Reimagining Research Services’ Outreach To Faculty And Students: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University) No Title, Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Dec 2018
Reimagining Research Services’ Outreach To Faculty And Students: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University) No Title, Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Barbara Tierney
Two academic library research managers discuss innovative outreach strategies that they coordinate in their respective libraries (University of Central Florida serves 68,000+ students, Florida Gulf Coast University serves 15,000+ students) to support faculty and student success for teaching, learning, and research. A poster1 was created to illustrate these strategies.
East Meets West: The Japan Association Of National University Libraries (Janul) And The University Of Central Florida (Ucf) Exchange Librarians And Learning Commons Information No Title, Barbara Tierney, Yuka Taniguchi
Dec 2018
East Meets West: The Japan Association Of National University Libraries (Janul) And The University Of Central Florida (Ucf) Exchange Librarians And Learning Commons Information No Title, Barbara Tierney, Yuka Taniguchi
Barbara Tierney
Is your library contemplating an international librarian exchange? Such exchanges not only increase participants’ understanding of other cultures, they also challenge participants to look at their own cultures from a new perspective.
Two academic librarians, Yuka Taniguchi from Kobe University1 (Japan) and Barbara Tierney from the University of Central Florida2 discuss their visits to each other’s libraries in 2016-2017 to share information about their respective learning commons and outreach programs.
This article focuses on the lessons learned for each librarian and practical tips on how to accomplish a successful academic library foreign exchange.
Reimagining Research Services' Outreach To Faculty And Students: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University)., Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Dec 2017
Reimagining Research Services' Outreach To Faculty And Students: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University)., Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Barbara Tierney
Two academic Research Managers present innovative outreach strategies that they coordinate in their respective libraries (UCF serves 68,000+ students, FGCU serves 15,000+ students) to support faculty/student success.
At UCF, Subject Librarians reach out to their faculty to help them design “Research Intensive” courses and identify “Textbook Alternatives.” They also identify customized resources to support interdisciplinary Faculty Cluster initiatives and grant-seeking research faculty. Subject Librarians also send their faculty discipline-specific e-newsletters and congratulatory emails for various successes.
Some UCF Subject Librarians have been given “engagement assignments” whereby they coordinate outreach to targeted student constituencies such as First-Time-In-College Students, Transfer Students, Honors …
Reimagining Research Services As Part Of Major Academic Library Renovations: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University) No Title, Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Dec 2017
Reimagining Research Services As Part Of Major Academic Library Renovations: A Tale Of Two Research Departments (University Of Central Florida And Florida Gulf Coast University) No Title, Barbara Tierney, Linda Colding Dr.
Barbara Tierney
Two academic library research service managers discuss changes and innovations that they have coordinated in their respective libraries (University of Central Florida serving 60,000+ students
http://library.ucf.edu/21st/[1] and Florida Gulf Coast University serving 15,000+ students
http://library.fgcu.edu/admin/renewal.html[2]) due to major building renovations or other changes that their respective libraries are conducting.
These changes and innovations include significantly downsizing print reference and other collections, relocating and redefining service points, reconfiguring public services, rethinking staffing models, adjusting subject librarian face-to-face activities, stepping-up online services, communicating with stakeholders, and keeping students and faculty in the loop so that their voices are heard …
Retreat Agenda - 2017- Research & Info Services Dept. --University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
May 2017
Retreat Agenda - 2017- Research & Info Services Dept. --University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries, Research Services Retreat
Burnett Honors College, Rooms 129-130, 9am-3:30pm, May 5, 2017
Research, Engagement, and Instruction Librarians “reimaging the academic library” and “teaching effectively with technology”
Afternoon session:
1:15—3:30pm
Dr. Michelle Denise Miller (Director, First Year Learning Initiative and
Professor, Dept. of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona Univ.)
Questions for Michelle Miller:
1. What kind of librarian assistance would appeal to Dr. Miller as an instructor?
Does she use an embedded librarian?
