ARLD Day 2009
Community Connections: The Library as Catalyst
What: Minnesota Library Association's Academic and Research Libraries Division's annual one-day conference
Keynote / “Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester”
Katie Clark from the University of Rochester discusses the many ways a library can connect to students.
Clark is the associate dean for public services and collection development at the University of Rochester (New York). From 1999 to early last year, she was the director of the university’s science and engineering libraries. She has also been a member of the “undergraduate work practices” team there, and she contributed to two chapters of the book Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester. Clark also has worked at the libraries of the University of Houston, Pennsylvania State University, and Texas A&M.
Breakout Sessions
Reference Data in Action: Explore the Possibilities
Speakers: Erika Bennett, Erin Brothen, & Sommer Berg, Capella University
Reference is traditionally a reactive activity. With enhanced data collection, however, librarians can make reference proactive. Learn how reference data can uncover a wealth of information about your students. We’ll show you how reference data can clue you in to the instruction needs of your students, focus your liaison efforts, and help you make practical decisions about library resources and services. This session covers clear methods of data collection and analysis, as well as specific activities that can launch from these assessment efforts.
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Going Global with WorldCat Local: The World Is Our Community
Speakers: Dave Collins & Angi Faiks, Macalester College
Libraries continue to search for a discovery system that offers users a powerful, productive, and interactive information-retrieval experience well beyond what is currently offered by our local catalogs. OCLC's WorldCat Local, recently implemented at Macalester, exposes users to even more resources available in libraries worldwide. As we assess the rapidly shifting balance between local collections and resource sharing between libraries, everything is changing. Through presentation and discussion, this session considers new definitions of "collections," “the catalog,” and "resource sharing.”
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Using LibQUAL+ to Assess Library Performance and User Expectations
Speakers: Andrea Koeppe, University of St. Thomas, & Jessica Nelson, Northwestern College
Undertaking a campus-wide survey of library performance may seem like an overwhelming task, but two liberal-arts colleges in Minnesota took this on last fall—and survived! The University of St. Thomas and Northwestern College surveyed their patrons using LibQUAL+. This is a suite of tools that measures users' perceptions of quality, and also identifies their priorities for library service. This session presents an overview of LibQUAL+, along with reasons for conducting assessments, and practical advice from the colleges’ experiences with implementing and publicizing the survey. Also discussed: analyzing the data, communicating the findings, and using the results to make short-term improvements and long-term strategic plans.
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The Importance of Library Programming
Speaker: Dora Wagner
Success in life and academics requires that students learn how to select, evaluate, and use information. As information professionals, librarians can plan timely and engaging programs that help students use information in ways that touch not only their academic but also their recreational lives. Attendees will learn how one small liberal-arts college plans, implements, and evaluates regular programming in the library with the goal of reaching out to the college community.
Embedded Librarian: Librarian and Faculty Partnership
Speakers: Talia Nadir & Debra Petersen, University of St. Thomas
Collaborating in communication and journalism courses was a rich experience for the librarians at the University of St. Thomas. Here, they share their experiences with this unique collaboration in all its facets. In an article that appeared in the January 2008 issue of College & Research Libraries News, librarian Russell Hall writes:
As librarians, we often get to see the beginning of the information literacy cycle. We see and help students all the time with resource discovery, information collection, and early decision-making about the information they’ve gathered. Rarely, it seems, are we afforded the chance to see the middle steps of the process where they begin to use and synthesize this information. Nor do we often get the chance to see the papers, projects, and presentations that are the final result of the research. And more’s the pity, because we spend so much time talking about and trying to teach information literacy, it’s often disheartening that we only get to see the beginning stages of the work. We can learn a great deal about how to more effectively assist students in the information literacy process if we have some experience working with them from the beginning to the end of a project.
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E Resource Acquisitioning in Academic Libraries During Hard Economic Times
Speaker: Jo Flanders, St. Cloud State University
At a time when academic libraries are struggling with flat or decreasing budgets, it becomes harder to decide what resources to renew or cancel, and how to provide new titles for programs and departments. This presentation covers the topic of E Resource/Serials acquisitioning and collaborative library resource distribution—what factors are important for assessment and analysis, how parameters have changed, and what this means for academic library budget allocations. Sample budgets for resource allocations are shared with the audience, along with current negotiating practices with vendors, and what changes to look for in the future. Open discussion is encouraged, in order to provide librarians and colleagues in attendance a way to communicate and share ideas and best practices.
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Please send any questions to ARLD’s past chair, Robin Ewing, rlewing@stcloudstate.edu.
Event Details
- Friday, May 1, 2009
- 9:00AM–4:00PM
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Dr
Chaska, MN 55318 - $65 MLA, ARLD, and ACRL members
$80 nonmembers
$35 students
Onsite registration is $80
Blog
Was there Twittering about ARLD Day? Of course! ARLD board member Kristen Mastel created this "pipe" that brings in the Twitter feed from her blog. Click on this link to access it.
And if you're curious about Twittering in general (this is the art of putting your thoughts into 120-character bursts for the whole world to see), we can do no better than to refer you to the Minnesota Multitype Library Systems' 2009 "More Things on a Stick" project. Twitter is Thing 27. Have fun!