Tim Miller

Faculty Liaison

  • I am the Liaison to Kinesiology (KINS), Recreation Administration (REC), & Environmental Science (ENVS) programs.
  • I collaborate with faculty to create online research assignments
  • At the request of faculty, I have developed extra-credit workshops and online instructional materials.
  • Collaborated on Open Eductional Resource LibGuide to help faculty find relevant, quality teaching resources that are free to use and distribute
  • I have also worked to improve the library collection by weeding and ensuring that faculty are informed of the process and have the opportunity to provide feedback.

Instruction

  • I created LibGuides for KINS, REC, & Creating for the Web, and collaborated with Katia Karadjova to update the guides for ENVS and Ecological Restoration.
  • I created various video tutorials and other online content.
  • I have taught 21 instructional sessions & 13 drop-in workshops.
  • At the request of Dr. Marchand (REC), I created a pre-instruction survey to assess student information literacy.
  • I also worked with Sarah Fay Philips and Bruce Tiffee to improve and update the Begin Your Research online tutorial.
  • Along with several other librarians, I have been offering drop-in workshops on a variety of information literacy topics.
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Research & Reference

  • As part of my regular duties, I work at the Research Help Desk at least nine hours per week.
  • At the request of Dr. Hopper, I also met one-on-one with Kinesiology graduate students enrolled in Research Methods (KINS 635).
  • I actively used the experiences and interactions with these students at the RHD to inform my classroom instruction lessons and online tutorials.
  • I have offered several Basic Research workshops which have been recommended by faculty.

Information Literacy & The Web

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