Does she use …
The Sky’S The Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, And Subject Librarians
Oct 2016
The Sky’S The Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, And Subject Librarians
Barbara Tierney
The Sky’s the Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, and Subject Librarians
The University of Central Florida’s institutional repository, STARS – Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship, has presented new opportunities for collaboration amongst the Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Research Services, and Subject Librarians. Building on efforts to proactively promote scholarly communication initiatives to the university community, these four units have used the institutional repository as a foundation for collaboration, outreach, marketing and educational efforts. This presentation will give an overview of STARS and highlight the role the IR has in increasing the collaborative efforts …
Promoting Subject Specialists & Enhancing Visibility Of Library Reference [Panel] Ala, Rusa-Mers, Barbara Tierney, Carrie Moran, Mara Thacker, Sha Towers
Jun 2016
Promoting Subject Specialists & Enhancing Visibility Of Library Reference [Panel] Ala, Rusa-Mers, Barbara Tierney, Carrie Moran, Mara Thacker, Sha Towers
Barbara Tierney
Academic library reference continues to go through transformation, as users increasingly rely on the web for their information needs. Traditional library liaison and subject specialist roles are changing, as librarians attempt to realign services with university-wide goals, including an increased emphasis on undergraduate student success. This panel program will show how institutions market, brand, and promote their reference services on the web; how library subject liaisons and specialists are presented online. This panel program will explore what various institutions are doing to increase the visibility of their subject librarians and how they are formalizing and assessing their new and existing …
Retreat Agenda 2016 - Research & Info Services Dept. - University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
May 2016
Retreat Agenda 2016 - Research & Info Services Dept. - University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries Research & Information Services
Retreat Agenda
Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:45m—2:30pm
Burnett Honors College, Room 130
8:45-9:00am Coffee and breakfast snacks 9:00 Welcome
by Dr. Penny Beile (UCF Libraries)
9:05-9:45 UCF’s QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) “What’s Next”
The “What’s Next” QEP program and ways that UCF Libraries can be involved
by Dr. Anna Jones (Director, Quality Enhancement Plan; Associate Professor, English; Teaching and Learning/College of Undergraduate Studies )
10:00-11:45 RIS Unconference Sessions
Possible topics:
The increasingly interdisciplinary nature of academic programs…
Strategies for tackling new program collection analyses …
Retreat Agenda 2016 - Research & Info Services Dept. - University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
May 2016
Retreat Agenda 2016 - Research & Info Services Dept. - University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries Research & Information Services
Retreat Agenda
Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:45m—2:30pm
Burnett Honors College, Room 130
8:45-9:00am Coffee and breakfast snacks 9:00 Welcome
by Dr. Penny Beile (UCF Libraries)
9:05-9:45 UCF’s QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) “What’s Next”
The “What’s Next” QEP program and ways that UCF Libraries can be involved
by Dr. Anna Jones (Director, Quality Enhancement Plan; Associate Professor, English; Teaching and Learning/College of Undergraduate Studies )
10:00-11:45 RIS Unconference Sessions
Possible topics:
The increasingly interdisciplinary nature of academic programs…
Strategies for tackling new program collection analyses …
Information Commons Redux: Concept, Evolution And Transcending The Tragedy Of The Commons, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney
Mar 2016
Information Commons Redux: Concept, Evolution And Transcending The Tragedy Of The Commons, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
This paper reviews “information commons” concepts and describes administrative and functional integration in an academic library information commons. The roles of inclusive planning structures and careful integration through an enhanced information desk are delineated, emphasizing team-building which results from this implementation. The paper discusses potential problems and suggests solutions.
Grow Your Own Scholarly Communication Program, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Sarah Norris, Ven Basco, John Venecek
Mar 2016
Grow Your Own Scholarly Communication Program, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Sarah Norris, Ven Basco, John Venecek
Barbara Tierney
How does an academic library go about growing its own Scholarly Communication (SC) program with no budget, no staff, no dedicated office space, no partners, and no experience? The University of Central Florida Libraries responded to such a challenge during 2012-15 by creating a grassroots SC program staffed by a volunteer 20-member library faculty/staff advisory group.
The group began its work by creating an innovative “Research Lifecycle” model to help define an evolving menu of SC resources and services that could be turned on, as available, to UCF constituents. This grassroots program proved to be so successful that in 2015 …
Japanese Academic Libraries: An American Librarian’S Impressions, Barbara Tierney
Feb 2016
Japanese Academic Libraries: An American Librarian’S Impressions, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
In October 2015, JANUL invited me to to make a presentation on the Learning Commons service model in North America at their Jan. 29, 2016 symposium at the University of Tokyo.
