Flexing Your Library Muscles

FLEXING YOUR LIBRARY MUSCLES

Carrie MoranMarch 11, 2013

WHY DO WE (TRY TO) EXERCISE?

To improve the health of our body

WHY APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES ?

To improve the health of our library

USE YOUR STRENGTHS

Use Your Strengths

Emily Von Pfahl’s work with the Education program

Carrie Moran’s work with the Psychology faculty

Education

Education

8799 items in Children’s Resources

7 classes taught, reaching 63 students

Education related Guide Hits: 78 this year

Psychology

Psychology

8 classes taught, reaching 152 students

Students who engaged in one on one reference after instruction: 15

PSY150 Guide Hits (Sep-Dec 2012): 652

# of times assignments were downloaded from the PSY150 Guide: 95

Citation Analysis

Textbook6%

DSM-IV7%

Database Articles9%

Books33%

Good Web Sources

26%

Other Web Sources

18%

Media1%

BE FLEXIBLE

Be Flexible

Reuse, reuse, reuse!!

Worksheets/activities

Tutorials

Database Exploration Activity

ACA Tutorial Information Search Process Tutorial

STRETCH

Stretch

Basic Skills Orientations

Partnering with SGA for Library Film Series

Art classes

Basic Skills Orientations

28 orientations given since January 2012

611 students reached

Never say no to an opportunity

Library Film Series

One film per month tied to a holiday or an event

Partnered with SGA to provide popcorn and promote the events

Buy in from Faculty – hosting discussions and offering extra credit

Art Classes

3 classes scheduled for end of March

Will show CAMIO and Art & Architecture Complete plus Google Image Search

Use your friendships!

YOU CAN DO IT!USE YOUR STRENGTHS

BE FLEXIBLE

STRETCH

THANK YOU!

moranc@clevelandcc.edu(704) 669-4053

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