Cultivating a Community of

Collaboration in the Academic Library

Elaine Provenzano, Assessment & Marketing LibrarianManhattanville College LibraryASIG Conference - June 19, 2015

2012/2013 EXHIBITS   2013/2014 EXHIBITSAugust ∙ Welcome Week   August ∙ Welcome Week (Main Exhibit Case)

September   ∙ The Library Then and Now (throughout library)

 

  September ∙ Lawson Bowling Collection (Main Exhibit Case)

∙ New Majors Display & New Books (New Book Shelf/DVD Case)

October ∙ The Library Re-imagined (Main Exhibit Case)

∙ 10th Anniversary Library Lecture Series (CPR)

  October ∙ Sister Clark 100th Birthday (Main Exhibit Case)

∙ Biennial Art Show 10/14-11/8, Reception TBD Fallfest Weekend (Quiet Room Walls & CPR)

November - December

∙ New York Times Notable Books (Main Exhibit Case & New Book Shelf)

  November- December Biennial Art Show

January - February ∙ Black History Month: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, Manhattanville College’s History of Social Justice (Main Exhibit Case and Quiet Room Exhibit Case)

  January- February ∙ A Peek Inside Special Collections (Quiet Room)

∙ Black History Month

March ∙ Read Promotion: ∙ If You’ve Seen the Movie, Read the Book ∙ Staff Picks (New Book Shelf/DVD Case)

  March

April ∙ National Poetry Month (Main Exhibit Case) 

  April ∙ National Poetry Month (Main Exhibit Case)(Get Recommendations from English Dept.)

May ∙ Celebrating Graduating Seniors (Main Ex. Case)

  May Celebrating Graduating Seniors (Main Ex. Case)

June- July  ∙ Reunion (Main Exhibit Case, Quiet Room,

and Exhibit Walls)

  June- July Reunion (Main Exhibit Case, Quiet Room, and Exhibit Walls)

Marketing Methods

Output• Posters• Handouts• WOMM• Daily Blast• Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manhattanville-College-Library/93180807427 • Newsletter

http://annex.mville.edu/images/stories/Undergraduate_Academics/Library/Spring_2015_Newsletter.pdf

• Faculty and department partnerships

Assessment• Attendance• Surveys and contests• Focus Groups and ethnographic research• Anecdotal Evidence

Special Events: Participation in Manhattanville College Events: Resource Fair

at three Orientations, Welcome Week, Open Houses, Accepted Students Day, Graduation, Information Literacy Month

Orientation – Resource Fair

Welcome Week

Celebrating National Information Literacy Month by handing out candy and research tips to students on 

Halloween.

National Library Week Events – Communities Matter @ Your Library

Welcome Reception, Cake & Treats

The Silent Library, (based on popular MTV show)

Student Invitational Library Design Workshop 

Read-A-Loud

Graffiti Wall of Reading, share a favorite book or author

Graffiti Magazine Reading and Reception, English Department Event

2012/2013 LECTURES & EVENTS   2013/2014 LECTURES & EVENTS      Ideas

August Orientation, Resource Fair, Welcome Week   August Orientation, Resource Fair, Welcome WeekSeptember Library Lectures/ Midday Music

Special Event:Life Begins at Sixty; Library ReimaginedConnie Hogarth Center Events

  September Library Lectures/ Midday Music

October Library Lectures/ Midday MusicNational Information Literacy MonthSpecial Event: Rhonna Goodman Lecture

  October Library Lectures/ Midday MusicSpecial Event: Patricia Lee Gauch LectureSpecial Event: Sr. Clark 100th BirthdaySpecial Event: Biennial Art Show

November Library Lectures/ Midday Music

  November Library Lectures/ Midday Music

December Library Lectures/ Midday Music

  December Library Lectures/ Midday Music

January   January Library Lectures/ Midday MusicFebruary Library Lectures/ Midday Music

  February Library Lectures/ Midday Music

Select Database Research Fair

March Library Lectures/ Midday Music

  March Library Lectures/ Midday Music

April Library Lectures/ Midday MusicNational Library Week: Graffiti Wall of Reading, Read Aloud, Silent Library, Student Invitational Library Design WorkshopNational Poetry MonthGraffiti Magazine Kick-offJansma/Fasano Poetry Reading and Book Signing

  April Library Lectures/ Midday MusicNational Library WeekNational Poetry MonthGraffiti Magazine Kick-off

May Special Event: Faculty Lecture Retrospective   MayJune   June

July Orientation, Resource Fair   July Orientation, Resource Fair