The MU Libraries subscribe to a number of SpringShare products (LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibInsight Lite, etc.) that we use to provide online reference service, online help guides for our users, etc. 

Each year, SpringShare sponsors SpringyCamp – an opportunity for some SpringShare subscribers to present on new and different ways they utilize the products.

This year, the first SpringyCamp is scheduled for July 11, from noon-2:00, in Room 4F51A.

Session Details:

• LibGuide Redesign Enhances Librarian Outreach Efforts by Alice Kalinowski, University of Pittsburgh

   

  • This session will explore some unintended benefits of a comprehensive LibGuide re-design project, particularly for new liaisons or those wishing to reevaluate their outreach activities. The benefits include developing relationships with instructors, learning advanced subject-specific database features, taking advantage of new LibApps products and tools, and thinking more strategically about outreach and marketing to various groups.
• Shifting to a Jumpstart Model Improves Student Outcomes by Claire A. Miller, South Florida State College

   

  • Shifting from a list of databases and print books to a research "jumpstart" model improves reference efficiency, enhances student research skills, and allows librarians to model what academic resources look like. Shifting our Literature LibGuide to the "jumpstart" model tripled our usage and has improved the reference transaction, student outcomes, and faculty buy-in. This presentation examines how the change in our LibGuides helps meet our students research needs without spoon-feeding them content, and the nuts and bolts of designing your own "jumpstarts".
• Reaching Students In-Person and Beyond by Brittany O’Neill, Hodges University

   

  • Finding ways to reach students — whether they are distance learners or in a face-to-face class — can be challenging. Even the one-shot library instruction session does not provide the opportunity to build rewarding partnerships with faculty and students and provide the one-on-one assistance they need. Embedded librarianship is one strategy that can help bridge the gap between students and librarians. This presentation will detail how I have integrated myself into the curriculum through faculty partnerships. Harnessing the power of several LibApps tools, I have been able to build successful relationships with on- and off-campus students and gather great feedback for future semesters. This strategy uses a combination of surveys in LibWizard, helpful guides in LibGuides, individual research consultations using LibCal, and custom chat widgets from LibAnswers to create a continuous and expanding library presence in liberal studies courses. This presentation will cover both the strategies for collaborating with faculty on this integration and examples of how I've used these tools for instruction, outreach, and assessment.

Please join me in Room 4F51A if you are interested and with supervisor approval.

Under the new Staff Development Incentive Program, attendance does qualify for 1 raffle ticket.  Details about the incentive program can be found at http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/staffincentive.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Rhonda