aune lib presentation to board of trustees

8/7/2019 AUNE Lib Presentation to Board of Trustees

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3 weeks of workshops

2904 inquiries

1266 new items

Information Literacy

open access

52classesinstitutional repository

Point-of-need Tutorials

I could tell you that our librarians taught over 100 classes this past year. I could tell you that we answered over3000 inquiries. I could tell you that we selected and catalogued over 2000 titles this past year. But its hard toknow what those numbers mean. I could talk to you about information literacy, how information literate studentsare able to recognize when information is needed, and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and efectively use theinformation.I want to tell you stories. Stories that illustrate that the library is a vital partner in learning, teaching and research.

Together the students, faculty, and the library are the heart of the intellectual life at Antioch New England.


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Imagine . . .


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You are a new student.

Its your first day at Antioch.

You are feeling completely overwhelmed. Your partner got your kids of to school this morning so that you couldleave the house at 5 a.m. to get to Antioch on time. youve been running from one event to another, and the lastthing for the day is the library orientation. your librarian is a familiar face; you met her on visiting day.


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Your librarian subscribes to the cookie theory of learning: that people learn better when they are not overwhelmedor panicked, when they feel safe in their environment. So not only are there cookies and cofee available, but yourlibrarian walks you through two of the most important technologies youll be using while youre at Antioch: Sakaiand the library website. You will also see the librarian throughout the year in courses and workshops. From dayone the library connects you with information, technology, and resources that you need to be a successfullearner.


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You are an international student

from Mongolia.

Your written English isnt as good as your spoken and youre worried about all the research papers you see on thesyllabi for your courses. Youve received an email from your librarian saying hey, stop by the library, we havesomething for you. when you go to visit your librarian, you receive a gift basket with among other things maplesyrup and this book . . .


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They say/I say lays out the conventions of scholarly writing and invites students to join the conversation. Thelibrary strives to stay ahead of your learning needs, whether thats researching and purchasing new materials--books, journals, databases, keeping up with new technologies, or producing tutorials for specific courses orresearch activities.


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You are a student.

Half way through your first semester.

You are buried in information, paper everywhere, articles, syllabi, class notes, books, chapters . . . You have aphone meeting with your librarian in which you talk about research strategies for a literature review. You alsomention your information overload. Your librarian says I know a software that might help with that . . .


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some of our students are using onenote a terrific software for organizing and storing information. Its anelectronic notebook with pages and tabs and complete freedom on the page. And it works well with the freecitation manager, zotero which is great for organizing your references or citations and you can use to create abibliography in one click. The library connects you with technological tools that facilitate learning.


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You are a faculty member.

Youre jazzed about online opportunities.

Youre looking forward to the challenge of figuring out how to translate Antiochs constructivist, transformationalpedagogy from face-to-face courses to online teaching and learning. Your librarian is equally excited about usingonline technologies to increase learning and forwards an email to you about a free Google Wave for Educatorswebinar.


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You both attend, and after brainstorm about ways that google wave could be used in courses in the doctoralprogram. The library is a partner in teaching and learning connecting you with resources to accomplish yourgoals.


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You are a student.

Your daughter Imogene has been sick.

and work has been crazy busy the last few weeks. You are miles behind on your research papers. Its Monday,Youve got to crank something out by Friday. Luckily library resources are available 24/7 and you dive into thearticle databases. There you find the full-text of several articles that are helpful, but there are also a handful thatlook perfect for your topic that arent available. so you head over . . .


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to the librarys online Interlibrary Loan/Document Deliver request form. You receive half of the articles yourequested the next day, and the remainder the following. By Wednesday, you have what you need to finish theresearch paper. The library connects you with the information you need to learn.


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You are a student

trying find to find a dissertation topic.

While meeting with your librarian to talk about your assignment for Qualitative research, she asks about yourdissertation plans. Youve gone back and forth a number of times on topics and keep coming back topsychological prisons but are not sure about methodology, getting through the HRC (the Human ResearchCommittee), among other things. Your librarian says I know someone who might be able to help. Megan is adoctoral student a couple of cohorts ahead and shes in the middle of her dissertation research at a prison.Shed be a great resource and Im sure would love to talk. You follow up with Megan and your conversation

inspires a pilot study and dissertation proposal. The library connects you not just with technology and tools,but with people.


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You are a faculty member

preparing for a sabbatical.

Youre traveling to London to do historical research on vitamins using primary documents at the Wellcome Library.


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You need to know the archives and the material that are available so that you can make the best use of your time.Your librarian researches documents, books, and articles so that you have a complete bibliography ready to go foryour trip. The library is your partner in research. This is the wellcome library in london, which were using as amodel for the space in our new building.


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You are a student.

Your professor has recommended a paper.

