Beating the Odds with the Insider's Scoop Tips and Tricks from the Library Secrets! Librarian Jennifer Kelley College of DuPage Library LOEX of the West June 5, 2008

College of DuPage and College of DuPage Library Glen Ellyn, IL (25 miles west of Chicago) fourth largest single-campus, two-year college in US 28,361 students 33% aged 18-20 41,882 active library cards 26,130 students have active library cards avg. daily door counts 2,500-3,000+ during semester 963 instruction sessions to 19,000 students 2007-2008 Institutional Profile Student Portrait, Fall 2007

How connected are our students? Brainstorming & the Survey photo: Ellen Sutton

Not very Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do. About half have blogs, ¾ have social networking profiles, a little more than half IM Know little or nothing about RSS feeds, podcasting, tagging or the many tools libraries are using to reach college students photo: Jenn Kelley

Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do. photo: LarimdaME Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do. About half have blogs, ¾ have social networking profiles, a little more than half IM Know little or nothing about RSS feeds, podcasting, tagging or the many tools libraries are using to reach college students photo: niallkennedy photo: mr brown

42% 32% 16% 14% 10% 6% read electronic newsletter from library read tips & tricks column in blog 10% subscribe to library podcast 6% subscribe to library blog “friend” a librarian listen to tips podcast photo: Colin Koteles

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