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Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in an Academic Institution Adaptation and Innovation in Teaching. Military Libraries Workshop Panel Discussion “ Approaching Challenges through Adaptation and Innovation ”. Mangala Krishnamurthy Reference Librarian/Associate Professor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in an
Academic InstitutionAdaptation and Innovation in Teaching
Military Libraries WorkshopPanel Discussion “Approaching Challenges through Adaptation and
Innovation”
Mangala KrishnamurthyReference Librarian/Associate Professor
Rodgers Library for Science & Engineering, P. O . Box 870266
The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL 35487
205-348-2109Skype:mkrishna3
The purpose of this presentation is to share the collaboration efforts to provide academic support by librarian/s and teaching faculty at The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university.
A Comprehensive Doctoral-level Institution
University Libraries strives for excellence in advancing the University's teaching, research, and outreach programs by anticipating information needs, providing access to resources, and promoting effective use of information by students, faculty, and staff.
University of Alabama Libraries Vision
Evolving Role……….Librarian as Connector, Facilitator, Experimenter, Educator, Curator, Promoter, Filter, Creator, Beacon impacts students, faculty and researchers’ interests.
In the classroomOnlineE-learning PlatformIn the library
Academic support by librarian and teaching faculty
Nursing Liaison from the University of Alabama Libraries is teamed with the teaching faculty in College of Nursing in an effort to provide the resources, information and instruction to the nursing students at the time of need on any platform in the e-learning environment.
The Capstone College of Nursing is the division of The University of Alabama charged with the responsibility of preparing graduates for the professional practice of nursing. Capstone College of Nursing (CCN) is dedicated to providing education to prepare nurses for a rapidly changing future.
Future Health Care professionals at College of Nursing
To support the education of student nursesenrolled in :
Undergraduate (On campus/Online/Distance Program) Graduate (Distance Ed Program) Doctoral programs – DNP and EdD/Nursing(Distance Ed Program)
The collaborative effort by higher education personnel
Purpose
• Students• Online Teaching/E-learning
applications• Online Degree programs• Hands On Teaching/simulation• Information Literacy• Information Technology
Connecting the dots…………….
To improve the search strategies of the students to find nursing library resources.
To teach the differences between the online catalog and databases.
To teach the students various library resources.
To help with search strategy during the time of need
Librarian as a Connector……………………
Librarian as an Educator……………………..
Classrooms/in personOnline platform/ E-learning sites as co-instructorLibguide/One stop help/onlineEmailSkypeChat
Librarian as a promoter……………….
Resources: subject specific areas Inter disciplinary areas Print/Electronic E-books (PDA)/E-journals Databases Bibliographic software Open Access Other
To equip student nurses
For nursing roles in the 21st century is one example of how it impacts education in the e-environment.
For succeeding in appropriate use of library resources in education and practice
Impact on Education
• Power of Search
• Research Responsibly
One Example - What’s in the embedded VideoVideo is
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It is about Post- operative patient
care
• Nurse checking on a patient
• Consult a specialist (Telehealth/ Telemedicine)
• Consult a pharmacist• Consult a librarian
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Students can access the video anywhere/anytime and learn the steps involved to take care of a post - operative patient.
Video
Benefits come in many folds
• Integrated interprofessional team• What will students gain?• Opportunities for critique and critical thinking skills • Witnessing communication skills
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“In a word, the librarian should be ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ to every one who comes to use the library. It is such sympathetic personal service and ‘such hospitality that makes a library big, not its size’”- S.R. Ranganathan, The Five Laws of Library Science, p. 315.
