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Miss Alissa Droog

Assistant Professor, Education & Social Sciences Librarian,
Northern Illinois University

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Assistant Professor, Education & Social Sciences Librarian,
Northern Illinois University

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Call for Nominations: Notable Works for Library Support of Graduate Students

Have you worked on something related to graduate students in libraries since Jan. 2024? The ACRL Academic Library Services for Graduate Students Interest Group's (ALSGS) Notable Works for Library Support of Graduate Students Working Group seeks nominations for our biannual Notable Works List. Our ...

RE: Upcoming changes to ERIC from an evidence synthesis perspective

Posted By Alissa Droog Apr 01, 2025 03:12 PM
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Hi again, The study mentioned above which investigates coverage overlaps between Education databases and alternatives to ERIC is finally out and was published open access. It's available below: Fitzgerald, S. R., Weaver, K. D., & Droog, A. (2025). Selecting a specialized education database for literature ...

RE: Upcoming changes to ERIC from an evidence synthesis perspective

Posted By Alissa Droog Mar 28, 2025 01:12 PM
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Hi Eric, We haven't taken a super active role in notifying education students or faculty about changes to ERIC just yet, but I think I will be helping to circulate a mass email to them in the next couple of weeks once we know more. As for a replacement database, I actually do have thoughts on this. ...

Annotated Bibliography on Digital Literacy from the LIRT Adult Learners Committee!

Posted By Alissa Droog Jul 09, 2024 03:34 PM
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Hello LIRT community, In 2023-2024, the LIRT Adult Learners Committee hosted four discussion groups about various articles that we read relating to the topic of digital literacies for adult learners. Below is an annotated bibliography of what we learned from our discussion group! Annotated Bibliography: ...

Reminder: June 6th webinar: From theory to practice: Strategies to inform library work with adult learners

Posted By Alissa Droog May 30, 2023 02:17 PM
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From theory to practice: Strategies to inform library work with adult learners  In this interactive webinar from the LIRT Adult Learners Committee, we will introduce adult learners as a major library demographic. We will also provide a brief overview of key adult learning theories that inform current ...

June 6th Webinar: From theory to practice: Strategies to inform library work with adult learners

Posted By Alissa Droog May 16, 2023 01:17 PM
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From theory to practice: Strategies to inform library work with adult learners  In this interactive webinar from the LIRT Adult Learners Committee, we will introduce adult learners as a major library demographic. We will also provide a brief overview of key adult learning theories that inform current ...

Education LibGuides Repository Recently Updated!

** This is being posted to multiple ALA Connect communities ** Attention librarians with a liaison area in Education! Are you revamping your Education library guides or creating new ones? The ACRL EBSS Education Section Committee has updated the ACRL/EBSS Education Guides Repository to ...