Librarian/Faculty Collaboration: Strategies for

ProvidingLibrary Services and Resources

in Online Courses

The 19th Annual AFACCT ConferenceSession 6.2: January 9, 2009

Vicki Cone, Ken Jarvis, and Sandra KingAnne Arundel Community College

Vicki ConeAssociate Professor and Information Resources/Distance Learning Librarian

Sloan Report Almost 3.5 million students were taking

at least one online course during the fall 2006 term; a nearly 10 percent increase over the number reported the previous year.

The 9.7 percent growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the 1.5 percent growth of the overall higher education student population.

Nearly twenty percent of all U.S. higher education students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2006.

Sloan Report: http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/online_nation

Sloan Report (cont.)

Information Literacy Is often a college competency Is important to accrediting bodies Enables students to do effective

research Increases as students complete

assignments requiring them to find, evaluate, and properly use information

Is an important life-long skill

Communication

Social &Civic Responsibility

Anne Arundel Community College expects students to gain and demonstrate proficiencyin core competencies which encompass general education and essential life skills.

The college is committed to offering experiences that allow students to acquire, develop and demonstrate growth in these competencies.

The attainment of these competencies provides the foundation for lifelong learning.

Self-ManagementTechnology

Fluency Scientific Reasoning

Innovative &Critical Thinking

Personal Wellness

Global Perspective

Information Literacy

Quantitative Reasoning

AACC Students and Graduates are Among AACC Students and Graduates are Among

the Best Prepared Citizens and Workers of the Worldthe Best Prepared Citizens and Workers of the World

Information Literacy Know – what kind and how much Access – effectively and efficiently Evaluate – find appropriate info

from proper sources Use – to accomplish goal Ethics – use information legally

and ethically

Librarians Reinforce Information Literacy Skills Obtain resources to support

student learning Provide access to those materials Offer services to enhance effective

use of those resources Assist faculty in a variety of ways

Resources Books and other resources

Databases & electronic books Audio-Visual materials

Library guides Tutorials Streaming video Web pages that describe our

services

Services Online Library Card application Deliver books Assistance through email/phone 24/7 reference Library instruction at off-site

locations Captivate tutorials

Librarians Can Help Students Use the library Start research Choose appropriate material Create proper citations Assist online students when

embedded in the course

Librarians Can Help Faculty Comply with Copyright & the TEACH

Act (in cooperation with DL staff) Collaborate on assignments Find resources that work in DL

environment Provide other resources and

services for DL faculty

Other Ways Librarian involvement on college

committees that involve DL CMS involvement Workshops for faculty

What can an Embedded Librarian do?

Kenneth JarvisAssociate Professor

Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Tourism

Supporting Distance Learners

• Hotel Restaurant Management is a statewide designated program

• This broadens the audience and increases the demand for distance learning

• Embedding a librarian in the class made sense; to provide distance learners with the same quality resources as those on campus

• As the demand for distance learning increased, library resources expanded

Supporting Distance Learners

• The library has developed “guides” for many college programs containing relevant resources

• Students are required to complete an MLA bibliography assignment using the “citation guide”

• In an introduction course, students write papers using specific library database resources

Student Support, Another Example

HRM 232, World Culture and Cuisine Research paper Fact sheet PowerPoint Presentation Streaming Videos

On server Films.com

Pulling it all Together This is an amazing collegial effort between

the instructor, the library and the instructional designers from the Virtual Campus

To support student learning and success To meet college wide core competencies

Information Literacy Technology Fluency Communication

Sandra KingAssociate Professor

English and Communications

Supporting Distance Learners Online students usually pay fees

for services, but don’t always use them.

They may not know how to get a library card, access the library catalogue or databases, or get help with research questions.

Other ideas: I also mention the library

discussion in the assignment itself. For example, I tell students to use the links which Prof. Cone has placed in the library discussion rather than sources such as Wikipedia and About.com.

Benefits: Online students feel that they have

their own personal librarian available to assist them.

Even students who take both online and on-campus classes benefit because they don’t always access library services while on campus.

Remember- You are not alone! Take advantage of your library, its

resources and people

Thank you!

Vicki ConeKen Jarvis

Sandy King

Anne Arundel Community College

(Links to some of the library’s resources are listed on the next slide.)

Anne Arundel Community College Library Resources

Library Guides: http://libguides.aacc.edu/ Guide to Citing Sources:

http://libguides.aacc.edu/citationguide Guide to Writing College Papers:

http://libguides.aacc.edu/writingcollegepapers Library Resources for Distance Learners:

http://www.aacc.edu/library/DLResources.cfm Library Resources for Faculty:

http://www.aacc.edu/library/DLFaculty.cfm