The Learning Commons Service Model In North America [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Feb 2016
The Learning Commons Service Model In North America [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Presentation synopsis:
Part one: What is the LC model in NA (North America)?
· New emphasis placed on the expanded role of the library in supporting student learning
· One-stop shopping that offers students a wide variety of digital resources, services, staff, and collaborative learning spaces as well as academic support services (such as Writing, Tutoring, Academic Advising, Career Counseling, etc.)
· Information Literacy is the curriculum that librarians teach within the LC
Part two: Why is the LC at the forefront of 21st Century Library construction and renovation in NA?
· In order for academic libraries to …
The Subject Librarian Service Model At Ucf[Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Feb 2016
The Subject Librarian Service Model At Ucf[Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries initiated a Subject Librarian (SL) service model in spring 2013 in an effort to increase positive impacts on student and faculty success with regard to teaching, learning, research, and publishing. This initiative seeks to change the librarian’s role from reactive to proactive. There is a new emphasis on librarians getting out of the library building, visiting their assigned academic departments, participating in faculty and student meetings, and creating partnerships with academic faculty and students.
The Learning Commons Service Model In North America [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Jan 2016
The Learning Commons Service Model In North America [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Part one: What is the LC model in NA (North America)?
- New emphasis placed on the expanded role of the library in supporting student learning
- One-stop shopping that offers students a wide variety of digital resources, services, staff, and collaborative learning spaces as well as academic support services (such as Writing, Tutoring, Academic Advising, Career Counseling, etc.)
- Information Literacy is the curriculum that librarians teach within the LC
Part two: Why is the LC at the forefront of 21st Century Library construction and renovation in NA?
- In order for academic libraries to survive in the 21st Century they must reshape …
Lsu Subject Liaisons' Workshop [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Jan 2016
Lsu Subject Liaisons' Workshop [Invited Speaker], Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
LSU Subject Liaisons' Workshop Barbara Tierney, Facilitator Jan. 7, 2015
Introductions: Let’s begin by focusing on the most important element of today’s program----all of you! Congratulations to each of you for representing LSU Libraries as Subject Liaisons.
Would each one of you introduce yourself, describe your current liaison assignment, and express at least one “Subject Liaison service model” question or concern that you would like us to address today. We will list each concern that you share on this handout.
After the introductions and sharing of concerns, we will proceed with our morning presentations on the Subject Liaison service model. …
Atg Interviews Don Beagle (Library Director, Belmont Abbey College), Barbara Tierney
Dec 2015
Atg Interviews Don Beagle (Library Director, Belmont Abbey College), Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney interviewed Don Beagle (Library Director, Belmont Abbey College) and asked the following questions:
Of your predictions ten years ago, where do you think you hit the mark?
Did you have predictions from 2006 that did not pan out as expected?
Do you still think the Learning Commons is a valid model for the library of the future?
In your 3-part blog for ACRL's dh+lib webcenter, you related the LC to digital humanities initiatives. How different of how similar is that part of the LC vision to the Digital Scholarship Center movement?
You mentioned the James Hunt Library at …
Making Institutional Repositories Work: From The Frontlines To The Future, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Burton Callicott, David Scherer, Andrew Wesolek
Nov 2015
Making Institutional Repositories Work: From The Frontlines To The Future, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Burton Callicott, David Scherer, Andrew Wesolek
Barbara Tierney
Editors of the 2015 Charleston Insights Publication,"Marking Institutional Repositories Work," will discuss some of the major issues surrounding repositories including: platforms, hosting, discoverability, open access, publishing, and assessment. Also, members of the University of Central Florida Libraries STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (
http://stars.library.ucf.edu) IR team will focus on winning IR marketing strategies.
