POINT OF ENTRY: CULTIVATING A STRATEGIC LIBRARIAN-FACULTY PARTNERSHIP: A CASE STUDY

Elizabeth BucciarelliMichigan Academy of Science, Arts and LettersSaginaw Valley State University March 11, 2011

Introduction

Discuss the ways to identify and connect with

non-liaison faculty members in order to create innovative projects and partnerships

Vision

• Alter my role with the subject departments in order to become more of a collaborator, as well as a collections manager

• Engage in non-traditional library work• Become active in the teaching curriculum • Engage in work outside of the physical library

building

Identifying Potential Partnership Opportunities

• Identify areas of need across the institution, department, or program

• Identify people with shared interests, values, and goals

• What are these people invested in? • Students (listen what the students say)• Specific research area

• Initiate conversations about those common goals, and possible ways to achieve those goals

From Passive to Pervasive: Changing Perceptionsof the Library’s Role Through Intra-Campus

Partnerships. (Gilman & Kunkel, 2010)

Teaching Philosophy

• Passionate about teaching• Passionate about their specialty• Treat students and colleagues respectfully• Professionally current in teaching strategies and

theories• Technologically engaged and current• Fearless about trying new ideas in the classroom

Personality Characteristics

• Respected by the departmental faculty that you respect

• Ethical• Forthright• Honest• Friendly

• Fair• Adventuresome• Curious• Open to new ideas• Enjoy change• Seek partnerships• Professional manner

Strategic Engagements• University Committees

• Writing Across the Curriculum – basic & advanced• Information Literacy involvement & training• General Education Committee• Academic Service Learning • Faculty Senate

• Departmental Committees• Curriculum Committee• Accreditation Committee• Assessment Committee• Personnel Evaluation Committee

• Professional organizations – local, state, national• Research areas • Publications

Conditions for Successful Collaboration• Clarity about the purpose, objectives, responsibilities

• Role clarification • Address power differences• Share leadership• Share work equitably• Open communication• Mutual trust• Accept that a partnership evolves over time• Have a sense of humor

Case Study: Products of the Primary Partnership

Research Instruction -Introduction to Professional

Nursing Skills I

Creation of

Assgs*

Learning Objectives

NursingResearchTutorial*

Teaching @Remote Sites*

CINAHL/PubMedCamtasia Tutorial

Scaffolded Research Instruction

Incorp. of Immersion Content

APA Workshop

Proposalto a Nursing Ed Conf

Case Study: Secondary Products of the Primary Partnership

3-Tier Scaffolded Research Instruction in Nursing

Nursing Research

Introduction to Professional

Nursing Skills II

Video for Offsite Classes

“Great Debates”

EBP

Advanced Searching

Law Searching

3-Tier Scaffolded Research Instruction in

Occupational Therapy

Intro to OT

Philosophy Of OT

OTResearchTutorial

OT Research Methods

Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding PlagiarismEBP

Other Significant Projects

• Creation of assignments

• Writing Across the Curriculum• Developed learning

objectives • Writing Center

• APA Workshop • Graduate writing

assistants

• Discussing assessments

• Submitted abstracts to a nursing conference

• “Great Debates” panel judge

• Incorporation of Immersion content into classes

Unexpected Outcomes

• Reputation spreads• Connections to faculty with similar interests or

reticent• Students respect my expertise, and refer others to me

which correlates with an increase in the number of one-on-one research sessions with students

• Culminating projects outcome invitations• Panel member on the “Great Debates” • Invited to capstone project poster sessions

• Letters for tenure and promotion documents• Frequent contributor of anonymous student work for

IL analysis and survey distributor

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Gaspar, D.B., & Wetzel, K.A. (2009). A case study in collaboration: assessing academic librarian/faculty partnerships. College & Research Libraries, 70, 578-590. crl.acrl.org

Gilman, I. & Kunkel, M. (2010). From passive to pervasive: changing perceptions of the library’s role through intra-campus partnerships. Collaborative Librarianship, 2, 22-32. www.collaborativelibrarianship.org/

Staub, R.E. The primacy of courage in partnering with others. Journal for Quality and Participation, 23, 16-18. asq.org/pub/jqp/

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