Faculty Outreach: Strategies, Challenges, Tools and Tips

Bonnie Swoger1, Morgan Gwenwald2 and Kate Pitcher1

SUNYLA Annual Conference, June 17, 2010

Affiliations: 1. SUNY Geneseo 2. SUNY New Paltz

Getting Started

Be brave (just a little)

Use email (just a bit)

Use the phone (when you can)

Use your feet (a lot)

Walking and talking (back to basics)

Outreach

Providing Value -- Outside the Box

Morgan Gwenwald

Sojourner Truth Library

SUNY New Paltz

Planning for Faculty Outreach

Outreach @Milne Library

• Student-centered library instruction

• Faculty outreach isn't officially part of any librarian's job

• A culture change or "shift" is necessary

• How do we do it all?

Coordinating is a little bit like...

Feed 'em

Invite the big-wigs

Mingle

Content is key

Slides and Notes