Leisure Activities and Personality Traits of Medical Librarians

Objectives: This study examines medical librarians’ personality based on their leisure activities to find out which personal characteristics prevail among working medical librarians.

Methods: An electronic survey was administered among medical librarians of the New England/South East regions. The collected statistics was compared to the national leisure statistics and previously published studies on personality traits.

Results: The respondent group exhibited prevailing Artistic, Investigative, and Conventional types, with a slightly higher number of introverts.

Conclusions: Personalities of the respondents fit into the job environment quite well, which could positively influence their interaction with patrons and the overall quality of work.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THE MANUAL OF MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS: Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord, editors. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2002, 570 pages. Illustrated. Soft cover: $44.95. Hard cover: $90.00. ADULT MUSEUM PROGRAMS: DESIGNING MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES: Bonnie Sachatello‐Sawyer, Robert A. Fellenz, Hanly Burton, Laura Gittings‐Carlson, Janet Lewis‐Mahony, Walter Woolbaugh. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta‐Mira Press, 2002, 184 pages. Soft cover: $24.95. Hard cover: $69.00.     

Fairy tales and storytelling: impromptu speaking with a twist

Objective: To gain practice with public speaking Type of speech: Impromptu Point value: 5% of course grade Requirements: (a) References: 0; (b) Length: 1–2 minutes; (c) Visual aid: No; (d) Outline: No; (e) Prerequisite reading: None; (f) Additional requirements: None This assignment offers students an opportunity to speak on a familiar (and ideally fun) topic. The objectives of this assignment are threefold: (1) to identify students' collective strengths and weaknesses with public speaking, (2) to lessen students' speech anxiety, and (3) to improve students' listening skills.     

Sources on Canadian Broadcasting

Erwin G. Krasnow and Lawrence D. Longley's The Politics of Broadcast Regulation (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972—$8.50/3.95)

The Network Project is back (see also III:9:6, III:10:8, IV:3:8, and IV:5:4 for earlier chapters in their story)

Philip Elliott's The Making of a Television Series: A Case Study in the Sociology of Culture (London: Constable, 1972—about $6.00 in U.S. funds)

Paul Stevens' I Can Sell You Anything: How I Made Your Favorite TV Commercial With Minimum Truth and Maximum Consequences (New York: Peter Wydeb, 1972—$5.95)     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Whose Muse?: Art Museums And The Public Trust: James Cuno, ed. Vastly More Than Bricks And Mortar: Reinventing The Fogg Art Museum In The 1920s: Kathryn Brush.     

Popular Music

Brian Rust The American Record Label Book (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1978— $20.00)

Bill Harry Mersey Beat: The Beginnings of the the Beatles (London: Omnibus Press/New York: Quick Fox, 1978—E2.50/$4.95, paper)

Mary Laverne Dimmick The Rolling Stones: An Annotated Bibliography (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978—$7.95)

Judith Glassman The Year in Music: 1978 (New York: Crown Publishers, 1978—$15.95)

Lionel Salter The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music: A Guide to Composers and Recommended Recordings (New York: Crown Books (Harmony Books)/London: Salamander Books, 1978—$17.95/8.95)

Gerald Bordman American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978—$35.00)     

“Nobody puts baby in a binder”: Using memes to teach visual reason

Courses: Visual Rhetoric, Political Communication, Media and Society, Argumentation

Objective: Students trace a social hierarchy created through the visual reason of memes.     

The Zen Scavenger Hunt: Constructing and presenting persuasive messages

Courses: Persuasion; Persuasive Speaking

Objectives: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply persuasive concepts in constructing persuasive messages creatively, and students will present and analyze their persuasive messages.     

Enhancing negotiation skills using foreign service simulations

Courses: Conflict communication, negotiation, small group

Objective: This activity will enhance students’ awareness and critique of their own negotiation behaviors.     

Stunning statistics for persuasive speaking

Courses: Advanced Public Speaking, Argumentation Theory

Objectives: This activity aims to enhance students’ ability to make statistics compelling and persuasive.     

