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Online Doc Undergraduate Librarians’ Discussion Group Minutes - ALA Las Vegas - June 30

by Doug Worsham on Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 03:51 pm

Undergraduate Librarians’ Discussion Group

ALA, June 30, 2014, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 20

Announcements:

  • You can join the UGLI Listserv!

Undergraduate Librarians’ Discussion Group

ALA, June 30, 2014, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 20

Announcements:

  • You can join the UGLI Listserv!

    • To subscribe to the UGLi discussion list, send an email message to: listserv@unc.edu - Leave the SUBJECT line blank and include the following command in the text area: subscribe ugli

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  • Pittsburg State University - http://www.pittstate.edu/ - Pittsburg Kansas - just hired a learning outreach librarian. Opening a new position for Digital Initiatives - MLIS required, technical skills required: http://pittstate.edu/jobs/LIBR006392S

  • Texas State University - Soon to be posting a Library Experience Librarian - managing and scheduling the reference desk, supervising LA's on the reference desk, taking care of the learning commons.

 

Introductions

 

Topics and Ideas

What are your ideas and events for bringing students into the library for both academic and social engagement?

  • Mango languages has a Pirate language learning. May incorporate into "Talk like a Pirate" Day. Library staff can dress like pirates on “Talk like a Pirate Day.”

  • Mini golf success stories - Great attendance. Students get free pizza. Had done scavenger hunts in the past, but wanted to focus on the party/fun part. Mini-golf with fun facts at each location.

    • How do you make the golf course?

      • Some campuses use de-selected volumes to create the holes.

      • UW-Madison - Each library makes their own hole. They use carpet squares. Had golf clubs donated. They gave coupons as prizes.

      • Mini-golf, Wii, x-box, show movies, also used

      • UW-Madison - mantra is "no-ulterior motive" for student social events in the library - advice is to not try to turn a social event into an academic event.

  • Has anyone done a haunted library? Discarded micro-film is super creepy. Could connect with student volunteers.

    • Some students have wanted to do haunted house. Need to balance the disruptive elements with need to provide space for studying.

Who are your "not the usual suspects" campus partners?

 

  • Creative Writing / MFA - Library sponsored lecture series. 2 alumni poets. Poem-a-thon. Poetry stations: Exquisite Corpse Poetry, Book spine poetry, advertised with writing programs.

  • (Univ of Michigan)World Cafe - Hosting a conversation series tied to theme semesters (e.g., theme semester about race and identity). Worked with Muslim Student Association on campus to create facilitated events that created great conversations. Included a free catered dinner for those who signed up. Got help publicizing with student group. Next theme semester is about sports. Theme is tied to largest college at the university.

  • Bring in video game industry professionals to talk to students about how they got started professionally. Worked with a student group to plan and market the event. Organized as a panel. Each person spoke for about 15 minutes and then Q&A. Did a student survey on career aspirations and then brought in people to talk based on student career goals, interests, and ideas.

 

What are some examples of engaging with student groups?

  • Breakfast Club - A theater group wants to do a "Breakfast Club" event. Students had recreated breakfast club dance scene in the library.

  • If you have a high traffic lobby space, Have you offered student groups use of a table in the space as a goodwill campaign?

    • What policies are needed?

      • Planning deadlines for student groups. Limits on size and types of signage. System to ensure no impeding traffic. Can't solicit/bring students over to their table.

  • Flashmobs - Mackelmore's Thrift shop.

  • A Cappella singing groups in the library.

  • Ballroom dancing team.

  • Set up a stage for student groups. Student orgs advertise their groups and perform while students are in line for food.

  • Idea - when hosting events, re-arrange the food to encourage more exploration of the library. Other strategies - get three tickets at three different stations to get food.

 

Who are your campus partners? What events/programming do you work on with them?

 

  • Athletics

  • Assistant Director - Office of Fellowships

  • Residential Academic Initiatives

  • Pop-up libraries in the residence halls

  • Carnaval party in the residence halls - librarians did consultations during the party and it worked well.

  • Hosting exhibits in different campus buildings as a part of getting the library out of the library.

  • Dean of Students and Student Affairs to host Yoga in the stacks, Henna tattooing in the stacks, plant herbs that you can grow in your dorm room, therapy dogs, "love yourself" valentines decorated mirrors.

  • Counseling Center, Career Center, Career Center - advice on healthy sleeping habits, stress reduction, working on a dedicated room - a stress free zone. pleasant music, biofeedback. Peer to peer workshop on cleaning up your digital life in preparation for a career.

 

How do you get started with Therapy Dogs and other animal events?

  • Health and Safety authorization is really important. Using licensed dogs with their own insurance is important for getting buy-in.

  • Therapy cats? Public Library in Texas does therapy cats.

  • Some libraries have events to read books to cats from animal shelters.

 

What are your tips and advice for “free food in the library” events?

  • Health services wanted to donate healthy snacks to the library. Lots of granola bars and dried fruit. Students were very grateful for the food. Important because some students are out of money by the end of the semester.

  • How do you prevent a few students from taking all the food, leaving none for others?

    • A sign which says "Be a good pizza citizen" - can be a positive way to encourage good citizenship.

    • At a “Cram jam” in the library - food was distributed as a packet with a hand stamp.

 

The UGLI Round-Robin!

 

  • Just hired an undergraduate experience librarian. Created a maker space.

  • Set aside a small amount of money in our budget for partnering with other groups

  • Opening a creative commons space to include technology skills

  • Senior thesis camp in partnership with the writing center and the counseling center. Get invited to events that are happening on campus. Librarians in the dorms. Each librarian is assigned to a dorm and will do outreach with them.

