StFX Business Administration Librarian in Residence Service APLA 2014 – Ignite session June 5, 2014 Rita Campbell Business Administration Liaison Librarian St. Francis Xavier University

Oh, no! I don’t even know what I would ask a librarian Faculty and students rarely consulted librarian. Prev. dean had negotiated for a database instead. Book budget near zero. Communication usually about collection not services. Library without deep understanding of the dept.

Gerald Schwartz School of Business Building newly renovated in 2010 for School of Business

Librarian in Residence Pilot 2010/11 (Suzanne van den Hoogen) Reference service 2 hours/week Total 50 hours Office on faculty floor Disconnected from business liaison librarian 2011/12 (Rita Campbell) Full liaison service One day per week Total 200 hours office on same floor as Faculty Liaison Librarian is Librarian in residence

Mutual Learning Image: Moini. (2011, March 1). Dancing Penguins [Image]. Retrieved from http://openclipart.org/detail/124759/dancing-penguins-by-moini

Schwartz School Librarian-in-residence office 2012+ Every Wednesday Main floor of building Classroom section Students (not just business) walk by to go to class Signs - allowed only in office Quiet in between classes Not on a normal route for faculty

Attracting attention Students often comment that they like the permission to “interrupt”.

Attracting attention Notice on Schwartz School CCTV

Stressing multiple contact options

Attracting attention Librarian trading cards

What didn’t work so well. Lightning talks - a series of short sessions to introduce students to the library resources Very low student attendance. Library quest A short “quest” distributed in class with trading card to all 1st year business students. Small prizes and a grade mark if they introduced themselves to the librarian. Only 12 of 250 students participated Bulletin boards Posting on the various bulletin boards within the Schwartz School. There was too much competition and no room on the boards.

Cooperative resource development More relevant subject guides What’s working? Cooperative resource development Faculty referrals In Class More relevant subject guides Student referrals

Collaboration with professor based on his class notes Business 101 Collaboration with professor based on his class notes

Course specific & relevant

Subject guide usage Most viewed pages Subject Guide Home page 6,413 BSAD101 2,491 Articles 1,364 Accounting 1,236 Writing & Citing 1,070 APA for Business Sources 346

Schwartz School Office: 78 IN PERSON VISITS PER OFFICE CONVENIENCE MATTERS Schwartz School Office: 78 Library Office: 36

7 2009/10 Number of business students who asked liaison librarian for help

2013/14 in black 2012/13 in red (3) (14) (84) (22)

Research Skills Toolkit for Business Students March 21, 2014, 9:30 – 2:30 Topics covered ◈ How to develop a search strategy ◈ Conducting a literature review ◈ Evaluating sources ◈ Finding scholarly research articles ◈ Crediting your sources to avoid plagiarism, using APA ◈ Using RefWorks through your research process to gather, organize, and cite your sources ◈ Write-n-cite ◈ Where to find demographics, statistics and consumer behavior research 3rd year students – thesis research preparation Modeled on Research Toolkit for Research Assistants 2013, Suzanne van den Hoogen

Everything old is new again! 1960’s – 1980’s multiple campus libraries near academic departments staffed & physical collections Biology Home economics Science (Physics/Chemistry/Engineering) Geology 2000+ multiple librarians-in-residence near academic departments electronic collections Business Nursing Education Images: 1. Moini. (2014, March 1). March calendar page: All booked out[Image]. Retrieved from http://openclipart.org/detail/191476/march-calendar-page:-all-booked-out-by-moini-191476. 2. Moini. (2011, May 2). Migrating penguin[Image]. Retrieved from http://openclipart.org/detail/191476/march-calendar-page:-all-booked-out-by-moini-191476.