1. Beyond the Basics—Casting a Net to Provide Customized Research Services for Faculty & Students ACRL Friday, March 13, 2009 8:00-9:00 AM

2. Panel Contact Information University of South Florida, Academic Services Susan Ariew - sariew@lib.usf.edusariew@lib.usf.edu Cheryl McCoy - cmccoy@lib.usf.educmccoy@lib.usf.edu Matt Torrence - torrence@lib.usf.edutorrence@lib.usf.edu Florida State University, Scholars Commons Gloria Colvin - gcolvin@fsu.edugcolvin@fsu.edu Marcia Gorin - mgorin@fsu.edumgorin@fsu.edu

3. USF Tampa Library Carnegie I Research Institution 46,334 students – 36,380 @ Tampa 37 PhD programs 93 Master’s programs 1,944 faculty Main library + 5 others Member of CRL ASERL

4. USF - Tampa Library Faculty Research Suite – Serves faculty and graduate students Academic Services – Research Services & Collections 5 librarians Faculty/Graduate Research Services Collection Development – Reference & Instruction 7 librarians Undergraduate Reference Services & Instruction

5. Florida State University Carnegie I Research Institution 41,065 students 70+ PhD programs 1600 Faculty Main library + 5 others ARL Library, Member of CRL, RLG, and ASERL

6. FSU – Strozier Library Scholars Commons serves faculty & graduate students – 8 librarians – Research services – Collection development – Multimedia production Undergraduate Information Services & Programs

7. FSU and USF Libraries Libraries are similar with physical structures Both identified unmet needs of faculty and graduate students Both created new spaces and services for faculty and graduate students Both reorganized to provide new services

8. Breakout Sessions In the next three-five minutes brainstorm with your group about your assigned question. Be ready to share your ideas with the larger group.

9. How can librarians learn more about their faculty and support their research? Engage in Ongoing Conversations—LISTEN Liaison Programs – Develop relationships with faculty – Become involved in departmental activities – Attend faculty meetings Interviews and focus groups

10. How can librarians learn more about their faculty and support their research? Environmental Scan of Research & Curriculum – Look at degree programs – Explore research interests of faculty – Investigate research grants that have been awarded – Conduct curriculum scan for existing & New degree programs Bibliometrics —Gather data on faculty publications

11. What types of new and customized services can library leaders develop to support student/faculty research? Take faculty services to faculty (outside the library) – On site office hours – Faculty delivery service Collaborate to create course specific content in course management systems – Links to library resources – Embed librarians in online courses – Customized tutorials

12. What types of new and customized services can library leaders develop to support student/faculty research? Using blogging to do outreach Conduct specialized workshops related to faculty research – Impact factors – “Beyond the Basics” Workshops – Copyright workshops Create digital repositories and support scholarly communications

13. Given the number of electronic resources available in academic libraries today, how important is library as place for faculty members and researchers? Library location Quiet area Conduciveness to scholarship Meeting rooms Interdisciplinary communication Access to primary sources

14. FSU Scholars Commons

16. Given the number of electronic resources available in academic libraries today, how important is library as place for faculty members and researchers? Perception vs. Fact Faculty don’t need to come to the library anymore because everything is online Important to find out what the faculty need Conduct surveys Set up focus groups Talk to individual faculty members Attend faculty meetings to discuss their needs

17. Given the number of electronic resources available in academic libraries today, how important is library as place for faculty members and researchers? USF Library surveyed faculty in 2002 and conducted LIBQUAL surveys (2004 &2005) Faculty wanted quiet space in the library They wanted to be away from the undergraduate-focused Information Commons They also wished to have meeting rooms, comfortable seating Faculty Research Suite opened in Fall 2007

18. USF Faculty/Graduate Research Suite

19. The USF Faculty/Graduate Student Research Suite

20. What new roles can librarians play to bring library collections and services to the table with researchers? Creating institutional repositories The library as publisher Teaching credit courses Supporting/creating grants

21. What new roles can librarians play to bring library collections and services to the table with researchers? Forge innovative campus partnerships Collaborative collection development projects with faculty Get administrative support in getting the message out

22. Questions? For Further Reading see: http://susanflaproject.googlepages.com/

23. Panel Contact Information University of South Florida, Academic Services Susan Ariew - sariew@lib.usf.edusariew@lib.usf.edu Cheryl McCoy - cmccoy@lib.usf.educmccoy@lib.usf.edu Matt Torrence - torrence@lib.usf.edutorrence@lib.usf.edu Florida State University, Scholars Commons Gloria Colvin - gcolvin@fsu.edugcolvin@fsu.edu Marcia Gorin - mgorin@fsu.edumgorin@fsu.edu