1. Making Connections: Strategies to Personalize the First Year College Student Experience Presented by: Kim Copenhaver Alyssa Koclanes Lakeisha Hall Stephanie Henderson Eckerd College Library, St. Petersburg, FL

2. Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL 1,832 full-time undergraduate students 81% reside on campus 13 to 1 faculty/student ratio 4-1-4 academic calendar 38 majors 95% of faculty hold terminal degrees 188 acres of waterfront

3. The First Year Student Experience Reinforence that connection via our First Year Orientation Event Continue that connection throughout the student’s first year at Eckerd Incorporate ACRL Information Literacy Standards Support the newly formed campus initiative regarding plagiarism Establish a connection before students arrive on campus Objectives

4. Making Connections: Strategies to Personalize the First Year College Student Experience Presented by: Alyssa Koclanes Technical Services Librarian Eckerd College Library, St. Petersburg, FL

5. Personal Librarian Program: NEED Market library services Personalize library experience for all new students

6. Personal Librarian Program: ROAD BLOCKS Time Staffing Budget

7. Personal Librarian Program: SOLUTIONS Pilot Program in Spring 2011 semester Collaboration with the Admissions Office Full Program initiated in Fall 2011

8. Personal Librarian Program: SOLUTIONS Utilization of free MailChimp Email System

10. Suggestions Organization Email Campaign Systems

11. Suggestions Assessment Publicity

12. Unexpected Benefit President Eastman loves it!!

13. Making Connections: Strategies to Personalize the First Year College Student Experience Presented by: Lakeisha Hall Science and Interlibrary Loan Librarian Eckerd College Library, St. Petersburg, FL

14. Amazing Race: NEED Orientation event for all first year students Showcase library resources Connect with students Provide students with the faces of the library

15. Amazing Race: ROAD BLOCKS Completely new event Staffing Time constraints Budget Themed event

16. Amazing Race: ROAD BLOCKS Collaboration Lack of a “true dress rehearsal”

17. Amazing Race: SOLUTIONS Design an Amazing Race type event Interactive Self-guided

18. Amazing Race: SOLUTIONS Collaborate with teaching faculty

19. Amazing Race: STATIONS Stacks Interlibrary Loan Computer Lab Browsing Collection

20. Amazing Race: STATIONS Periodicals Copy Room Group Study Room

21. Amazing Race: STATIONS Personal Librarian Final clue area Final check-in

22. Amazing Race: PRIZES $10 Barnes & Noble gift cards for each winning team member Other gift cards Donated pizza coupons Overall grand prize –Kindle

23. Suggestions Keep it fun Keep it authentic

24. Suggestions Campus wide buy-in Component of a comprehensive first year program Obtain student feedback

25. Amazing Race: STUDENT RESPONSE Positive Nothing…it was fun! Perfect Free kindles for everyone Keep it the same Dunno! It was fun! Pretty fun! I wouldn’t change anything It’s perfect; more games Negative Make sure the clues are all there. No stealing of clues Less people per team More Prizes Candy Less running, more relaxed Free food

26. Amazing Race: CHANGES Double check official student life policies Clues Games Prizes

27. Making Connections: Strategies to Personalize the First Year College Student Experience Presented by: Stephanie M. Henderson Electronic Services Librarian Eckerd College Library, St. Petersburg, FL

28. Plagiarism Tutorial: NEED Required assignment for all new students New tutorial Support Academic Honor Council

29. Plagiarism Tutorial: ROAD BLOCKS Time Staffing Software

30. Plagiarism Tutorial: SOLUTIONS Open source Minimal revision Easily customizable

31. Preventing Plagiarism: Keepin’ It Real

34. 96% completion rate (502 students)!

35. Suggestions Outline your needs before Utilize Google Docs Don’t reinvent the wheel

36. Unexpected Benefits Used by Academic Honor Council Required for new PEL students

37. Achievements Enhanced library image on campus Increased collaboration with faculty and campus community Ability to partner and support campus initiatives Increased engagement of our first year students

38. Making Connections: Strategies to Personalize the First Year College Student Experience Questions? Alyssa Koclanes koclanan@eckerd.edu Lakeisha Hall halll@eckerd.edu Stephanie M. Henderson hendersm@eckerd.edu Kim Copenhaver copenhka@eckerd.edu HTTP://ECKERD.EDU/LIBRARY