ND’s LIBRARY SUMMER PROGRAM 2002

A LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Award Winning

Proposalby Laura Bayard

http://www.nd.edu/~lbayardALA Annual Conference

LAMA Breakthroughs in Cultural Diversity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

23 June 2003, 1:30-3:30

University Libraries & Kresge Law Library Diversity Program

LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Opportunity Provided:

• the impetus to expand our diversity program

• an opportunity to work with the resident• the rationale for the library

administration’s support to implement the project

• the focus for creating a Web site & database

• national attention to the libraries’ diversity efforts

PROJECT’S GOAL

• To introduce academic librarianship as a desirable career destination to college-bound high school students who can contribute to diversity within the profession and the university

PROPOSAL• Hire 4 high school students who can

contribute to diversity and who intend to go to college

• Employ the students as library student assistants for 40 hrs./wk., 10 wks. in various functional areas of the libraries

• Provide additional programming• Create a Web presence that includes an

online form and a database to facilitate communication

• Present a plaque to each student at completion

http://www.nd.edu/~libdivco/

PROGRAMMING

o Training

o Tours

o Lunches

o Informational sessions

o 1-day workshop

ASSESSMENT

Q. What did you like best about your experience as a summer student assistant at the University Libraries and the Law Library? Why?

ASSESSMENT

A. I liked working in…A. Everyone was very kind and

friendly

ASSESSMENT

Q. What did you like least about your experience as a summer student assistant at the University Libraries and the Law Library? Why?

ASSESSMENT

A. Nothing I disliked, but…A. I took on too many hoursA. Not enough work to doA. Some work too physically

demanding

ASSESSMENT

Q. What is your opinion about the extra programming that we provided for you? Is it worthwhile? Should we offer the programming in the future? Or would you have preferred just to work?

ASSESSMENT

A. The tours…

ASSESSMENT

Q. What did you learn about library resources that will be useful to you in your future?

ASSESSMENT

A. Everything I learned this summer I can use in one way or another

ASSESSMENT

Q. What did you learn about academic libraries that is interesting to you?

ASSESSMENTA. “That all librarians are not old

ladies with glasses, telling you to be quiet.”

A. “That there’s a lot more to running a library than the obvious.”

A. Ask-a-Librarian

ASSESSMENT

Q. What suggestions do you have for changes to the program and why?

ASSESSMENT

A. Have enough for the students to do

ASSESSMENTQ. Should we continue this program in

the future? Would you recommend it to your friends?

ASSESSMENT

A. Yes and Yes

ASSESSMENTQ. Is it necessary for us to visit high

schools and interview for this program in order to get applicants? Would you have applied if, for example, we had simply sent a flyer to your school announcing the program and asking you to send a written application to Notre Dame?

ASSESSMENT

A. Continue to interview at the high schools

ASSESSMENT

Q. One of the goals of this summer program is to promote the library profession. Please indicate whether you would like to be contacted in the future regarding your academic career.

ASSESSMENT

A. “No” (4 times)A. “Yes” (1 time)

OUTCOMES• Over the summer, the students became

less shy and more willing to chat with us• Summer Program 2003 exists• When interviewing students for 2003,

several had applied last year and were reapplying this year

• 2 students returned this year to work as student assistants in regular positions

LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Support

• Awarded $500• Expenditures:• $240.00 plaques• $16.53 photo duplication costs• Cost-share: $243.47

SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS:

• national impact • understanding of current issues &

needs• far-reaching impact • creative solutions and leadership

THE END