http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5773 Erin Vonnahme Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:30:04 GMT 2026-04-05T22:30:04Z http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6070 Zines As Outreach For Art Kids and Ecologists (And Everyone In Between) Vonnahme, Erin; Sentieri, Carly; Brinkman, Stacy Zines provide a unique outreach opportunity for librarians across disciplinary boundaries and functional roles, offering a low barrier for entry (Can you fold and cut? Great! You’re almost done!) and transdisciplinary appeal. These DIY, be-whatever-you-need-them-to-be teaching tools and learning objects create a dynamic energy as easily as they foster quiet contemplation through drawing and writing. Want to share your research about rising nitrogen levels in area lakes? Your journey to body posi behavior? Try zines. This poster will highlight the efforts of librarians and staff across Special Collections and public services departments at a mid-sized, Midwestern liberal arts university. For more than a year, we have been working to connect zines to students directly in the classroom (through courses like Drawing for Non-Majors and Introduction to Creative Writing); to campus communities through our standing, monthly zine workshop series; and to the broader community through annual events like our Women’s History Month celebrations and makerspace. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6070 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6013 Read In Redux: Revitalizing Library Programming Vonnahme, Erin Presentation slide deck http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6013 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5966 The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) 2016 Vonnahme, Erin Short Abstract: Skillful search savvy can be intimidating to beginning researchers, and, much to my chagrin, most of my students don’t prefer to wax philosophical about controlled vocabularies. How, then, can I stay excited about my work in the face of my own necessary repetition and of my students’ skepticism, anxiety, or boredom? By re-tooling my approach to introductory information literacy sessions, I can demonstrate more sophisticated search technique to new audiences without becoming a broken record (good for me) or mired in technical jargon (good for them). Students benefit by learning how to begin research beyond the keyword, and I remain jazzed about how fun research can be in the bizarre and esoteric rabbit holes of an academic database. Learning outcomes: By the end of my session, we will have -implemented CV-driven searching in the context of beginning research instruction -shared and reflected upon our experiences using embedded database features to facilitate research -created a sample lesson plan for use across discipline-specific instructional contexts http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5966