Session description: A crisis can be a tipping point and an opportunity to examine legacy programs and services to discover better ways of serving students and faculty. In this panel Hiller highlights the importance of making data-driven decisions in uncertain times; Alire provides communication strategies and addresses managing expectations in times of stress; and Leonard will explore the collaborative decision-making opportunities available to institutions through associations, consortia, and inter-institutional agreements.

Presenters: Lizabeth A. Wilson, Dean of Libraries, University of Washington, Moderator; Steve Hiller, Director, Assessment and Planning, University of Washington; Camila Alire, ALA President-elect/Dean Emerita- University of New Mexico & Colorado State University; Tom Leonard, University Librarian, University of California, Berkeley

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Session Description:
As libraries move through a digital transition, it is important to consider both how digital assets fit into a long-term preservation plan and how to increase both intentional and serendipitous discovery of these resources rather than leaving them isolated in data silos. This program will address the critical need of bringing the entire portfolio of library resources together into one discovery services platform.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Evaluation of strategies for managing digital transitions & digitization projects
• Approaches for developing digital preservation strategies
• Practical applications of OAI-compliant harvesting and technical issues of integrating XML-based metadata with MARC data

Presenters:
Joan R. Giesecke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Dee Ann K. Allison, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Rice Majors, Innovative Interfaces, Emeryville, CA, United States

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Session Description:
This interactive panel discussion will look at how librarians at two similar institutions are “casting a net” to create Beyond the Basics Services to support student and faculty research. Florida State University and University of South Florida recently reorganized their reference departments in order to provide more customized services for graduate level and faculty research. Panelists from both schools will engage participants in identifying new ways to customize research and outreach services at their institutions.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Participants will discuss strategies for learning about faculty research and how to support that research
• Participants will identify new roles that librarians can assume in the process of supporting and customizing research services for their constituencies.
• Participants will explore the relevance of library as place for serious/scholarly research

Presenters:
Susan Ariew, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Gloria Colvin, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Marcia Gorin, Florida State Unversity, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Cheryl McCoy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Matt Torrence, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

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Session Description:
The MIT Libraries recently completed a successful advertising campaign that challenged students to solve puzzles using library resources. The advertisements were informed by feedback from several sources, including surveys and focus groups. Results included a stronger connection with puzzle-minded students, increased usage of the library resources featured in the ads, and new ideas about reaching out to students. Discover how a sharper picture of a target audience can lead to improved outreach efforts.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Review user feedback from a variety of sources in order to develop a more effective outreach campaign.
• Examine different advertising options in order to identify better strategies for reaching students.
• Enter the puzzle world at MIT in order to learn how non-traditional methods can be a great way of engaging students and raising awareness of library resources.

Presenters:
Mark Szarko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Stephanie Hartman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Mathew Willmott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

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Session Description:
Academic library outreach efforts centered on Information Literacy and library resources in lesson/assignment design have been developed, but these still fail to result in an authentic teaching experience or content ownership for the instructor. Two Colorado State University-Pueblo faculty members will discuss a pilot outreach initiative in which a professional learning community was created using two existing and viable programs to both disseminate instruction on incorporating information literacy into assignment design and sustain the program.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Attendees will analyze their place-based situations in order to recognize which departments and feeder schools could be contacted to create successful, sustainable collaborations and professional development activities.
• Attendees will generate a brief action plan of next steps in order to begin planning collaborations at their home institutions.
• Attendees will leave the session with a list of recommendations and best practices for this new model of outreach.

