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Military Libraries Workshop

Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in an Academic Institution Adaptation and Innovation in Teaching. Military Libraries Workshop Panel Discussion “ Approaching Challenges through Adaptation and Innovation ”. Mangala Krishnamurthy Reference Librarian/Associate Professor

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Military Libraries Workshop

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  1. Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in an Academic InstitutionAdaptation and Innovation in Teaching Military Libraries Workshop Panel Discussion “Approaching Challenges through Adaptation and Innovation”

  2. Mangala Krishnamurthy Reference Librarian/Associate Professor Rodgers Library for Science &Engineering, P. O . Box 870266 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 205-348-2109 Skype:mkrishna3 mkrishna@ua.edu

  3. The purpose of this presentation is to share the collaboration efforts to provide academic support by librarian/s and teaching faculty at The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university.

  4. A Comprehensive Doctoral-level Institution

  5. University of Alabama Libraries Vision University Libraries strives for excellence in advancing the University's teaching, research, and outreach programs by anticipating information needs, providing access to resources, and promoting effective use of information by students, faculty, and staff.

  6. Evolving Role………. Librarian as Connector, Facilitator, Experimenter, Educator, Curator, Promoter, Filter, Creator, Beacon impacts students, faculty and researchers’ interests. In the classroom Online E-learning Platform In the library

  7. Academic support by librarian and teaching faculty Nursing Liaison from the University of Alabama Libraries is teamed with the teaching faculty in College of Nursing in an effort to provide the resources, information and instruction to the nursing students at the time of need on any platform in the e-learning environment.

  8. Future Health Care professionals at College of Nursing The Capstone College of Nursing is the division of The University of Alabama charged with the responsibility of preparing graduates for the professional practice of nursing. Capstone College of Nursing (CCN) is dedicated to providing education to prepare nurses for a rapidly changing future.  

  9. The collaborative effort by higher education personnel • To support the education of student nurses • enrolled in : • Undergraduate • (On campus/Online/Distance Program) • Graduate (Distance Ed Program) • Doctoral programs – • DNP and EdD/Nursing(Distance Ed Program)

  10. Purpose • Students • Online Teaching/E-learning applications • Online Degree programs • Hands On Teaching/simulation • Information Literacy • Information Technology Connecting the dots…………….

  11. Librarian as a Connector…………………… • To improve the search strategies of the students to find nursing library resources.  • To teach the differences between the online catalog and databases. • To teach the students various library resources. • To help with search strategy during the time of need

  12. Librarian as an Educator…………………….. • Classrooms/in person • Online platform/ E-learning sites as co-instructor • Libguide/One stop help/online • Email • Skype • Chat

  13. Librarian as a promoter………………. • Resources: • subject specific areas • Inter disciplinary areas • Print/Electronic • E-books (PDA)/E-journals • Databases • Bibliographic software • Open Access • Other

  14. Impact on Education • To equip student nurses • For nursing roles in the 21st century is one example of how it impacts education in the e-environment. • For succeeding in appropriate use of library resources in education and practice • Power of Search • Research Responsibly

  15. One Example - What’s in the embedded Video Video is approximately14 minutes It is about Post- operative patient care Nurse checking on a patient Consult a specialist (Telehealth/ Telemedicine) Consult a pharmacist Consult a librarian

  16. Students can access the video anywhere/anytime and learn the steps involved to take care of a post - operative patient.

  17. Video

  18. Benefits come in many folds • Integrated interprofessional team • What will students gain? • Opportunities for critique and critical thinking skills • Witnessing communication skills

  19. “In a word, the librarian should be ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ to every one who comes to use the library. It is such sympathetic personal service and ‘such hospitality that makes a library big, not its size’” - S.R. Ranganathan, The Five Laws of Library Science, p. 315.

  20. 205-348-2109 Skype:mkrishna3 mkrishna@ua.edu

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