fye and the library cincin fye 09
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Some rules-of-thumb I've devised over time about what works with first-year college students and the library.TRANSCRIPT
SHERRI B. SAINESREFERENCE AND INSTRUCTION
LIBRARIANFIRST YEAR OUTREACH COORDINATOR
HCS BIBLIOGRAPHEROHIO UNIVERSITY
FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far
A simple “Hello” matters
It must be tied to a graded assignment
Students need active, relevant information
Be able to state your goals in one sentence.
We are all doing about the same things
No one knows how to market to 18-year-olds
Relationships matter
Communication is rare and beautiful
Assess everything. Numbers = $$
It costs $$
Plan the whole first year library experience
Easy. Fun. Free. Fast. Effective.
Fear nothing.
Biblography
Price, Christy. ‘Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy: The New “R”s for Engaging Millennial Learners.” The Teaching Professor, Aug / Sept 2009, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p7-8, 2p.
Saines, Sherri, and Colleen Boff. “Services for First Year Students.” A section of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Services_for_First_Year_Students.
Sobel, Karen. “Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?” Reference & User Services Quarterly, Summer 2009, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p362-371, 10p.
Hardesty, Larry L. The Role of the Library in the First College Year. Columbia, SC : NRCFYEST, University of South Carolina, 2007. (The Bible for FYE and libraries).
Saines, Sherri. Find OUt First. http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newstudents/blog/