December 2011 Articles

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how excited I was to dig into Dan Butin's book Service Learning in theory and practice:  The future of community engagement in higher education.  I've just started the book this evening.   Even in the preface, Butin forces the reader to challenge what they know about service-learning.  He proposes that service-learning should find a disciplinary, academic "home" in the curriculum.  He suggests that service-learning as it exists now is a "social movement" but he believes we need to think about an academic home for service learning…

This is an interesting read.  Ohio Campus Compact has released its predictions for trends in service in 2012. Read them here.

It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since I launched Service Learning Librarian.  I'm celebrating a little early since I know I'll be in the throws of teaching, etc. in a few weeks on the actual anniversary. A passage I read a few nights ago in Paul Rogat Loeb's Soul of a Citizen resonated with me and it made me reflect on the purpose of this blog.  One of the reasons I started writing this blog was to explore the role of information and the librarian in service-learning.  The passage described how information alone doesn't usually…