'Park Ranger ' www.flickr.com/photos/48355243@N00/127492278

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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your consideration the
Untour

• LOEX of the West
• University Of Nevada
• Las Vegas June 5, 2008
• By Janice Mutz, Instruction/Distance Education
  Librarian, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
  Ontario CANADA

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

• LocationPaterson North (NSRC - 5th Fl.) Call
  NumberFC 3213.1 S53R33 2007
• LocationPaterson Books - 3rd Floor Call NumberE
  78 C2I387 2006
• LocationPaterson Storage (Ground Fl.) non-circ
  .Call NumberTN 27 O5 1912, v.21, pt. 2, p. 3
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• LocationPaterson Gov. Pubs. CODOC (Ground
  Fl.)Call NumberCA2ON NR 99O52
• LocationPaterson Microfiche (Main Fl.) non-circ.
  Call NumberMFICHE MB 130 no. 25956

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What we do to help tours,open houses,
orientation booth, etc

• sometimes with our fun mascot (thanks Wolfie!)

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The Amazing Race Library edition!

• Destination Stacks! The teams!
• The difficult roadblocks!
• The triumph!
• The winners!
• The fabulous prizes!

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What is a scholarly journal?

• What the groups figure out on their own
• Peer-review
• References
• Abstracts

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What is a reference book?

• What the groups come up with
• Shortcut!
• Great place to start
• Scholarly references listed

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What is a thesis?

• What they figure out
• A really looooong paper!
• Shortcut (again!)
• Useful references

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TRADITIONAL TOUR VS. UNTOUR

• PASSIVE
• LECTURE STYLE
• LIBRARIAN TEACHING

• ACTIVE
• SMALL GROUP WORK
• PEER-TO-PEER TEACHING

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Contact me for more info on the UntourWhere
is Lakehead U/Thunder Bay, Ontario
anyway? Kakabeka Falls

• North of Minneapolis, MN
• North of Duluth, MN
• North of Lake Superior
• Well, just NORTH!
• Janice Mutz, Instruction/Distance Education
  Librarian, Lakehead University
• jmutz_at_lakeheadu.ca

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Image credits

• William and the Bookswww.flickr.com/photos/51035
  555243_at_N01/457689943
• Park Ranger www.flickr.com/photos/48355243_at_N00/
  1274922784
• Which way do you want me to go?http//www.flick
  r.com/photos/40275313_at_N00/327767127
• Tour de France www.flickr.com/photos/58934987_at_N00/
  756793192
• a simpler mapwww.flickr.com/photos/20095166_at_N00/
  374586852
• Signage in the GSU librarywww.flickr.com/photos/
  78199693_at_N00/472518263
• Seattle PL sign www.flickr.com/photos/45131388_at_N
  00/246133138
• Rainbowwww.flickr.com/photos/63969483_at_N00/844363
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• PHDwww.flickr.com/photos/35034353562_at_N01/3724159
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