I take the LOL show to the international building today at 2 p.m. Our university has a large international student population and their building is hopping with activity on most days. Their developing English keeps them from asking too many questions from the "Big Bad Librarians" in our main location so I am hoping that my presence in their environment will be a positive.
Hopefully the wireless connection will work better than our last attempt at the campus cafe.
2:15 p.m. All set up here in the international building. There is not another place on campus that has as much activity as this building. From 8a.m. to 10 p.m., this place is busy. The international students are not always in the position for heavy research but that is where the simplest instruction on the online catalog or a database can make a big difference.
2:43 p.m. Here are some good links to other libraries and their information designed for international students:
Library terminology glossary at Rutgers University.
Library tutorial for international students at U of North Carolina
3:00 p.m. This exercise continues to be useful more for the faculty rather than the students. I just set up library instruction with an instructor of the intensive English program. The face to face contact helped clear up some confusion on both of our parts.
3:32 p.m. Looking around the public area where I am stationed I notice Japanese, Chinese, and Nepalese. I had some Netlibrary complimentary highlighters and I passed them out to some students. I also have candy and pens. No one seems to want my business card though.
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