Presenters:
Courtney Bruch, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, United States
Katherine Frank, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO, United States

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Session Description:
Research guides have been part of the librarian’s arsenal for decades. Migrating from print to online, these widely-used tools have changed drastically from their earliest incarnations. But many questions about these guides and their effectiveness have persisted over time. Librarians at two academic libraries will tell how they use LibGuides, a research guide management system, together with student feedback, to answer those questions and move research guides into the era of Library 2.0 and beyond.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Gain an understanding of the evolution of subject guides and how they are changing to meet the needs of today’s students
• Learn how to critically examine the limitations and opportunities of both LibGuides and the technology you use for your own subject guides
• Become familiar with various usability testing techniques and what they can tell us in order to assess and improve your own guides

Presenters:
Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, United States
Maura Seale, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States
Ken Liss, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
Emily Frigo, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

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Session Description:
Peer-to-peer evaluation of instruction is an important tool for librarians who are committed to developing their teaching skills and to improving their students learning experiences. Our team approach of building a flexible peer-to-peer teaching model encourages sharing knowledge and experiences, enriching teaching practice, and promoting experimentation within the classsroom. This offers the opportunity to extend professional development for all participants, whether they are new to the field or instructional librarians with years of experience.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Describe the advantages of ongoing professional development through sharing knowledge and expertise across disciplines
• Recognize the benefits of using the peer-to-peer model to evaluate and improve teaching, and apply this collaborative approach to strategies that can impact teaching practice
• Adapt and use the peer-to-peer model to constructively evaluate instruction in their home institutions

Presenters:
Diane Clark, University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Lindsay Johnston, University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Virginia Pow, University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Angelique Mandeville, University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Session Description:
A consortium of eight liberal arts colleges is collaboratively pioneering a Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository (LASR) to share the scholarly and creative work produced on their campuses. LASR includes a shared repository and a portal that harvests and aggregates content from this repository and other digital asset management systems that are used by participating institutions. Panelists will discuss the history of LASR and the best practices and technological solutions that the group is implementing.

Benefits/Objectives:

• This panel session aims to share ideas and receive feedback related to the collaborative work of LASR and challenged attendees to think about how libraries can support the dissemination of various types of scholarly communication.
• In addition to learning about the work of LASR, attendees will learn about a technical solution for building a consortial repository and learn about a technical solution for aggregating digital objects and related metadata through a dynamic portal or interface.
• Attendees will see an example of a policy and best practices framework for a digital scholarly or institutional repository

Presenters:
R. Cecilia Knight, Grinnell College Library, Grinnell, IA, United States
Samuel Demas, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
Michael J. Paulus, Jr., Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, United States

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Session Description:
The Dreyfus model of skills acquisition generates an educational framework empowering librarians to follow a guided path of career advancement. It transitions librarians from one level of expertise to the next while simultaneously reducing the amount of institutional investment required. This panel will present a prototype of the Dreyfus model that can be used, in this case, to incorporate the theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and competencies needed to support careers in resources description and access.

Benefits/Objectives:
• Be able to list differences in proficiency amongst novice, competent, and expert archivists.

• Be able to describe the Dreyfus model of skills acquisition as:

o A vehicle for differentiating between varying levels of skills proficiency;

o A framework for professional development that managers, supervisors, and administrators can use in-house and externally among new and current staff;

o A tool for library and campus administrators to use that ensures the accumulation of the organization’s tacit knowledge and a successive flow of work from one generation of practitioners to the next.

• Be able to articulate a joint strategy for LIS educators, employers, and supervisors in the education and training of catalog librarians and metadata specialists;

Presenters:
Megan Perez, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
Denise Anthony, University of Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Sylvia Hall-Ellis, University of Denver, United States

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Session Description:
What services and resources are students really using? Are we putting time, energy, and money into the right programs? The staff at our small university library conducted focus groups to find out what students want and need. In this session, we will describe the entire process of developing and conducting focus group research, report findings from our focus groups, and recreate the focus group experience using volunteers from the audience.

Benefits/Objectives:

• Attendees will receive an overview of the entire process of developing and conducting focus group research.
• Attendees will learn the results of a pilot study and subsequent focus groups at a small university library, thus informing them of the types of information they might expect to obtain from conducting focus groups at their own institutions.
• Having experienced the mock focus group through participation or observation in our session, attendees will be prepared to begin focus group research at their own institutions.

Presenters:
Rebecca Byrum, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, United States,
William Weare, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, United States,

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