Research Allies Two New Academic Librarians’ Perspectives on Outreach to Faculty Suzanne van den Hoogen & Lise Brin APLA May 2011

Outline Expectations o Graduate School and Beyond Experiences o Personal & Professional Outreach Efforts o Challenges & Opportunities Group Activity o Tell Us What You Think Where Do We Go from Here? o Dismantling Past Perceptions APLA May 18, 2011

Expectations Graduate School Advocacy Relationship Building APLA May 18, 2011

Experiences Interdependent Relationships Self-PromotionTechnologyValue-Added Services APLA May 18, 2011

Interdependent Relationships Student Success Students Faculty Librarians APLA May 18, 2011

Outreach Efforts Term Newsletters Brown Bag Lunches: –Copyright Librarian in Residence Workshops: –RefWorks, Google Scholar LibraryThing Reference-to-Go Faculty mixers University/Faculty Committees Moodle Presence E-Reader Petting Zoo Librarian Trading Cards Librarian Departmental Posters APLA May 18, 2011

LibraryThing APLA May 18, 2011

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Outreach Efforts Term Newsletters Brown Bag Lunches: –Copyright Librarian in Residence Workshops: –RefWorks, Google Scholar LibraryThing Reference-to-Go Faculty mixers University/Faculty Committees Moodle Presence E-Reader Petting Zoo Librarian Trading Cards Librarian Departmental Posters APLA May 18, 2011

E-Reader Petting Zoo

Librarian Trading Cards

Group Activity Tell us what you think! APLA May 18, 2011

“Liaison librarians are not viewed primarily as research consultants but instead as the first persons to contact when faculty experience library problems” (Yang, 2000, discussed in Christiansen, 2004) APLA May 18, 2011 Quote # 1

“Outreach to faculty has been concentrated on collection development for faculty research” (Anthony, 2010) APLA May 18, 2011 Quote # 2

APLA May 18, 2011 “bibliographic instruction is a cover-up for the fact the library systems are too difficult to use, and that librarians should be concentrating on making access easier, thus doing away with the need for instruction entirely.” (Herrington, V. 1998, discussed in Leckie, G., Fullerton, A. 1999) “bibliographic instruction is a cover-up for the fact the library systems are too difficult to use, and that librarians should be concentrating on making access easier, thus doing away with the need for instruction entirely.” (Herrington, V. 1998, discussed in Leckie, G., Fullerton, A. 1999) Quote # 3a

APLA May 18, 2011 “bibliographic instruction is a waste of time, ineffective, unproven, and costly. He [Tom Eadie] suggested that academic librarians would be far better off putting their energies and budgets into enhanced reference services.” (Leckie, G., Fullerton, A., 1999) “bibliographic instruction is a waste of time, ineffective, unproven, and costly. He [Tom Eadie] suggested that academic librarians would be far better off putting their energies and budgets into enhanced reference services.” (Leckie, G., Fullerton, A., 1999) Quote #3b

“…an understanding of the librarian’s role in advancing the mission of the university does not exist outside of the library” (Anthony, 2010) APLA May 18, 2011 Quote # 4

Where Do We Go from Here? APLA May 18, 2011 Dismantle past perceptions Actively market ourselves as research allies to Faculty and Students Take risks, i.e. move outside the walls of the Library Create opportunities to provide value- added services

Thank You APLA May 18, 2011

References Anthony, K. (2010). Reconnecting the disconnects: Library outreach to faculty as addressed in the literature. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 17, DOI: / Burns, V., Harper, K. (2007) "Asking students about their research", Studying Students: the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester. Christiansen, L., Stombler, M., & Thaxton, L. (2004). A report on librarian-faculty relations from a sociological perspective. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30(2), doi:DOI: /j.acalib Chu, F. T. (1997). Librarian-faculty relations in collection development. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 23(1), Ducas, A. M., & Michaud-Oystryk, N. (2003). Toward a new enterprise: Capitalizing on the Faculty–Librarian partnership. College & Research Libraries, 64(1), 55. Farber, E. (1999). Faculty-librarian cooperation: A personal retrospective. Reference Services Review, 27(3), Head, A. J. & Eisenberg, M. B. (2010). Truth be told: How college students evaluate and use information in the digital age. Project Information Literacy Progress Report, University of Washington’s Information School. Retrieved from APLA May 18, 2011

References Head, A. J., & Eisenberg, M. B. (2009). Lessons learned: How college students seek information in the digital age. Project Information Literacy Progress Report, University of Washington’s Information School. Retrieved from Herrington, V.J. (1998). Way beyond BI: A look to the future. The Journal of Academic Leadership, 24(5), Jenkins, P. O. (2005). Faculty-librarian relationships. Oxford: Chandos. Julien, H., & Given, L. M. (2003). Faculty-librarian relationships in the information literacy context: A content analysis of librarians' expressed attitudes and experiences. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 27(3), Kotter, W. R. (1999). Bridging the great divide: Improving relations between librarians and classroom faculty. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 25(4), Leckie, G. & Fullerton, A. (1999). The roles of academic librarians in fostering a pedagogy for information literacy. ACRL Ninth National Conference, APLA May 18, 2011

Questions How do you get faculty to involve you with their departments? What have your experiences been with faculty? APLA May 18, 2011