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WAAL 2012Distance Librarianship @ Rasmussen College
Karen Eckberg (Green Bay, WI campus)
Rasmussen College Library System
• Rasmussen College– History (1900 in St
Paul, MN)– Today (22 + Online)
• Who we are (HLC)• Who we serve (14K)• Support +
Introduction
• 2006• Shared print & electronic materials• LLC
Rasmussen College Library System
Shana Friedman ( Aurora, IL campus)
Collaborating Over Distance
Coming together…without ever meeting!o Wimba-meetings, etc
Monthly meetings led by various members for updates and planning
Maintains consistency throughout campuses o Phone conferences
Quick and easy to touch baseo Common e-mail
If one person is out sick, has an emergency, etc, anyone else can cover their campus
Another way to ensure everyone gets the same information
Challenge—so many e-mails coming in, hard to keep track of what’s actually meant for you
Challenge—limited privacy
ILL and Committee Work
o ILL-in network exchange of books This opens up opportunities to have access to many different
books without casing them in one location. Our collection is vast because of our ILL capabilities
All books and media can be shared between libraries o Committee Work (in collaboration with learning center
coordinators) Programming committee
• Creates guides and ephemera for all librarians to use for holidays and themes , puts together presentations including outside resources for knowledge enrichment
Onboarding and development committee• Creates standard operating procedures for library and
learning center, updating as necessary
Committee Work, Continued…
Web and social media committee• Manages social websites as well as library web site,
developing new ways to reach out to students Instruction committee
• Creates Online Academic Guides for students to access information easier, tests LibAnalytics to measure library statistics
• Works with instructors to insert library materials into the class structure for comprehensive learning
Assessment Committee• Works on ways to get valid information about student base
and library needs
Modernizing to meet a new generation’s needs
o Meebo/text Two hours a week, alternating hours. Very easy to
swap hours through e-mail. Very difficult to schedule weekends and evenings—which are high traffic times
Text is not widely used, though we do have a scavenger hunt that has people use it at least once to get a feel for it
Jeneen LaSee-Willemssen (Wausau, WI campus)
Springshare LIB products
• Manage online shifts– Reference, chat, text, Answers
• Manage programs like webinars and training– Registration– Marketing– Information
Online Calendar (LibCal)
• Widely used by academic libraries – Subject guides / pathfinders
• We’ve done the “norm” and added:– Collaborative Creation with Instructors– Collaborative Creation with Co-teaching– Programming guides– Logistical guides (webinar archives)
Online Academic Guides (LibGuides)
• Interactive FAQ database• Questions derived from...• Answers– Text, images, files, embedded videos, links
• Uses– Self-help; liaison expertise; links for online
reference services
Answers (LibAnswers)
Naomi Stuesser (Appleton, WI campus)
Webinar Hits and Misses
Photo from the Field Museum Library’s Illinois Urban Landscapes Project: www.fieldmuseum.org/urbanlandscapes/
Webi What Nar?
So many workshops, so little time, so many online students….
Fall of 2010
Photo from the Library of Virginia: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/
Hits!• Presenter/co-presenter system• Sharing is caring• Everything in one place • Pre-made publicity materials• Tracks and the whole enchilada• Faculty• Your very own room• Tracking• Other departments• La committee• Tutor training• Monkey Business
Photo from Steven Martin: http://www.flickr.com/people/stevenm_61/
http://guides.rasmussen.edu/llcwebinarseries
Misses! Or more gently, opportunities…• Archives multiplying like bunnies• Unsupervised PPTs• Team training• Assessment• Peer review• Stronger, shinier ads• Transcripts
A Happy Ending Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning - Webinar Presentation
Photo by Robert Neff, Fifth World Art, http://www.fifthworldart.com/
John Fedoryn (Romeoville / Joliet, IL campus)
Librarian partnerships
• Link in the Online Platform for the Library
ANGEL/Online Classes
• Embedded Screencasts in Online Introductory Criminal Justice CJ100 Course (example)
• Created using Jing, Screener• Get Students at their point of need• At Rasmussen the Library and Learning
Centers work as a team
Screencasts
Cynthia Reynolds (Rockford, IL campus)
One College, One Book
• Mission Statement: Rasmussen College is dedicated to serving our communities by recognizing the diverse needs of individuals.
• Quarterly diversity events• Librarians responsible for Fall event• Diversity book discussions
In the beginning…
• On Campus– Residential discussion– Individual librarians choose a date
• Online– Ongoing asynchronous discussion– LibraryThing
Modality
LibraryThing
LibraryThing Discussion posts
• Handful of books chosen by programming committee
• Diversity titles• Multiple formats• Title selected by popular vote
Selections
• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie – 2009
• Little Bee by Chris Cleave – 2010
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon – 2011
Previous selections
• Online Academic Guides• Virtual panel discussion – Autism • Other– Crime Scene at Wausau; Dog prints leading to book
display/registration at Appleton; Panel discussion Autism/ADHD/Learning Disorders at faculty development at Appleton
– Little Bee Tea at Appleton– Guest professor lecture on Ojibway at Rockford – Chew & Chat at Fort Myers– Book displays/bulletin boards at all campuses
Related events
Online Academic Guide
• Access the conference guide at: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/WAAL2012
• Contact information:– Karen.Eckberg@rasmussen.edu– Shana.Friedman@rasmussen.edu – Jeneen.LaSee-Willemssen@rasmussen.edu – Naomi.Stuesser@rasmussen.edu – John.Fedoryn@rasmussen.edu – Cynthia.Reynolds@rasmussen.edu
Questions?