Open Access Champions At University Of Central Florida, Barbara Tierney
Sep 2015
Open Access Champions At University Of Central Florida, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Abstract
Open Access Champions at University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida (UCF) Background
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is located in Orlando, Florida and is a member of the State University System of Florida. It is the country's second largest university by total enrollment (60,810) with 52,532 undergraduates, 8,278 postgraduates, and an academic staff of nearly 2,000. The university offers over 200 degree options through thirteen colleges and twelve satellite campuses throughout Central Florida. (Please see Acknowledgements below)
UCF Libraries' Scholarly Communication program
How does an academic library go about growing its own Scholarly Communication (SC) program with …
Retreat Agenda 2015 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
May 2015
Retreat Agenda 2015 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries Research & Information Services
Retreat Agenda
Friday, May 8, 2015 8:45m—4:30pm
UCF Teaching Academy Building, Room TA117
8:45-9:00am Coffee and breakfast snacks
9:00 Welcome
Year #3 of UCF Libraries’ Subject Librarian service model:
Evolving goals
Barbara Tierney (UCF Libraries)
9:15-10:00 UCF’s Foundations of Excellence Transfer Initiative
More than 70% of UCF’s new undergraduates are transfer students. Nearly 90% of these come from DirectConnect to UCF. 61% of UCF’s graduate students are transfer students.
UCF recognizes the need to develop innovative approaches about how best to support our transfer …
Return On Investment: New Strategies For Marketing Digital Resources To Academic Faculty., Elyse L. Profera, Michael A. Arthur, Barbara Tierney
Oct 2014
Return On Investment: New Strategies For Marketing Digital Resources To Academic Faculty., Elyse L. Profera, Michael A. Arthur, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Game-changing strategies for marketing digital resources to end-users are crucial for establishing return on investment in this period of reduced library collection budgets and challenging resource prices. When expensive digital resources are purchased by academic libraries, there needs to be a marketing plan in place for getting these resources into the hands of end-users as quickly as possible.
One strategy for success is a marketing collaboration between the publisher and the academic library. This panel program will focus on the success achieved at the University of Central Florida Libraries where such a collaboration included experts from Taylor & Francis working …
Curriculum Mapping:Academic Faculty And Subject Librarians Working Together, Barbara Tierney
Apr 2014
Curriculum Mapping:Academic Faculty And Subject Librarians Working Together, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Subject Librarians use curriculum mapping to identify the particular courses (within an academic program) that have research components, with a view to providing students with tiered research instruction (based on ACRL…Assoc. of College & Research Library…. Information Literacy Competency Standards (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency).
Once Academic Faculty have worked with FCTL on the mechanics of curriculum mapping and have become involved in curriculum mapping within their academic program…
I encourage …
Retreat Agenda 2014 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Apr 2014
Retreat Agenda 2014 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries Research & Information Services
Retreat Agenda
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:45m—4:00pm
UCF Morgridge International Reading Center [Entry level main lecture hall]
8:45-9:00am Coffee and breakfast snacks
9:00 Welcome
Barbara Tierney (UCF Libraries)
9:05-9:40 Look who’s coming to UCF Libraries: the UCF student profile and campus resources available to assist our students
Patricia MacKown (Assoc. Vice Pres., UCF Student Development & Enrollment Services) and Delaine Priest (UCF Student Development & Enrollment Services)
9:40-10:00 Liaison Librarians and “embedded collaboration” Subject Librarian partnership:
Corinne Bishop (UCF Libraries) and Beverly Azure (Northeastern University Assoc. Registrar; …
Return On Investment: New Strategies For Marketing Digital Resources To Academic Faculty, Elyse L. Profera, Michael A. Arthur, Barbara Tierney
Dec 2013
Return On Investment: New Strategies For Marketing Digital Resources To Academic Faculty, Elyse L. Profera, Michael A. Arthur, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Game-changing strategies for marketing digital resources to end-users are crucial for establishing return on investment in this period of reduced library collection budgets and challenging resource prices. When expensive digital resources are purchased by academic libraries, there needs to be a marketing plan in place for getting these resources into the hands of end-users as quickly as possible.
