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Start Date

3-16-2022 1:00 PM

End Date

3-16-2022 2:00 PM

Author(s) Bio

Mary Aquila is an Associate Professor of Bibliography and co-Liaison to the College of Business at Athens State University. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian and East European Studies, from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Master of Arts in Linguistics, and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master of Science in Library and Information Science. She has worked as an academic librarian for the past 16 years and has presented on topics related to distance education, information literacy, embedded librarianship, and safe zone practices. Laken Smith is the University Archivist, an Assistant Librarian, and a co-Liaison to the College of Arts and Sciences at Athens State University in Alabama. She graduated from the University of Tennessee Martin with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and subsequently earned her MLIS from University of Alabama in 2018. She has worked in both public and academic libraries for 6 years and has presented on topics such as collection biases in small historical institutions and methods of addressing systemic and institutionalized biases in archival collections. Jennifer Wolfe is an Associate Librarian and Liaison to the College of Education at Athens State University. She graduated from Athens State College with a BS Ed in Language Arts, from the University of North Alabama with an MA in English, and from the University of Alabama with an MLIS. She has worked as an academic librarian for the past 14 years and has presented on topics related to embedded librarianship, safe zone, culturally responsive children’s literature, and library programming for autistic children.

Keywords

Online instruction, distance learning, embedded librarianship, non-traditional students, collection development

Description of Proposal

Athens State University is located in Athens, Alabama in the northern part of Alabama bordering Giles County, Tennessee. It is one of the only upper-level universities serving juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the country. The student body consists primarily of non-traditional and first-generation students. In 2014, Athens State University was approved to offer a graduate program in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). Since then, Athens State University has expanded its graduate offerings to include five additional fields of study: Strategic Healthcare Management and Administration, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Leadership and Business Analytics, Religious Studies, and Career and Technical Education. Currently, more graduate degrees are in the development stages in all three colleges: Business, Arts and Sciences, and Education. All of the graduate programs are delivered asynchronously online with some classes having additional synchronous components.

How have library instruction, outreach, and collection development evolved to meet the needs of the graduate student population? How do librarians best serve graduate students in a strictly online environment? How do librarians promote active learning techniques such as providing micro-lectures, including welcome and orientation videos, planning effective discussions with prompts, and increasing motivation in an online environment? What are some effective and reflective techniques and tools to promote inclusivity such as signaling ally-ship and assessing online learning objects for accessibility and ADA compliance?

Athens State University librarians hold faculty status and serve both undergraduate and graduate students as subject liaisons. This presentation will share the librarians’ experiences of transitioning from a library serving exclusively undergraduates to one serving both undergraduate and graduate students. Given that the programs are offered solely online, librarians will also discuss the challenges and successes encountered along the way. Future areas of discussion include quantitative and qualitative assessment plans. Participant takeaways include the following:

  • Adjusting collection assessment for budget allocation
  • Adapting collection development for graduate programs
  • Building working relationships with graduate teaching faculty
  • Providing support to graduate students in an online environment
  • Promoting inclusivity and accessibility

What takeaways will attendees learn from your session?

  • Adjusting collection assessment for budget allocation
  • Adapting collection development for graduate programs
  • Building working relationships with graduate teaching faculty
  • Providing support to graduate students in an online environment
  • Promoting inclusivity and accessibility

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Mar 16th, 1:00 PM Mar 16th, 2:00 PM

Transitioning to a Master's Degree Granting University: Implications for Librarian Instruction, Outreach, and Collection Development

Athens State University is located in Athens, Alabama in the northern part of Alabama bordering Giles County, Tennessee. It is one of the only upper-level universities serving juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the country. The student body consists primarily of non-traditional and first-generation students. In 2014, Athens State University was approved to offer a graduate program in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). Since then, Athens State University has expanded its graduate offerings to include five additional fields of study: Strategic Healthcare Management and Administration, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Leadership and Business Analytics, Religious Studies, and Career and Technical Education. Currently, more graduate degrees are in the development stages in all three colleges: Business, Arts and Sciences, and Education. All of the graduate programs are delivered asynchronously online with some classes having additional synchronous components.

How have library instruction, outreach, and collection development evolved to meet the needs of the graduate student population? How do librarians best serve graduate students in a strictly online environment? How do librarians promote active learning techniques such as providing micro-lectures, including welcome and orientation videos, planning effective discussions with prompts, and increasing motivation in an online environment? What are some effective and reflective techniques and tools to promote inclusivity such as signaling ally-ship and assessing online learning objects for accessibility and ADA compliance?

Athens State University librarians hold faculty status and serve both undergraduate and graduate students as subject liaisons. This presentation will share the librarians’ experiences of transitioning from a library serving exclusively undergraduates to one serving both undergraduate and graduate students. Given that the programs are offered solely online, librarians will also discuss the challenges and successes encountered along the way. Future areas of discussion include quantitative and qualitative assessment plans. Participant takeaways include the following:

  • Adjusting collection assessment for budget allocation
  • Adapting collection development for graduate programs
  • Building working relationships with graduate teaching faculty
  • Providing support to graduate students in an online environment
  • Promoting inclusivity and accessibility