Matthew E. Parkins
JD, MLIS
"Library Bird" by C.O.D. Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
"It's never too late to be what you might have been."
-- George Elliot
"Library -- the original search engine" by Enokson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Projects
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
-- Anonymous
Below are some of the projects and assignments I completed during my studies at the iSchool at Kent State University. Each one of the projects below aligns with one or more of the iSchool’s Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) which are:
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Identify needs and connect individuals and communities with information that engages and empowers them.
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Analyze and engage in the changing cultural, educational and social roles and responsibilities of librarians/information professionals and the environments they work in within the global society.
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Evaluate systems and technologies relevant to a particular information content.
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Apply the field's functional theories, principles, values, ethics and skills to everyday practice.
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Critique and synthesize research and identify appropriate research methodologies to solve problems in the field.
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In addition, the projects show my skills in the core competencies set forth by the Ohio Library Council for Adult Services.
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Just click on each button below to view the individual projects and a short description of how each aligns with one or more PLOs.
“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”
-- John Maynard Keynes