Title: Connecting with Faculty
1Connecting with Faculty
- April 17, 2008 - WAAL Conference
2Presenters
- Tom LoGuidice
- loguidit_at_uwplatt.edu
- Regina Pauly
- paulyr_at_uwplatt.edu
- Jennifer Snoek-Brown
- snoekbrownj_at_uwplatt.edu
- Kay Young
- young_at_uwplatt.edu
3Why Connect?
- Benefits both faculty library/ librarians
- Technology has changed the way librarians do
business - Rise of information literacy has created an
environment ripe for collaboration
Cook, 2000
4Many Mutual Goals
- Want students to develop greater understanding
and respect for intellectual property - Enhance student literacyespecially information
literacyand help them become better writers,
problem solvers critical thinkers, and life-long
learners - Build learning community on campus
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Hollander, Herbert DePalma, 2004
5Definition of Collaboration
- This definition may contain many things that we
donot specifically focused just on information
literacy - Includes
- Going into classrooms
- Having classes come to the library
- Meeting one-to-one with faculty, for
professional/personal needs - Creating online modules for use in/outside
classroom setting
6Cross-Cultural Experience?
- Faculty and Librarians operate in different
spheres and may speak two languageseven when
both are in English! - Intersection can be considered to be place
where both groups meet within larger context of
institutions mission
Hutchins, 2005
Faculty
Librarians
7Status
- Librarians often do not give ourselves enough
credit for all we do - Many of us do not have faculty status
- We often buy into, or are influenced
by,societys ideas on what a librarian is
8Status contd
- Librarians operate under service-oriented model
- Librarians are generalists with wide
interdisciplinary knowledge - We may have a Masters degree but most do not go
on for a PhD
9Faculty Perceptions
- Faculty voices have not been featured enough so
our knowledge of and understanding of faculty is
often by second-hand accounts of their
behaviorreports are by librarians for
librarians
McGuinness, 2006
10Thoughts from the Literature
- Librarians value the search, faculty value the
answer - An institutional culture as well as a
departmental one - Faculty like control in their classroom
- Prefer to set assignments
- Discuss research process in their class
- Explain discipline-specific resources (how many
library science professors ask librarians to come
into their classes!)
11Thoughts from the Literature contd
- Value librarians more for support role, rather
than teaching role (i.e. collection development,
reference assistance, finding materials through
ILL) - Dont necessarily see librarians as equals
- Faculty often talk about the library rather
than librarians - More interested in scholarly resources than the
librarys instructional program
12Thoughts from the Literature contd
- Facultyunlike librariansdont see separateness
due to status, or organizational issues, as a
problem
13Obstacles
- Faculty are time-poor, combining
- Teaching
- Research
- Service to college/community
- Administrative duties
- Keeping current in their fields
- Protective of professional autonomy
- May be only person on campus in area
- Profession affords this
14Obstacles contd
- Research often valued over teaching
- Campus structure does not promote many
opportunities for team-teaching - Some faculty think their students know
computersand thus research - Past negative experiences with librarians
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15Study Why Do We Collaborate?
- Manuel, Beck Molloy 2005 study
- Why do faculty collaborate with librarians?
- Best practices
- Results
- Faculty focused on course-related goals
- Faculty felt accountable for librarian
- Faculty often felt time constraints
16Study contd
- Faculty used librarian because
- Students lacked research skills
- Combat use of the Internet
- Because students need to develop an evaluative
response to information
Manuel, Beck Molloy, 2005
17Study contd
- Faculty felt best results occur when
- Librarian is enthusiastic
- Gear teaching specifically to their class rather
than a generic lesson - Offer hands-on approach
- Librarian is knowledgeable
- Faculty felt worst results occur when
- Librarian misdirects students
- Miscommunication between librarian and course
goals
Manuel, Beck Molloy, 2005
18Study contd
- Faculty felt benefits to librarian collaboration
included - Students were more efficient
- Student produced better results
- Students felt more confident with their research
and with librarians
Manuel, Beck Molloy, 2005
19Faculty Opinions at UWP
- Survey sent to faculty collaborators
- 24 responses
- 96 rated working with a librarian a very
positive experience for me or my students - 61 saw the library as a dynamic, interactive
environment - Comments
- While these librarians might modestly claim they
are only doing their job, my experience is that
they have frequently gone well above the standard
requirements of their jobs
20Faculty Opinions at UWP
- Comments contd
- Much as I still revere the library as a physical
place, a sacred temple of learning central to any
community I have come to appreciate the vast
possibilities of interaction and portability
afforded by advances in library technology and
the Internet. Our library is admittedly limited
by its funding, but given those limitations, they
have certainly striven to provide as much variety
of servicein the library, across campus, and
onlineas they can.
