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Telepresence Robotics In An Academic Library: A Study Of Exposure And Adaptation Among Patrons And Employees, Lumarie Guth, Patricia F. Vander Meer

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Purpose

Librarians are working with telepresence robotics for various uses, particularly as a communication method inhabiting a space between video chat and face-to-face interactions. The library at Western Michigan University partnered with the Western Michigan University Communication and Social Robotics Lab to showcase this emerging technology in a high-traffic setting utilized by students of every level and major. The purpose of this paper is to discuss patron reactions to this technology exhibition in the library, beta testing of a telepresence robot in various public services tasks, and library employee attitudes toward this unfamiliar technology before and after one-on-one training.

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Scholarworks Annual Report 2016-17, Maira Bundza

ScholarWorks Repository Information

The fiscal year report on WMU's institutional repository ScholarWorks includes statistics, projects, status of journals published in the IR, colleges served, usage statistics, staffing, decision making, connection to university and library strategic plans.

Reining In Information Literacy Instruction: Using Faculty Survey Data To Guide The Process, Veronica Bielat, Judith Arnold, Lumarie Guth, Maria A. Perez-Stable, Patricia Fravel Vander Meer

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations

Administering a successful and sustainable information literacy program depends upon dialog between librarians and disciplinary faculty as key stakeholders. Two academic institutions surveyed their faculties on the importance of information literacy for student success, the applicability of the ACRL Framework, and attitudes toward collaborating with librarians. This session will present quantitative and qualitative data and discuss how the institutions will use it to align instruction with the expressed values of faculty to help strategically guide integration of the Framework into programs and leverage strengths in an environment of constricting budgets and staffing.

The presentation will examine survey responses, reviewing similarities …

The Long And Brief Of It: Brief Levels And Normalization Rules To Streamline Shelf-Ready Workflows, Emily Gross

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations

Seeking a balance between streamlining shelf-ready workflows without sacrificing record quality checks, Western Michigan University implemented a combination of Brief Levels and Normalization Rules in ExLibris’ Alma to automate much of the check process. This presentation describes the configuration at WMU and how it has improved the workflow.

What High School Students Want To Know About Music: An Information Literacy Instruction Course For A High School Music Camp, Michael J. Duffy Iv

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations

This program will present the results of a case study of an information literacy course offered to high school students during the SEMINAR High School Summer Music Camp at Western Michigan University in July of 2016. The curriculum of the course is geared toward the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, the information literacy standards of the American Association of School Librarians for grades K-12, and informed by the MLA Information Literacy Instructional Objectives for Undergraduate Music Students. Teaching this course offers an opportunity to teach pre-collegiate information literacy skills, and to demonstrate the potential of our information resources in the …