{"id":438,"date":"2017-07-05T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/assessment\/?p=438"},"modified":"2017-08-15T08:07:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:07:38","slug":"notes-from-the-field-and-lake-ala-2017-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/assessment\/2017\/07\/05\/notes-from-the-field-and-lake-ala-2017-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the Field (and Lake) : ALA 2017 Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This June many of us headed off to Chicago for the annual American Library Association conference. The weather was perfect \u2013 warm temperatures with great views of the sky and lake, enjoyed off hours, of course.\u00a0\u00a0 I asked for contributions to this post –\u00a0 for colleagues to share a program that was particularly useful or provocative. I\u2019ve excerpted from those accounts, but please do feel free to contact folks individually with questions, follow-ups.<\/p>\n

Brian Boling<\/strong> reports on the session, How Are Our Instructors Truly Using Media? A Multifaceted Approach to Developing Departmental Course Media Use Profiles<\/em> by Scott Spicer from University of Minnesota.\u00a0 “Scott has developed a workflow for ingesting course syllabi into NVivo [a textual analysis tool] and coding the syllabi for mentions of required viewing and media production assignments.\u00a0 He shares his analysis with subject liaisons with an aim towards informing their outreach to faculty \u2013 particularly important as faculty may not be aware of the rich offerings at the library (both collections and services).”<\/p>\n

Steven Bell <\/strong>also reported on different ways librarians can reach out to faculty. He describes an ARL-sponsored program on changing liaison roles, <\/a>Talk So Faculty Will Listen; Listen So Faculty Will Talk. “<\/em>It addressed the common frustration liaisons face when it seems that faculty ignore efforts to build bridges that could lead to enhanced use of library services and resources for students and faculty. The gist of the program, and this might not come as a surprise, is that it takes more than informational email blasts and participating in orientations (good but low impact activities) to build productive relationships with faculty.\u201d Four strategies for talking with faculty, suggested by panelists:<\/p>\n