21Faculty Opinions at UWP
- Comments contd
- I am a critical thinking curious person and
librarians feed my addiction for knowledge and
new ideas. - The only problem I have had with individuals
working in the library is that often there are
not enough librarians.
22Changes in Higher Education
- As more students are part-time and
non-traditional, more demands placed on the
library - Distance Education makes the campus and the
library a world-wide institution - As funding is cut, opportunities arise for
collaboration
23Librarians Faculty A Natural Fit
- In any of our regular roles and duties, we work
with faculty - Liaison
- Teaching
- Reference
- Community Service
- Outreach
- Promotion Marketing
24Personal Examples
- Liaison
- Find highly reviewed materials appropriate for
purchase - Library guides
- Create and maintain Resources by Academic
Discipline web pages - Teaching classes
- Purchase faculty requests (e.g. puppets, videos,
tests, kits, etc.) - Attend faculty/dept. meetings
25Personal Examples contd
- Teaching
- Collaboration beyond intro library sessions
- Collaborate with Teaching Excellence Center to
introduce faculty to new online library
databases/features, work individually with them
on their research - Teach Intro to College Life classes
- Scavenger hunts for classes, incl. Intro to
College Life - Work with thesis classes
-
26Personal Examples contd
- Teaching, contd
- Taught Computer Applications in Education course
- Team-taught with Tom, Ethnicity and Gender Equity
in Education - Step in for faculty when absent
- Co-taught a course with education faculty in
Wuhan, China - Pull materials for classes (specific assignments,
themes, etc.) - Online library modules
27Personal Examples contd
- Reference
- Assist students, faculty, provost at Reference
Desk - One-to-one consultations with Psychology students
- Work on faculty research, now co-presenting in
Oxford, England - Help faculty with personal research projects
- Research campaign for citation tools
(RefWorks), teach faculty workshops
28Personal Examples contd
- Community Service
- Campus committees (e.g. Faculty Senate, IRB, APC,
Graduate Council, Higher Learning Commission,
NCATE technology committee) - Serve on Public Library Foundation board, invite
faculty onto the board - Host international students
- Volunteer for campus events
- Work with Provost in Delta Kappa Gamma, an
educational institution
29Personal Examples contd
- Outreach
- Promote health materials with government document
librarian at annual Health Fair - Received campus, and system-wide grants to
sponsor faculty staff book clubs - Create and maintain the librarys Plagiarism
Prevention web page (offers classes as well) - Write and edit newsletter (print/online)
- Socializeattend campus-wide events
30Personal Examples contd
- Promotion Marketing
- Write press releases
- Create, coordinate, and promote library displays
in cases bulletin boards - LibQual survey
- Promote library librarianship across campus
whenever possible
31Celebrate Accomplishments
- Personal success stories on your own campuses
- Thank You!
32References Resources
- Bell, Steven J. and J.D. Shank. Academic
Librarianship by Design A Blended Librarians
Guide to the Tools and Techniques. Chicago ALA,
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Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the
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34References Resources contd
- Hollander, Sharon A. , Barbara R. Herbert and
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35References Resources contd
- Manuel, Kate, Susan E. Beck and Molly Molloy. An
Ethnographic Study of Attitudes Influencing
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Relationships Between Teaching Faculty and
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