all tomorrow's programs: new modes of librarian engagement and student collaboration at the...

ALL

TOMORROW’S

PROGRAMS

New Modes of Librarian

Engagement and Student

Collaboration at the University

of Washington Libraries

Research Commons

Lauren Ray, Research Commons Librarian

Chloe Horning, Assistant Research Commons Librarian

CLCC 2014, Sherbrooke, Quebec

WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Background: Vision, Space and Services

• Interdisciplinary Programs

o Scholars’ Studio

o CoLAB

• What We’ve Learned

• Questions

L. Ray and C. Horning 2014

VISION, SPACE AND

CORE SERVICES L. Ray and C. Horning 2014

RC PLANNING COMMITTEE (2009)

• Flexible space designed for collaboration

• High touch consulting/instructional services

• Research discovery outside given discipline

• Re-engage with graduate students


RESEARCH COMMONS VISION

• Interdisciplinary conversation

• Hub of research support

• Experiment with program and space to

inform libraries


2014 L. Ray and C. Horning 2014

RESEARCH COMMONS SERVICES

Funding

Citation

Management

Design

Writing


INTERDISCIPLINARY

PROGRAMS L. Ray and C. Horning 2014

SCHOLARS STUDIO ASSESSMENT

• “It changed the way I classically thought about my

own work.” - PhD Student, Social Sciences

• “I think it makes a big difference when the people at

the top really care about what you are doing...It

makes you feel more empowered.” - PhD Student,

Medicine

• “Five minutes was really tough. It makes you rethink

how to present your material concisely.” – PhD

Student, Humanities


CoLAB® WORKSHOP MODEL

• Created by Bess de Farber, U. Florida

• 3-Minute Speed Meetings

• Interdisciplinary themes

• Open to students, faculty and staff

• Facilitated by librarians

• Post-Workshop website for follow-up


CoLAB® WORKSHOP GOALS

• Foster cross-departmental sharing of

research-related assets, networks, skills.

• Build student confidence in speaking about

their work.

• Help librarians engage with user community

outside reference, instruction, etc.


CoLAB® EVALUATIONS

85% 90%

96%

52%

68% 66% 66% 68% 63%

GIS Digital Scholarship Food Research

Found it useful talking to people in other disciplines

Strengthened ability to talk about research

Felt more confident articulating skills/assets


WHAT WE’VE

LEARNED L. Ray and C. Horning 2014

• Partnerships

• Assessments

• Advocacy

• Staffing

HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK?

STRATEGIC AREAS


ASSESSMENT

• User Satisfaction Surveys Every 3 Years

• Headcounts, Analytics

• Program Surveys

360˚ Review of Assessment Data

• Scholars’ Studio participant interview project


Image Credit:

Houston ISD via

Vimeo


ADVOCACY

• Tours

• Presentations

• Grant and proposal writing

We consider ourselves an experimental space

for other libararies on campus, so we must

communicate what is working well.


WHAT’S NEXT?


STAFF GROWTH

2010:

• 0.75 librarian

• 2 graduate students

at 30 hours/week

• Help Desk support

from other library

units

2014:

• 2 full time librarians

• 4 graduate students

at 69.5 hours/week

total

• 5 undergraduate

students


STUDENT-DRIVEN PROJECTS

• Scholars’ Studio

podcast

• Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

• #MyRCWhiteboard


#MYRCWHITEBOARD CAMPAIGN


Image Credit:

khuntiamalay via

Instagram


• Librarians as project managers

• Librarians as supervisors/mentors

• Librarians as advocates for our space and

vision

AND

• We must be able to manage up and laterally

across departments in order to be effective

collaborators

EVOLVING ROLES, SKILLS,

EXPECTATIONS


QUESTIONS?


THANK YOU

Lauren Ray, [email protected]

Chloe Horning, [email protected]

@uwrescommons

commons.lib.washington.edu

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