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More than a Library:True Impact: Progress and Assessment
Program Code:
120
Date:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Time:
2:50 PM to 3:50 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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Susan Watkins, Director of Library Services ,
Eastern Nazarene College
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Susan has been dreaming/thinking/planning of a learning commons for at least 8 years. Those 8 years of planning providing numerous opportunities to attend workshops, read and research, and visit learning commons across the country. For the past 18 months, she has been in the midst of the challenges of managing cooperation with the non-library parts of the commons. Her day job includes all the things directors do—budgets, planning, personnel—but she really enjoys selecting materials for the collection.
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Erin McCoy,
MLS, Librarian for Instruction and Digital Media,
Eastern Nazarene College
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Erin McCoy’s primary tasks include working the reference desk and teaching library instruction for the departments of Education, Religion, History, and General Education. She is also the content manager for the library website and Libguides, as well as managing the public face of the library through Facebook and Twitter. Erin’s master’s thesis criticized the lack of learning Commons Assessment in current library culture and she served on the ad hoc committee for implanting the ENC Learning Commons starting in 2011.
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Description
Are you like us—always wanting to assess your work, but not having the personnel, budget, time or expertise to do effective assessment? Our learning commons project intensified our resolve to put in place processes that will effectively determine the success of the learning commons model at ENC.This presentation will update our learning commons journey, not only with assessment methodologies and results, but also with courses of action involved with adding our Center for Academic Success into the building.Our workshop will include conversations with all of the learning commons managers. We’ll talk about training, remodeling, and the challenges of adding a third player (IT joined the learning commons in phase 1) to the mix. Hear how we are working on cultural changes and exploring the possibilities of systemic reorganization. We especially invite 2012 conference attendees who participated in part 1 “Implementing a Budget-Neutral Learning Commons” to join us for an update and the promised hands-on opportunities. However, this year’s content can stand alone, so everyone is welcome.We continue to be excited about the ways the learning commons collaboration has led to better access to academic services for our students. We present this with the hope that our experiences will provide concepts/ models that can be applicable in other institutions.