And the walls come crumbling down Engaging Faculty
And the walls come crumbling down… Engaging Faculty and Enhancing Student Success in an Academic Library Suzanne van den Hoogen: Public Services Librarian & Laurinda Matheson: Research Services Librarian St. FX University
Are reference desks dying out? RIP Adapt or Die Carlson, S. (2007). Are reference desks dying out? The Chronicle of Higher Education 53 33 p. 37 -39
Literature Review Trends & Landscapes “In this age of “It is of “Though visits to “…shifting the Internet, paramount instructional role the desk are libraries do not importance that down, librarians from single have a monopoly libraries critically library sessions perceive that on the evaluate the to a curricular interactions are informationservices they approach. ” longer and of providing provide their higher quality. ” business. ” users. ” Kuruppu, 2007. p. 368 Kuruppu , 2007. p. 368 Fitzpatrick, 2008. p. 237 Ryan, 2008. p. 397
Reference Service: A Local Assessment
A Snapshot: Types of Questions @ the Ref Desk
Where else do we need to be? Go to where the students are: virtually & physically Carlson, S. (2007). Are reference desks dying out? The Chronicle of Higher Education 53 33 p. 37 -39
Virtual Reference
Reference to Go
Librarian in Residence
Facebook & Twitter
Shifting Instructional Roles
Moodle Library Scavenger Hunt Moodle 100: How to integrate the Library into your Moodle Course Add your Liaison Librarian to your course Add the “Library Block” to your course Link to databases, journal articles, and e. Books Embed a Library Video tutorial into Moodle
Research Tool Kit Workshop
Lib. Guides
Brown Bag Lunch Series Open Access Publishing: Navigating the wild west of OA publishing, the good, the bad & the ugly. Scholarly Communications Apps for Academics
You. Tube: Online tutorials Explain Everything How to log in to your library account
QR Codes: Library Tours
Opportunities Building relationships & Breaking barriers
Library Trading Cards
Posters, Photos & Buttons
i. Pad User Group
Movie Night
Movember
Mini Free Library
Looking Forward • Continuing with our current projects • And… Button maker - contest More movie nights Halloween Ghost walk Poster series • What can the library do for you? • Please interrupt us! • Signage o Student video testimonials o o
Final Thoughts: We’re not dying, but we ARE regenerating! Image Source: http: //imgur. com/gallery/e. LYr. U Image Source: http: //www. geekwithcurves. com/2011_04_01_archive. html
Resources • Anderson, Rick. "IMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): reference services, scalability, and the starfish problem. " Against the Grain. 19. 5 (2006): 16. Web. • Carlson, Scott. "Are Reference Desks Dying Out? " Chronicle of Higher Education 53. 33 (2007): A 37. Print. • Dinkins, Debbi, Ryan, Susan M. "Measuring Referrals: The use of Paraprofessionals at the Reference Desk. " Journal of Academic Librarianship 36. 4 (2010): 279 -86. Print. • Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth B. , Moore, Anne C. , Lang, Beth W. "Reference Librarians at the Reference Desk in a Learning Commons: A Mixed Methods Evaluation. " Journal of Academic Librarianship 34. 3 (2008): 231 -8. Print. • Kuruppu, Pali U. "Evaluation of Reference Services--A Review. " Journal of Academic Librarianship 33. 3 (2007): 368 -81. Print. • Moyo, Leslie, and Jennifer Nardine. "A Living Network Supports Reference on-the-Go". IFLA WLIC 2013. Singapore. Web. • Rieh, Soo Young. "Changing Reference Service Environment: A Review of Perspectives from Managers, Librarians, and Users. " Journal of Academic Librarianship 25. 3 (1999): 178 -86. Print. • Ryan, Susan M. "Reference Transactions Analysis: The Cost-Effectiveness of Staffing a Traditional Academic Reference Desk. " Journal of Academic Librarianship 34. 5 (2008): 389 -99. Print.
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