TECHNOLOGY & COLLABORATION: HOW LSU LIBRARIES AND LSU FACULTY MEMBERS FORM CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

Jorie Porter Jo Ann Henson Rebecca MillerLSU Libraries

General Community Outreach & Communication

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LSU Libraries Twitter account http://twitter.com/lsulibraries Updates on events Research and resource hints

Collaboration with Faculty

LSU Libraries uses a “liaison” model to communicate and collaborate with faculty members

Often, we send email updates to faculty members and visit classes for brief instruction sessions on library resources

However, for many of us, the collaboration shouldn’t, and doesn’t, stop at that level

Customized Research & Instruction Support

When LSU librarians visit individual classes for customized instruction sessions or assist researchers with specific questions, the relationship can continue in a variety of ways: Subject guides Moodle tools Wikis Blogs Podcasts/screencasts

Subject Guides

LSU Libraries has subject guides devoted to discipline-specific resources and help http://www.lib.lsu.edu/weblio.html

While these guides are in various stages of being updated, many offer direct connection to the subject librarian and the resources that she/he recommends

These guides can be linked into Moodle pages, or put on a course syllabus

Moodle Tools & Community Courses When a librarian visits the class, she/he often

creates a presentation or helpsheet that can be posted in Moodle

Likewise, he/she can create quiz files, related to the lesson, that will import directly into a Moodle course

If he/she is added to the course, he/she can create a librarian “discussion forum” that continues the library discussion

Additionally, the librarian can keep posting helpful hints and/or resources for specific assignments, since he/she has already been working with that particular class

Wikis

Wikis are websites that are quickly and easily created and maintained

Because of this ease of creation, collaboration, and maintenance, wikis are particularly well suited for creating course-specific help material

Currently, several librarians use PBWorks, which is one of many free wiki software availablehttp://huec1021.pbworks.com/

Blogs

Many librarians host blogs for their particular subject areas

These blogs highlight resources, update their departments on library happenings, and offer research help

Example: Business http://lsulibrariesbus.blogspot.com/

Podcasting/Screencasting

LSU Libraries has recently started creating digital tutorials using Adobe Captivate to aid students, faculty, and researchers in using library resources.

The Business subject guide currently hosts a podcast on finding articles in the Wall Street Journal: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tutorials/business/wsj/index

The Libraries are also working on screencasts for general databases:

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/rebecca/tutorials/index

Contact YOUR Librarian

Interested in implementing some of the collaborative activities described here or suggesting new ones?

Visit the following URL: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/collserv/colldev/liaison.php for a full list of subject librarians and liaisons

We are all here to help you and your students!

Questions? Contact today’s presenters:

Jo Ann Henson (jjhenson@lsu.edu) Business Librarian http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/index.html

Rebecca Miller (millerrk@lsu.edu) Digital Technologies & Information Literacy

Librarian Liaison to Women’s & Gender Studies, School of

Human Ecology, and Human Resources Education & Workforce Development

Jorie Porter (eiroj@lsu.edu) Agriculture & Information Literacy Librarian