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Rethinking And Revising Learning Spaces In The Library, Sara Swenson, Lisa Gearman, Brooke Cox, Caroline Gilson
Rethinking And Revising Learning Spaces In The Library, Sara Swenson, Lisa Gearman, Brooke Cox, Caroline Gilson
Caroline L. Gilson
What do the study spaces in your library look like? Have they adapted to meet the changing work habits of students? Learn how two high school media centers and a university library adapted their student study and learning spaces. Media Specialists Lisa Gearman and Sara Swenson share their journeys to reinvent learning spaces in two different high schools. Academic librarians Brooke Cox and Caroline Gilson will discuss how DePauw University Libraries addressed planning, adapting and assessing library study spaces to meet student needs. We will provide practical advice on design possibilities that can be scaled and tweaked for any library …
Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together: Librarians And Instructional Technologists On Resource Teams, Caroline L. Gilson, Donnie Sendelbach
Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together: Librarians And Instructional Technologists On Resource Teams, Caroline L. Gilson, Donnie Sendelbach
Caroline L. Gilson
At DePauw University librarians and instructional technologists, including student interns working in Student Technology Support, will be collaboratively supporting First-year Seminars in the form of resources teams. A student tutor from the Speaking and Listening Center and a peer mentor round out these teams, which provide instructors and first-year students specific contacts to assist with library research, class discussion, technology projects, etc. While an opportunity for the Library and IT to collaborate, the resource teams will also enable these areas to provide crucial support at the very initial stages of a student’s college career by helping faculty attain their teaching …
Marketing Branch Libraries To Students Through Web Videos, Caroline L. Gilson, Brooke Cox
Marketing Branch Libraries To Students Through Web Videos, Caroline L. Gilson, Brooke Cox
Caroline L. Gilson
As branch librarians, we constantly look for ways to increase student and faculty awareness of the resources and services our branch libraries offer, because most students turn to the main library for their information needs. We created seven promotional videos in summer 2007 advertising branch libraries at DePauw University. Designed to reach students in their Web 2.0 environment, the commercials are posted on YouTube, the library website, individual librarian’s Facebook profiles and play on the campus cable station. This session will focus on the conception and production process, the outcomes of our project, and the challenges and lessons learned.