id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-25583 Arellano Douglas, Veronica; Gadsby, Joanna The Power of Presence: One-Shots, Relational Teaching, and Instruction Librarianship 2022-09-02 12 .pdf application/pdf 7222 291 47 As Nel Noddings states, “time spent on building a relation of care and trust is not time wasted,” so whatever time we have, however brief, is best used in relational connection.20 Joan Piorkowski and Erika Scheurer’s article on devel- opmental writing students highlighted how brief interactions with professors can be “caring encounters that spur motivation” and note that these demonstrations of care do not need to 810 College & Research Libraries September 2022 be elaborate.21 Rather, the professor or instructor shows that they are relationally available to students and establishes a foundation of care through their small actions or suggestions. However, there are one-shot classes or workshops that leave us, as librarians, feeling connected to students and faculty, deeply moved by the learning that has happened in the last hour or two (and in the hours of planning before the class even occurs). cache/crl-25583.pdf txt/crl-25583.txt