The document outlines an alternative outreach model for instruction librarians at the University of Central Florida Libraries. It describes using subject librarians and outreach librarians to connect with different campus partners and populations beyond just academic departments. These include instructional designers, the library's Canvas course, the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, graduate students, transfer students, international students, and more. The goal is to provide targeted outreach and instruction to various student groups through collaborations across campus.
The Road Untraveled: Alternative Outreach for Instruction
1. The Road Untraveled:
Alternative Outreach for
Instruction
Carrie Moran & Rachel Mulvihill
Teaching & Engagement
University of Central Florida Libraries
2. Outreach Model
Subject Librarians Outreach
Librarians
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26. Targeting: not just through academic departments
Campus LMS administrators / IT
SoTL/Faculty Teaching and/or Faculty Excellence - newsletters
Office of Research & Commercialization
Campus search committees
Specific populations: FYE, FTIC, Residence, Transfer, Grad, Honors/Undergrad
Research, International, etc.
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RIS and T&E sister depts
Depth vs. breadth - concern about stepping on subject librarians’ toes.
Outreach assignments developed in 2014?
Grad
FYE
Undergrad Research/Honors
Online
Transfer
Faculty
Research & Information Services / Teaching & Engagement departments
CM - one area of broad outreach is online
Generally responsible for anything impacting online instruction - LMS administration, graphics, video, in house web applications, IDs, support for students & faculty
In our building - which helps!
Look for and study org charts!
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Information Literacy Modules
QEP Initiative / Information Literacy Librarian + Instructional Designer
Fortuitously CDL was designing learning object system. We remain biggest user.
Stats: currently 12 modules (down from 14). Over 55,000 assessments completed last year, over 12,600 unique students completed at least one module in 14-15
Biggest success stories, of QEP, of instruction. Online, flipped classroom.
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Because of relationship with CDL built through module development, etc.
Library
first of it’s kind (sidebar link) in LMS
Online students/instruction ( link to videos, etc.)
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QuickSearch LTI
Assists faculty with course readings, and librarians with online instruction
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Springshare LTI
Still working out kinks
Team - us, Assoc. DH of Learning Systems & Technology, Systems Developer & LMS Administrator
Currently mapping guides to courses w/metadata for automagic tool
CM
Course for faculty who will teach online - current and new
Run by IDs w/library info section that we author
IDL Parlors
IDL Showcase - led to helping Psych faculty with his online course
CM
Parlors - got to see presentations by different CDL teams & bring them back to librarians at ILO Expo training for librariansHands on opportunity to create games that could be used in library classroom
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Planned event for librarians & IDs to get togetherTheir subject assignments vs. oursOpportunity to share what we do & can doCreated crosswalk → helping IDs know which librarian to contact for help with videos, research, etc.
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Collaboration with CDL to provide online instruction/flipped classroom for selected intro undergrad courses.
CDL assisted with set-up, logistics, enrolling students
Completed by over 3400 students last year
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Outreach: Longstanding relationship?
Summer & Winter Faculty Development Conferences - opportunity to present to engaged faculty & attend any sessions
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Req’d for all new facultyPresentation + table
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Summer program for 100 students embarking on undergrad research
Library session, one hour, usually 8 groups
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Workshops, instruction for grant-funded STEM courses
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grad survey - part of it was for building but wanted to find high impact project
Led by Grad outreach librarian under guidance of Schol Comm workgoup
Started in 2014
64 sessions
Served 358 students
Topics: Library Research and Literature Review Strategies
Untangling the Web of Science
Citation Management
Mendeley Citation Manager
Where to Publish and Author Rights
Presentation Skills
Introduction to Patents and Trademarks
Optimizing Your Online Presence
Digital Stewardship
Documenting Your Research Data
my grad workshop turned into an invitation to present to faculty at the Leadership Enhancement Program
Outreach: Outreach librarian liaison
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Outreach: Outreach librarian liaison
Subject librarian emails - often lead to research consultations
Workshops for thesis development
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Foundations of Excellence - committees, meetings etc.
More than ½ of 53,000 undergrads are transfers
27,000+ Fall 2014
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Bagels with TTS “room”
Orientations
Knight Track
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Table at International Student Welcome event - passports & get a stamp at each table
Project: Tours & orientations - one person asked & spread by word of mouth
Project: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Instruction
Project: Workshop for ELI - saw info on Grad workshop & asked if class could come
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SLS Class - Canvas course, some f2f instruction/tours
So far 28 Orientations scheduled this summer (17 FTIC, 11 Transfer)
O-Team
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Refer faculty for assistance with grantsGrant LibGuide in partnership w/ORC
Both
Outreach: attending on campus meetings/events of a social nature
Project: Research consultations
Project: Instruction requests
Project: Resource promotion