Getting in on the Game: Partnering with a University Athletics Department

O'English, Lorena; McCord, Sarah

doi:10.1353/pla.2006.0028

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“…The University of Central Florida designed and offered two one-hour workshops to students during their evening study hall hours (Rucella, 1993), while Washington State University librarians integrated their instruction into the athletic 'P.R.O.W.L.' program (O'English & McCord, 2006). Mississippi State University (Davidson & Peyton, 2008), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jesudason, 2000) took a different approach, presenting library sessions for the academic advisors and the athletic academic tutors.…”

Section: Academic Libraries and First-year Learning Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a Scholarly Network in Learning Communities at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Maxey-Harris

Dawes

2015

Advances in Library and Information Science

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In 2011 the Chancellor at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) charged each department and academic unit within the university to create programs and strategies to increase student enrollment within the next six years. The UNL Libraries embraced this goal by becoming more involved in the first-year experience programs and the first-year learning communities. This chapter will outline how the UNL Libraries gained library administration support to hire a Learning Communities/First-Year Experience Librarian and describe how they applied the theory of threshold concepts to develop a series of workshops and e-booklets to teach information literacy skills to students affiliated with the William H. Thompson Scholars Learning Community. These two initiatives will demonstrate how UNL Libraries built connections with campus units and services to become actively involved in student enrollment and retention.

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Section: Academic Libraries and First-year Learning Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a Scholarly Network in Learning Communities at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Maxey-Harris

Dawes

2015

Advances in Library and Information Science

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“…They explain that "collaborating to achieve shared goals around student programming enabled our departments to think and act bigger … in order to create a high-quality program" (p. 639). Libraries have also reported success in collaborating with the athletics program (O'English & McCord, 2006), residence life (Cummings 2007), information technologies, and existing gaming-related student organizations (Sutton & Womack, 2006).…”

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Brawling in the Library: Gaming Programs for Impactful Outreach and Instruction at an Academic Library

Elzen¹,

Roush²

2013

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Academic libraries not only need to focus on instructing students about library resources but also need to actively reach out to them. One way to accomplish this is to integrate gaming into library programming and instruction. The staff of the Lawrence University Seeley G. Mudd Library has been successfully incorporating games into library outreach programming. This article explores the various ways academic libraries have been integrating games into instruction and programming and provides advice and anecdotal evidence from programming experiences at the Seeley G. Mudd Library.

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“…While students graduating obviously should not be seen as a downfall, this is one of the prime reasons why outreach programs need to be placed into the hands of permanent university staff or faculty members as well as integrated into job responsibilities. Otherwise outreach programs could easily come and go rather than “become institutionalized and a permanent part of the … workload and not dependent on one person's personal interest or relationships” (O'English and McCord, 2006). Generally speaking, what librarians need to realize is that creating these partnerships take time and patience is a must!…”

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“…They found resounding success as they marketed to the non‐traditional departments across their campus with small group library orientations, Week of Welcome activities, advisory roles, and the formation of a library sponsored book club to name a few. Several campus libraries have reported success stories with a “Murder in the stacks” theme for new student or freshman orientation programs, co‐sponsored displays and booktalks, and programming with athletic departments (Boykin and Willson‐Metzger, 2005; Brodsky, 2003; Kraemer et al , 2003; O'English and McCord, 2006).…”

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Bursting out of the box

Cummings

2007

Reference Services Review

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PurposeThis article aims to summarize recent outreach efforts at The Washington State University Libraries. Taking outreach beyond the traditional library liaison relationship produced unexpected partnerships across campus with such diverse groups as New Student Programs and Residence Life.Design/methodology/approachThe Library Instruction Department at Washington State University was looking for areas where expanded efforts would be most beneficial to the majority of its students. Connection was resumed with liaison areas, which had been previously established, to bring a focus to student needs. Offices centered on student life, such as Residence Life and New Student Programs, were the focal point of these efforts.FindingsWSU's Library Instruction Department was welcomed as a partner program most everywhere it went. Consequently new areas of outreach have been established where none had existed previously and the library's reputation has been boosted campus‐wide.Practical implicationsResults include a more visible library presence across campus as well as opportunities for future collaborative relationships that bring research, education and university life together. Discussion of various programs and activities provide details about the challenges of making these connections and the rewards in making new contacts that publicize library services in non‐traditional means.Originality/valueBecause so much is on the web, marketing the academic library in a personalized manner has become increasingly important on a large university campus. Establishing alternative marketing strategies geared towards the primary student audience will help build relationships across campus and consequently bring students through the doors.

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Getting in on the Game: Partnering with a University Athletics Department

Cited by 9 publications

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Building a Scholarly Network in Learning Communities at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Building a Scholarly Network in Learning Communities at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Brawling in the Library: Gaming Programs for Impactful Outreach and Instruction at an Academic Library

Bursting out of the box

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