it essential for teachers and librarians to work more collaboratively.

Library Web Page: http://www.library.siue.edu/

Steve Krause

I am currently an Assistant Professor of English at Southern Oregon University, but I will be joining the faculty in the English Department at Eastern Michigan University in Fall 1998. My teaching and scholarly interests revolve primarily around exploring the places where writing and advanced technologies (like computers and the Internet) intersect. I also teach and write about composition pedagogy, rhetorical and critical theory, and writing program administration.

I'm not actually going to be physically in Florida for the conference. My role in all this has been helping Alan Rea set up the web site. But I wish I was going to be there because I think the issues being raised by this workshop are extremely important for everyone who teaches writing that requires research. Since students are and will continue to use the web as an important source for their research, I think it is crucial that we figure out new approaches that help our students sort through issues like credibility, reliability, plagerism, and citation. We've always had to teach this stuff in writing classes; the World Wide Web simply requires us to be once again concious about how we teach these skills.

I've helped set up and I maintain lots and lots of web pages. Besides this site and these links, here are a couple of links that might be useful and/or fun:

My official homepage, which has links to most of the web projects I have been or am involved in. Keep in mind that this URL will change in Fall 1998.
The St. Martin's Guide to Writing Web site. I helped create and write the text for this site in 1997. There are a lot of good tips here and I think this can be a useful site for all kinds of writers and teachers (not just the ones using The Guide).
"The Scream Page!" Which is (one of) my ideas of fun

Bruce Leland

I'm Professor of English and Technowonk at Western Illinois University, where I just finished thirteen years as Director of the Writing Program (and lived to tell about it). I teach a range of writing courses from first year comp to graduate composition theory. Last year my cat (picture on web site) won second place in the fat cat contest at our town summer festival.

Website: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/

Library: http://www.wiu.edu/library/

WIU Department of English:http://www.wiu.edu/users/mieng/wiu/index.htm

WIU Writing Program: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mieng/wiu/write/wwp.htm

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