Bibliocycle

I was able to get a stable Internet connection tonight for several hours.  That is unusual.  When I arrived at the hotel and registered for access at the business center, I chose the 24 hours (total, metered) access plan.  The prices at the business center are quite high, and the 24 hour plan was the most economical.  What I didn’t ask was “Will there be 24 hours of Internet available in the next two weeks”?

It is now the monsoon season, and the power (and Internet) is very irregular.  As if on cue, the power just went off as I was writing this. (I am writing offline, in the near-dark, and using battery power)

Today in the workshop we explored the development of collaborative relationships between Faculty and Librarians in support of the teaching of information literacy skills throughout the curriculum.  I made a presentation on Collaboration to introduce the concepts, and then there was group discussion and exercise in curriculum mapping.  The group was quite engaged by the “research process steps” exercise.  I used a relay race for a bibliography exercise with good results.  In the afternoon, we began a “search engine showdown.”   Everyone was very engaged and high-energy today.

I had so much work to do to prepare for tomorrow, I passed up the opportunity to go to dinner with the Econ team.  My “butler” delivered a tray of crackers and extremely good cheese, and that was dinner.