Narrative learning using podcasts in interpersonal communication

Course: Interpersonal Communication

Objective: This semester-long approach utilizes weekly podcasts to engage students in narrative learning. Students evaluate podcast narratives and apply interpersonal communication concepts and theories through structured and unstructured learning activities.     

Book briefs

Bailey, F.G., editor. GIFTS AND POISON: THE POLITICS OF REPUTATION. New York: Schocken Books, 1972.

Barron, Jerome A. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOR WHOM? Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1973.

Blatner, Howard A. ACTING‐IN: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHODRAMA METHODS. New York: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 1973.

Deutscher, Irwin. WHAT WE SAY/WHAT WE DO: SENTIMENTS AND ACTS. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1973.

Edelman, Murray. POLITICS AS SYMBOLIC ACTION: MASS AROUSAL AND QUIESCENCE. Chicago: Markham Publishing Company, 1971.

Giglioli, Pier Paolo, editor. LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL CONTEXT. Baltimore: Penguin Books, Inc., 1973.

Grosser, Charles F. NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: FROM ENABLING TO ADVOCACY. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973.

Hamsher, J. Herbert and Sigall, Harold. PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL ISSUES. New York: The Macmillian Company, 1973.

Helmreich, William B. THE BLACK CRUSADERS: A CASE STUDY OF A BLACK MILITANT ORGANIZATION. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1973.

Jandt, Fred E. CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH COMMUNICATION. New York Harper and Row, Publishers, 1973.

Ladner, Joyce A., editor. THE DEATH OF WHITE SOCIOLOGY. New York: Vintage Books Division of Random House, Inc., 1973.

Meier, August and Rudwich, Elliott. CORE: A STUDY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1942 0 1968. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.

Meyer, Philip. PRECISION JOURNALISM: A REPORTER'S GUIDE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1973.

Psathes, George, editor. PHENOMENOLOGICAL SOCIOLOGY: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1973.

Zaltman, Gerald, Kotler, Philip and Kaufman, Ira, editors. CREATING SOCIAL CHANGE. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1972.     

Teaching audience adaptation using connected presentations and teamwork

Courses: Introduction to Communication, Public Speaking, Persuasion, Business Communication.

Objective: This activity increases students’ understanding of audience adaptation and improves their ability to adapt presentations to specific audiences.     

Amazing race: Finding and correctly citing credible sources

Courses: Public Speaking and courses familiarizing students with finding/citing sources.

Objective(s): After completing the activity, students will understand how to find and cite information in print, online, and personal communication formats.     

Encouraging participation in face-to-face lectures: The index card technique

Courses: This activity will work in any face-to-face communication lecture course.

Objectives: By the end of the semester in a face-to-face lecture class, every student will have engaged in verbal discussion.     

Practicing invention and style: Writing a persuasive résumé profile summary (like a Wikipedia entry)

Courses: Business and Professional Communication, Persuasion

Objectives: Students demonstrate application of rhetorical invention and improved persuasive writing style through a brief, multi-draft writing activity.     

Exploring cultural diversity with business students

Courses: Business Communication, Intercultural Communication

Objectives: Students will demonstrate understanding of some of the effects of culture on business communication. Students will explore cultural diversity in customer–seller relationships.     

Rube Goldberg salad system: Teaching systems theory in communication

Courses: Undergraduate Organizational Communication, Communication Theory, and Small Group Communication courses.

Objectives: This single-class activity aims to engage students actively in explaining and applying systems components, processes, and properties.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: BRIDGES TO UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS: Nina Freelander Gibans, executive editor, and Barbara Kres Beach, editor. DOMESTICATING HISTORY: THE POLITICAL ORIGINS OF AMERICA'S HOUSE MUSEUMS: By Patricia West. MUSEUMS OF THE NORTHWEST: DISCOVER THE BEST COLLECTIONS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND LOWER BRITISH COLUMBIA: By Harriet Baskas.