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2018

Library and Information Science

Franklin University

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Rethinking The Library’S Role, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden Jun 2018

Rethinking The Library’S Role, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Discussion of the library's evolving role in supporting students and the university community. In this presentation, we will discuss several projects and support services the Franklin University Library provides to the university community, including our etextbook initiatives, video tutorials, and rapid point-of-need reference services. These projects center around Affordability, Convenience, and Accessibility for our students, faculty, and staff.


Learning Commons Passport Presentation, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden May 2018

Learning Commons Passport Presentation, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

How do you meet your distance students where they are for instruction? With attention spans set by social media behavior, how do you ensure your instruction message gets across? We created a tutorial library – the Learning Commons Passport – with short, navigable and succinct instruction videos that are accessible to learners across the globe and that instructors can embed in their courses. We worked with our IT and interactive media teams to create the structure and templates, but maintained ownership over the site and videos so we could quickly create needed tutorials, push edits, and provide the most up-to-date …