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In With The Old: Encouraging Archives Use With Innovative Faculty Outreach, Kimberly Veliz, Ronald Rozzell Nov 2022

In With The Old: Encouraging Archives Use With Innovative Faculty Outreach, Kimberly Veliz, Ronald Rozzell

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

In order to encourage archives usage, an instruction librarian and archivist at a small community college collaborated to design an interactive instruction session for faculty. The session was to use breakout boxes to demonstrate how to incorporate archival materials into classroom activities at an institution wide professional development workshop event. Plans for an in-person breakout box session were scrapped after the COVID-19 Omicron wave forced workshops online. After designing and carrying out an online archives introduction, the session was reconfigured back into an in-person session utilizing breakout boxes. Despite lower-than-expected attendance, the innovative outreach made faculty and staff aware of …


Slis Director's Report, Stacy Creel, Ph.D. Usm Slis Nov 2022

Slis Director's Report, Stacy Creel, Ph.D. Usm Slis

SLIS Connecting

Welcome to the Summer/Fall issue of SLIS Connecting.


November 2022 Table Of Contents Newsletter - Music Library, Z. Sylvia Yang, Kayla Birt Flegal Nov 2022

November 2022 Table Of Contents Newsletter - Music Library, Z. Sylvia Yang, Kayla Birt Flegal

Table of Contents Newsletter

Once housed in a single room with materials shelved all the way to the ceiling, DePauw's Music Library is a beautiful two story space with spectacular views (particularly in the fall) of campus. While the space is nice, it's the collections and services provided by Sylvia Yang, Music & Performing Arts Librarian, that make DePauw's music library one of the best.


Depauw Libraries Quick Facts Scholarly And Creative Works Depauw Libraries Institutional Repository, Victoria Peters Aug 2022

Depauw Libraries Quick Facts Scholarly And Creative Works Depauw Libraries Institutional Repository, Victoria Peters

Library Outreach Materials

One sheet flyer created to promote use of DePauw University Libraries institutional repository, Scholarly and Creative Works.


Driving Change: A Model For Collaborative Librarianship In Prince George’S County, Maryland, Nicholas A. Brown, Kyla Hanington Apr 2022

Driving Change: A Model For Collaborative Librarianship In Prince George’S County, Maryland, Nicholas A. Brown, Kyla Hanington

Collaborative Librarianship

The Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) has a long-standing partnership with the county’s human rights education and enforcement agency, the Office of Human Rights (PGCOHR), formerly the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission (PGCHRC). The two agencies serve over 967,000 Prince Georgians, a majority-Black (64.4%) and Latin or Hispanic (19.5%) population with a sizable immigrant community (22.7%). The civil rights issues of 2020 hit close to home in Prince George’s County and the agencies have sustained a multi-year effort to provide residents with opportunities to learn how to engage with social justice topics for personal and collective advancement. …


Outreach From Your Laptop: Virtual And Hybrid Library Orientation, Brittany Persson, Catherine Biondo, Rachel S. Evans, Geraldine R. Kalim Mar 2022

Outreach From Your Laptop: Virtual And Hybrid Library Orientation, Brittany Persson, Catherine Biondo, Rachel S. Evans, Geraldine R. Kalim

Presentations

Reach more students by designing a virtual orientation. The speakers will be discussing orientation objectives, virtual orientation format options, and different technologies that can be used to design a virtual or hybrid library orientation.


Review Of Deconstructing Service In Libraries: Intersections Of Identities And Expectations, Emily Komornik Mar 2022

Review Of Deconstructing Service In Libraries: Intersections Of Identities And Expectations, Emily Komornik

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

In Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations, Veronica Arellano Douglas and Joanna Gadsby bring together nineteen essays from the perspectives of library workers of differing race, ethnicity, gender identity, and job title to discuss service and what it means in their respective roles. Arellano Douglas and Gadsby’s edited volume offers essays that highlight the frustration of librarians who feel underappreciated, undervalued, and, perhaps most importantly, underestimated in their professional spaces. Within Deconstructing Service in Libraries, Arellano Douglas and Gadsby collect insightful, real-world examples of library professionals tackling these issues, offering solidarity alongside valuable professional advice. This book …