faculty-librarian collaboration

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FACULTY – LIBRARIAN COLLABORATION Presented by Olga Koz, CTU Regional Librarian

“A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND WELL-DESIGNED RELATIONSHIP ENTERED INTO BY TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS.” MATTESICH & MONSEY (1992)

Networking vs, cooperation vs. coordination vs. collaboration

Collaboration

LIBRARIAN-FACULTY RELATIONS HAVE LONG BEEN A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE PROFESSION OF LIBRARIANS. FOR FACULTY, HOWEVER, LIBRARIAN-FACULTY RELATIONS ARE OF LITTLE OR NO CONCERN Christiansen, et al., 2004.

Steps in faculty- librarian collaboration

Making a commitment

Mind-Set

Step 1 Mindset

Collaborative Practice Toolbox

Finding Partners

Coordinate

Cooperate

Collaborate

Step 2 Practice

Assess

Reflect together

Step 3

Reflect,

assess

Partnerships

Design SOP

Step 4

Formalize

Step 1: Mindset

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Ithaka S+R's Faculty Survey 2009

CTU Faculty opinions

Why would you collaborate with a librarian?

Quotes: “[A librarian is] expert in searching resources and may be aware of resources that are unknown to faculty and students” (Michele Crissman).

“A librarian supports my class assignments” (Jeanie Antes).

“When you need help with resources, go to the resource expert” (Heather Adamson).

In what areas can faculty and librarians work together?

“course development”, “assignments” , “copyright issues”, “plagiarism and how to correct it”

“Missed opportunity”

Collaborative toolbox

Finding partners

Coordinate! Collaborate!

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A guide to the assignment

A guide to the class

Faculty Center for Kansas City and Sioux Falls campuses

Information Literacy resources for faculty

Assessment + Reflection

Evaluation of IL skills

IL Pre-session and post-session quiz

Graduate students survey

Rubric/grading capstone research paper

Reflection

"The Thinker" (Le Penseur) by A. Rodin

Formalization

• University IL standards

• Information literacy program

• Creating IL course

• University wide assessment

• IL in the CTU Learning outcomes

• Integrating library “content” into LMS