One strategy for success is a marketing collaboration between the publisher and the academic library. This panel program will focus on the success achieved at the University of Central Florida Libraries where such a collaboration included experts from Taylor & Francis working …
Retreat Agenda 2013 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
May 2013
Retreat Agenda 2013 - Research & Info Services Dept.- University Of Central Florida Libraries, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
UCF Libraries Reference Services Retreat Agenda
Friday, May 10, 2013 9am—3:30pm
UCF Morgridge International Reading Center
8:45-9:00am [In Main Floor Auditorium] Light refreshments
(Coffee, juice, bagels & cream cheese, fruit salad)
Morning: Subject Librarian Training [In Main Floor Auditorium]
9:00 amDepartmental and individual librarian goals; Subject Librarian Toolkit
Barbara Tierney, Head of Reference and Information Services
9:30am Curriculum Mapping…. First step toward “Curriculum integrated research instruction” is curriculum mapping
Elizabeth Killingsworth, Head of Information Literacy and Outreach
10:00am Academic faculty profiling Patti McCall, Science Librarian …
Subject Librarian Initiative At The University Of Central Florida Libraries: Collaboration Amongst Research & Information Services, Acquisitions & Collection Services, And The Office Of Scholarly Communication., Barbara Tierney, Michael A. Arthur
Dec 2012
Subject Librarian Initiative At The University Of Central Florida Libraries: Collaboration Amongst Research & Information Services, Acquisitions & Collection Services, And The Office Of Scholarly Communication., Barbara Tierney, Michael A. Arthur
Barbara Tierney
At the University of Central Florida Libraries, the Research & Information Services Dept., the Acquisitions & Collection Services Dept.,. and the Office of Scholarly Communication are collaborating to create and support a new Subject Librarian Service Model that focuses on proactive outreach to faculty and students. Beginning in January 2013, these three units have worked closely together to emphasize the importance of Subject Librarians becoming more fully integrated into the university infrastructure through increased subject liaison roles. This collaboration has involved realigning, refining and emphasizing the importance of the Subject Librarians’ academic department and program assignments and training the librarians …
Subject Librarian Initiative At The University Of Central Florida Libraries: Collaboration Amongst Research & Information Services, Acquisitions & Collection Services, And The Office Of Scholarly Communication., Barbara Tierney, Michael A. Arthur
Dec 2012
Subject Librarian Initiative At The University Of Central Florida Libraries: Collaboration Amongst Research & Information Services, Acquisitions & Collection Services, And The Office Of Scholarly Communication., Barbara Tierney, Michael A. Arthur
Barbara Tierney
At the University of Central Florida Libraries, the Research & Information Services Dept., the Acquisitions & Collection Services Dept.,. and the Office of Scholarly Communication are collaborating to create and support a new Subject Librarian Service Model that focuses on proactive outreach to faculty and students. Beginning in January 2013, these three units have worked closely together to emphasize the importance of Subject Librarians becoming more fully integrated into the university infrastructure through increased subject liaison roles. This collaboration has involved realigning, refining and emphasizing the importance of the Subject Librarians’ academic department and program assignments and training the librarians …
Re-Learning The Commons, From Conceptual Overview To Case Study [Plenary Speaker], Barbara Tierney, Donald R. Beagle
May 2012
Re-Learning The Commons, From Conceptual Overview To Case Study [Plenary Speaker], Barbara Tierney, Donald R. Beagle
Barbara Tierney
The early conceptual description of the Commons model as “a new framework for service delivery in academic libraries” has by now been validated by real-world practical experiences on well over a hundred campuses in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and the Pacific Rim. A few critics over the years have repeatedly predicted that a series of new technologies would “threaten,” “derail,” or “doom” the Commons model (laptops, netbooks, PDA’s, tablets, smartphones, "the cloud" ….each of these, it was claimed in succession, would render the Commons model obsolete, irrelevant, or deserted). Instead, the Learning Commons has shown itself to be a dynamic …
Personal Librarians @ Atkins Library, Unc Charlotte, Barbara Tierney, Donna Gunter, Stephanie Otis, Jean Hiebert
May 2011
Personal Librarians @ Atkins Library, Unc Charlotte, Barbara Tierney, Donna Gunter, Stephanie Otis, Jean Hiebert
Barbara Tierney
As a strategy for increasing student success, retention, and information literacy, UNC Charlotte's Atkins Library unveiled a brand new "Personal Librarian" initiative to new and returning students and faculty during the Fall 2010 "Week of Welcome." Each visitor who entered the library was given the business card of his assigned liaison librarian and was encouraged to contact her for personal library assistance.
The library's twelve subject liaison librarians sent out electronic postcards to all students and faculty members in their assigned academic disciplines, inviting them to take advantage of one-on-one research consultations, library instruction sessions, classroom visits, and new …
Lightning Talks: Innovations In The Information Commons Department At Atkins Library, Unc Charlotte, Barbara Tierney
Feb 2011
Lightning Talks: Innovations In The Information Commons Department At Atkins Library, Unc Charlotte, Barbara Tierney
Barbara Tierney
Case study of the evolution of a large public university Learning Commons:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