  • Blind date with a book in February. Wrapped up books with barcode on the outside. Wildly popular. How to avoid "missing" books when taken from shelf?

  • Going to try giving away free copy of a book in exchange for writing a little blurb review on the shelf.

  • Digital collections on postcards. Library partners pay for postage. Button-making - using discarded book covers, mascots, digital collections. Students make their own buttons. Literary pick-up lines for Valentines.

  • ee earplugs - 1,000 pairs in the first day! Film screening series tied to freshman seminar - students are required to go to a campus event for a grade - library offered a film screening.

  • Napping stations - brought forward by student government. Vinyl cots with small pillows, disposable pillow cases and wipes. Cleaning materials provided by student government. 30 minute limit on napping. Monitored by circulation staff during their regular rounds. At the end of the pilot. Check carefully with all departments on campus.

  • (Univ of Michigan) Gallery space - exhibits with undergraduates paired with a class. For example - sound recordings, photographs, and journaling of campus arboretum.

  • Top prize for campus scavenger hunt - grand prize is a reserved table at the library.

    • Longstanding question - are how do students signal that they are willing to share their table. Create a table tent that says "I'm willing to share the table" --- Other campuses have Reversable signs - "I'm willing to share / Not willing to share"

  • Ever expanding complexity of what is going on the library - flipped classroom spaces, timetable courses, student services doing drop-in hours -- we don't give space - all space is multi-purpose - all spaces go to open study when not in use. Today in the library postings. International students groups on campus.

  • Collaborated with International Students Association. Have a spot on campus calendar. Do an ice-cream reception for international students as part of orientation.

  • New user experience department - everyone is doing events, everybody has marketing challenges. Outreach librarian has done an outreach campus group to talk about effective outreach to students.

  • Local Poet/musician/actor/performance artist in the library. Did buttons for national library week - Student centered everything on the Monday of National Library week.

  • Expanding the student body by another 200 students / year. 2 new residential colleges. Hoping to post a new position for an undergraduate librarian.

  • Permanent course reserves just for FYE students. Big success - getting to do presentation to all first year international students.

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Discussion Guidelines for University Library Services to Undergraduate Students

by Pamela MacKintosh on Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 02:04 pm

The Feb. 2014 issue of CR&L News has published the approved Guidelines for University Library Services to Undergraduate Students.

The Feb. 2014 issue of CR&L News has published the approved Guidelines for University Library Services to Undergraduate Students.

 
http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/2/93.full.pdf+html
 
These guidelines have been revised many times over the years by our discussion group.  It is great to see the news ones have been approved.
 

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Event Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group

by ALAConnect Helpdesk (staff) on Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 07:22 pm

Discussions of issues of concern to undergraduate librarians, including reference, collections, staffing, and programming.

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Event Undergraduate Librarans Discussion Group

by Pamela MacKintosh on Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 04:31 pm

The Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group (UGLi Discussion Group) of ACRL will meet at ALA annual on Monday, July 1, 2013 from 8:30-10:00

The Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group (UGLi Discussion Group) of ACRL will meet at ALA annual on Monday, July 1, 2013 from 8:30-10:00 a.m.in HYATT-Columbus H.

 
I hope you'll be able to join us as we discuss and share ideas and issues surrounding library services and collections geared specifically for undergraduates, including first year experience programs.

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File UGLiQuestionnaire

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Discussion Adding News Stories

by Jessica Schmidt-MI on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm

Post interesting, relevant news stories from your library as a Discussion topic (Add New --> Discussion). You'll have the ability to embed video, link to outside websites, and upload files as part of your posts. All members are able to create new discussion posts without going through a moderator or admin, but please be courteous and do not spam the group.

Please make sure to add your posts into the News Archive group so that all stories will be collected together in that category.

Online Doc Directory

by Jessica Schmidt-MI on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:34 pm

UGLi Directory

*Please note: This is a "living document" and UGLi Discussion Group members may make changes to the document at any time.* 

 

UGLi Directory

*Please note: This is a "living document" and UGLi Discussion Group members may make changes to the document at any time.* 

 

Columbia University, New York, NY
Philip L. Milstein Family College Library
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/under/

Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Uris Library
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Johnson Center Library
http://jcweb.gmu.edu/

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Lamont, Harvard College Library
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/lamont/

Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Information Commons / Undergraduate Services
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=4414

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library 
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Meyer Library
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/meyer/index.html

State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Oscar A. Silverman Undergraduate Library
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/ugl/

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Moffitt Undergraduate Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MOFF/

University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
College Library
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/

University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
Center for Library and Instructional Computing Services (CLICS)
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/clics/index.html

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Harper Library
http://harperlibrarycommons.uchicago.edu/college-librarians

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Undergraduate Library
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Shapiro Undergraduate Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
R. B. House Undergraduate Library 
http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/locations/leavey/

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Clemons Library
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/home.html

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Odegaard Undergraduate Library
http://www.lib.washington.edu/Ougl/

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Helen C. White College Library
http://college.library.wisc.edu/

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
David Adamany Undergraduate Library
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/info/maps/ugl.php

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Discussion Discussion List

by Jessica Schmidt-MI on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:34 pm

An electronic mailing list is maintained to facilitate communication among members of the Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group.

To subscribe to the UGLi discussion list, send an email message to: listserv@unc.edu

An electronic mailing list is maintained to facilitate communication among members of the Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group.

To subscribe to the UGLi discussion list, send an email message to: listserv@unc.edu

Leave the SUBJECT line blank and include the following command in the text area: subscribe ugli

The listowner will review your subscription information and add you to the list. To contact the listowner, send an email message to Suchi Mohanty at smohanty@email.unc.edu.

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