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SHERRI B. SAINESREFERENCE AND INSTRUCTION

LIBRARIANFIRST YEAR OUTREACH COORDINATOR

HCS BIBLIOGRAPHEROHIO UNIVERSITY

FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far

A simple “Hello” matters

It must be tied to a graded assignment

Students need active, relevant information

Be able to state your goals in one sentence.

We are all doing about the same things

No one knows how to market to 18-year-olds

Relationships matter

Communication is rare and beautiful

Assess everything. Numbers = $$

It costs $$

Plan the whole first year library experience

Easy. Fun. Free. Fast. Effective.

Fear nothing.

Sherri B. SainesAlden LibraryOhio UniversityAthens, OHsaines@ohio.edu740-593-9587

Biblography

Price, Christy. ‘Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy: The New “R”s for Engaging Millennial Learners.” The Teaching Professor, Aug / Sept 2009, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p7-8, 2p.

Saines, Sherri, and Colleen Boff. “Services for First Year Students.” A section of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Services_for_First_Year_Students.

Sobel, Karen. “Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?” Reference & User Services Quarterly, Summer 2009, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p362-371, 10p.

Hardesty, Larry L. The Role of the Library in the First College Year. Columbia, SC : NRCFYEST, University of South Carolina, 2007. (The Bible for FYE and libraries).

Saines, Sherri. Find OUt First. http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newstudents/blog/