But the paper is no longer available online. You search and search the databases, google scholar, the web andcant find it. As a last long shot, you instant message your librarian, who locates the paper using the Waybackmachine . . . . The library continually scans the environment for useful tools to access information in order toconnect you with the material that you need. And as an example of what the Wayback machine can provide . . .


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Heres the Antioch website from 10 years ago in 2000.


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Your students are struggling with writing.

And you know that your students are struggling because your librarian contacted you after seeing a pattern instudent questions about summarizing and paraphrasing, as well as seeing an instance of inadvertent plagiarism ina student paper. The two of you get together and your librarian ofers resources you can use with the students,and together you brainstorm ideas for class assignments in which students would become skilled at paraphraseand summary. The library is a partner in teaching.


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You are a student. Or maybe a faculty member.

You live in Montana.

You found a great book on your topic of interest that are available from AUNE. After checking your local libraries,none of which have the book, you request it using the online ILL/Document Delivery form and the book is mailedto you.


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The library connects you with the information and resources you need. And well go to just about any lengths todo that.


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You have the perfect guest to bring to class.

it might be Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity, or Derrick Jensen, author and activist, or a well-knownmarriage and family therapist. Whoever it is, the guest lives in another part of the country. You call your librarianto ask what your options are. You decide to use skype video. Your librarian sets up a video camera on the class sothe guest can see the students, while the guest uses a webcam and is projected on the wall. The library is apartner in using technologies to enhance learning.


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You are a student.

You have found the perfect article on vicuas.

Its pretty obscure and its in Spanish, and its not available from ILL, which is really unusual. Your librariansearches for other possible sources. . .


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and finds two articles for you. Youre thrilled. Not only are these articles by the same researcher, but you dontspeak spanish and these are in english. your librarian shows you how she found them. The library is a partner inresearch and connects you with the information you need.


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who is committed to open access.

and you would like to submit your next article to an open access journal. After years of escalating prices inscholarly publications such as journals, there is a vibrant movement to create open access to information,scholarly communication. I could go on for a long time about this and would be happy to talk with any one whosinterested. So you call your librarian . . .


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and she gets you a list of likely candidates of open access journals to submit to. Which you do. The library is apartner in research.


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You are a student

doing a practicum in Borneo.

Youve got a bunch of questions you need help with, so you take the four hour bus ride to the nearestmetropolitan area (and thats using the word loosely) and go to the one internet cafe in town. you have 15-30minutes to figure out the answers you need. What do you do?


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You Instant message your librarian. IM is a great way to connect synchronously for free with students who arentlocal. Instant message also worked well for helping Tharcisse, a student in Nairobi, upload his dissertation to theopen access repository, the OhioLINK Electronic and Theses Dissertation center. Of course it works for local folksas well, its not uncommon to get IMs from students in the building. The library uses technology to stay connectedwith you.


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wanting to stay up with technology.

You look around and see your students using Zotero and journal alerts for environmental scanning and say I wantsome of that.


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One of the reason students are ahead is the workshops the library provides, which faculty are welcome to attend.We also do faculty specific workshops called Tech Tune-ups. The library connects you with technologies andinformation that enhance learning.


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You are a graduating student

about to hit the job market.

You are about to hit the job market. your librarian encourages you to use your information literacy skills.


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Technology Consultants

Instructional Designers

AV Technicians

Research Coaches

Systems Technicians

Information Wranglers

Faculty Members

Academic Technologists


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And libraries arent just libraries.

theyre learning centers where students, faculty, and librarians come together to create vibrant learningexperiences and opportunities and create knowledge.


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Its no longer just about the collections.


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Its about the connections.

connecting our faculty and students to information, resources, people they need to create new knowledge.


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A friend of mine is a doctoral student at Harvard.

I want to return to the quote that Marcy read. Its important for me that you know my nomination for the awardcould have been written for any stafmember in the library. Its important that you know that the nomination wasmore about the library than it was about me. So heres the quote in the context of the library.


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I have to meet with her to teach her

what the AUNE librarians teach us . . .She isnt getting any sort of training or support

through her program at Harvard.


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My friend can onlyimagine havinga research librarian dedicated to her success.


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I would rather have our librarians and our tiny librarythan all the resources of the Harvard libraries.


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Its not just about the collections.

Its about the connections.


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21st centuryLibrary

We believe the AUNE library is what an academic library should be and can be in the 21st century. We also believethat the library is never done. There are five laws in library science, the fifth of which is the library is a growingorganism. We never arrive, the library is on a perpetual, brilliant, fun journey to grow and learn and adapt withour students and faculty.


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winning victories for humanitybefore we die

Its about the journey, its about connections, its about partnership. its about our students and faculty andalumnae and board members and the amazing work they do at Antioch and in communities around the world. Weare all partners in . . .

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