Penfield Library Update to Faculty Assembly January 30

Penfield Library Update to Faculty Assembly January 30, 2017 Sarah Weisman, Library Director

Physical Space • 1 st floor renovations • Lobby, Writing Center, computer lab • Exterior banners • SHOP – food and clothing pantry • Lactation room • New 2 nd floor library classroom

Resources and Services – extend far beyond our walls

Support for Distance Learning • SUNY Oswego in Syracuse at the Metro Center and online • Item delivery • Instruction – virtual and at other locations • Resources integrated in Blackboard • Research Help - Ask Us 24/7

Research Guides • Help navigate the collection • Organize resources • Databases • Books – electronic and print • Subject guides • General guides: • Copyright, Out in Oswego, etc.

Interlibrary Loan • Speedy, wide-ranging, and gets rave reviews • Last year, over 6, 900 items were borrowed for our faculty and students • Document delivery scanning

2016 Requests Submitted by SUNY Oswego Patrons (Borrowing & Document Delivery) 41, 8% 48, 2% 2, 5%1, 7% 5, 8% Faculty Graduate Honors Track Staff Undergraduate

Course Reserves • Consider donating a course textbook • Not feasible for us to purchase every textbook • Cost of student textbooks is an issue • Involved in campus discussions about Open Educational Resources (OER)

Instruction • Make requests sooner rather than later • Curriculum mapping • ACRL information literacy framework • Fake news

Innovation Technologies • Circulating technology • Laptops, chargers, i. Pads, microphones, cameras, drawing tablets, etc. • Multimedia production rooms and equipment • Analog to digital • Maker Tech and events • 3 D printing/scanning, circuit kits, low-tech items as well • Digital media instruction

Communication • Library website • Social media • @Penfield newsletter • Faculty liaison librarians

Upcoming Events

Display to Archives • Luncheon on April 5, 2017 • Watch for invitation and RSVP • Celebrates faculty and staff scholarly and creative activities • Donated works are showcased and made available Computer Science Faculty Damian Schofield gives advice on how to succeed in scholarly publishing.

Workshops • Write Ways Series • Math Talks • Academic Success Workshops

Faculty Services webpage

Faculty Grants • Faculty Teaching and Research Collections Grants • $500 each to support: • faculty research interests or • program/course needs • Multiple grants available • Online application form • Deadline is March 2, 2017 at 9: 00 am • Funded by New York State Coordinated Collection Development Aid

The Library Needs You! • Public Relations Research (COM 317) Collaboration – Fall 2016 • One key takeaway: • Faculty are critical in encouraging students to use library resources

Questions? Sarah Weisman Penfield Library Director sarah. weisman@oswego. edu