Librarians and Instructional Technologists on Resource Teams Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together: Librarians and Instructional Technologists on Resource Teams Caroline Gilson and Donnie Sendelbach, DePauw University ICI Technology Summit August 6, 2010

What are other institutions doing?? Middlebury: Since fall of 1988, every entering Middlebury student enrolls in a First-Year Seminar during the first semester. ---15 students ---writing-intensive Their Resource Teams are: Reference Librarian Educational Technologist Peer ACE (Academic Consultant for Excellence) Peer Writing Tutor In 2004, the Writing Program moved from various basement offices on campus into the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research in Middlebury College’s Library, which opened in the same year. The FYS Program is currently administered and offered by this Center. Fall 2010 – Resource Team consists of: a Research Librarian or Technology Specialist a Peer Mentor for Academics and Writing (combining the two student roles into a single position)

First Year Seminar Team Members for Fall 2010 a librarian… a peer mentor… an instructional technologist… an S (Speaking) Center tutor… a faculty member (and academic advisor)…

Caroline Gilson cgilson@depauw.edu Contact information: Caroline Gilson cgilson@depauw.edu Donnie Sendelbach donniesendelbach@depauw.edu http://www.depauw.edu/library/presentations/ICI2010/index.asp