Subject Librarians innovatively parternering with academic units, faculty, and students at the University of Central Florida
Keywords
Subject Librarians
Abstract
Panel Program by Barbara Tierney, Missy Murphey and Patti McCallUCF Libraries initiated a Subject Librarian (SL) service model in spring 2013 in an effort to increase positive impacts on student and faculty success with regard to teaching, learning, research, and publishing. This initiative seeks to change the librarian’s role from reactive to proactive. There is a new emphasis on librarians getting out of the library building, visiting their assigned academic departments, participating in faculty and student meetings, and creating partnerships with academic faculty and students. The new service model also emphasizes enhanced visibility and accessibility of the librarians through a high profile SL Web site http://library.ucf.edu/SubjectLibrarians/ , a digital signage system that features the SLs, and proactive SL outreach via customized e-newsletters, research guides and speaking engagements. SLs are engaging in research, publishing, and presenting with their assigned academic faculty and proactively partnering with UCF academic and student support units.Barbara Tierney (UCF Libraries Head of Research & Information Services) and frontline UCF Subject Librarians Missy Murphey (Business) and Patti McCall (Science) will discuss the how-tos and strategies of Subject Librarian partnerships with faculty and student-focused units such as:The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Blackstone Launchpad Program serves UCF students who are interested in exploring entrepreneurial career options. Business Librarian Missy Murphy, Patents Librarian Hal Mendelsohn and Government Documents Librarian Rich Gause are partnering with Blackstone Launchpad to offer workshops on patents and business databases. http://www.research.ucf.edu/News/2014/Documents/CIE_FINAL_8_12_14_wALPU_tag.pdfThe Writing Across the Curriculum Programserves UCF faculty by providing workshops on student writingassignments designed to foster critical thinking and active learning. Nursing Librarian Andy Todd, Criminal Justice Librarian Linda Colding, Modern Language and Literature Librarian John Venecek partnered with WAC’s academic faculty subject cohorts to help design student writing and research assignments that reinforce information literacy skills. Dr. Pavel Zemlyanskiy (Director, UCF Writing Across the Curriculum) presented a program entitled “Subject Librarians connecting with Writing Across the Curriculum” at the 2014 UCF Libraries Reference Services Retreat. http://wac.cah.ucf.edu/The Office of Undergraduate Researchannually hosts a Summer Research Academy and provides “Getting Started” workshops for students who are interested in pursuing undergraduate research. In Summer 2014, Dr. Kimberly Schneider (Director, Office of Undergraduate Research) invited Humanities Librarian Richard Harrison to accompany her to the annual Council on Undergraduate Research Conference. This year Mr. Harrison has accepted a 15% annual assignment as Library Coordinator for Undergraduate Research. http://www.our.ucf.edu/The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning is spearheading an initiative to involve academic departments in curriculum mapping to foster their success with future academic program reviews. Barbara Tierney (Head of Research and Information Services) presented a program entitled “Curriculum Mapping: academic faculty and Subject Librarians working together” at FCTL’s Summer Conference and Dr. Melody Bowdon (Executive Director of FCTL) presented a program entitled “The Importance of curriculum mapping for successful UCF academic program reviews: the role of Subject Librarians” at the 2014 UCF Libraries Reference Services Retreat. http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/index.phpThe Office of First Year Experience assists entering freshmen and transfer students with their transition to UCF by providing information about student services, campus life, academic support, academic advising, and registration. The Common Reading Program is a new initiative for UCF's First Time in College (FTIC) students with the intent of engaging FTIC students in a dialogue around a relevant topic while creating a sense of community amongst incoming students. This year, Business Librarian Missy Murphy has a 5% annual assignment with First Year Experience and she is devoting her efforts to the FYE Common Reading Program by developing a Lib Guide http://guides.ucf.edu/c.php?g=79462 focusing on the Pulitzer Prize winning book “Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash” by Edward Humes.http://fye.sdes.ucf.edu/The International Services Center, International Mentoring Program matches UCF Faculty with UCF international students and scholars at the University of Central Florida to promote an understanding and appreciation of different cultures, backgrounds, religions and viewpoints. Engineering Librarian Ven Basco is known all over the UCF campus for his exceptional service as a Faculty Mentor to UCF International Students. During 2009 he mentored a Chinese Graduate Student; in 2010, he mentored a Graduate Student from Singapore; in 2011, a Graduate Student from South Korea; in 2012, Graduate Students from Taiwan and Cambodia; and in 2013, a Graduate Student from Vietnam.http://www.intl.ucf.edu/index.cfm?RsrcID=22&SubCatID=113UCF Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society iDigBio ProgramScience Librarian Patti McCall works with the ACS Student Chapter by providing workshops on “SciFinder ” and other science databases. She also represented UCF Libraries at the 2014 iDigBio program for recruiting minorities into Biology graduate programs.https://ucf.collegiatelink.net/organization/americanchemicalsociety/Abouthttps://www.idigbio.org/content/careers-and-graduate-study-biological-sciences
Date Created
May 2015
STARS Citation
Tierney, Barbara; Murphey, Rebecca; and McCall, Patti, "Subject Librarians innovatively parternering with academic units, faculty, and students at the University of Central Florida" (2015). EGS Content. 391.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/391