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Unlocking Student Engagement: Success And Failure In Redesigning A First-Year Library Orientation, Pamela N. Martin, Katie Strand, Teagan Eastman
Unlocking Student Engagement: Success And Failure In Redesigning A First-Year Library Orientation, Pamela N. Martin, Katie Strand, Teagan Eastman
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
Are you struggling to find the balance between an informative and entertaining library orientation program? This interactive presentation will explore how librarians overcame numerous challenges to develop an engaging, scalable first-year library orientation session. During the orientation, students use the library’s virtual and physical spaces to solve clues and reveal a four-digit lockbox combination. Presenters will share strategies for adopting a similar session and lead attendees in a simulation of the lockbox activity.
Pizza With A Side Of Outreach: Re-Invigorating Library Outreach At Distance Campuses, Teagan Eastman, Erin Davis
Pizza With A Side Of Outreach: Re-Invigorating Library Outreach At Distance Campuses, Teagan Eastman, Erin Davis
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
In Fall 2016, we began hosting library open houses at our Regional Campuses (RC). In collaboration with our RC administrators and student government, these events serve as an ice-breaker for interactions between librarians and students. They raise awareness of library resources and services and ease anxiety about reaching out to the library for assistance, while providing food as an incentive to meet with us.