CONUL Teaching & Learning SeminarUCC First Year Student Experience: where is the Library?

One size fits all?

School?

Information Gathering

First Year in College

Too Much information or Relevant Information??

(CC BY-NC 2.0) by Robin M. Ashford (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by msbrendadanderson

..er..where is the Library??

http://doylestowndogpark.com/2013/03/15/new-orientation-and-registration-dates/ (accessed 12/05/2014)

UCC 1st Year Experience

Relevance of Library

Taken from: https://foursquare.com/v/boole-library/4bc44ba02a89ef3b0e11f688/photos, accessed 06/05/2014

IL 101

Physical Tour

Footfall but outcome?

Many Hands Make Light Work

IL 102 = Generic Workshops

Collaboration

Too many arms?

Too many balls?How?

• Academic Depts.• Teaching & Learning• Student Experience• Dean of Graduate

Studies

Generic Skills. Why?

Missing Link = Library

Evolution of the Species…sorry…ILT!

“…these happy face spiders look different, but since they can interbreed, they are considered the same species: Theridion grallator.”http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VADefiningSpecies.shtml (accessed 12/05/2014)