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Promoting Collaboration with Faculty. LOEX May 11, 2002 Margaret Fain, Bob Stevens, Peggy Bates Coastal Carolina University. T R U S T. Create Conversations with Faculty. Meet faculty one-on-one. Present library services at department meetings. Offer workshops.
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Promoting Collaboration with Faculty LOEX May 11, 2002 Margaret Fain, Bob Stevens, Peggy Bates Coastal Carolina University
Create Conversations with Faculty • Meet faculty one-on-one. • Present library services at department meetings. • Offer workshops. • Participate in discussion groups, brown bag lunches. • Get involved in centers for teaching. • Create research components for workshops. • Write articles for journals outside our field. • Attend cultural, social, athletic events with faculty. • Offer an on-campus “information literacy summer institute”. Source: Young and Harmony (1999)
Recognize 3 types of research assignments Match needs with service
Reactive Assignments • Faculty developed. • No input from librarians. • No context for assignment. • Often no library instruction.
CooperativeAssignments • Faculty developed. • Librarians have input. • Librarians make suggestions, help with revisions. • Awareness of goals of class/assignment. • Library instruction session usually occurs.
CollaborativeAssignments • Faculty/Librarian work together. • Goals are complementary. • Assignment directly related to content and outcomes of class. • Library research integral part of class. • Communication high between faculty, students, and librarians.
Tact Respect Understanding Support Tenacity
TACT • Art of diplomacy. • Method of approach. • Turns “bad” assignments into education opportunities. • Betters relationships.
RESPECT • Mutually affirming. • Collegial. • Reinforces “authority”. • Enables true listening to occur. • Three way: faculty, students, and librarians.
UNDERSTANDING • Inform faculty of L.I. objectives. • Establish common ground with faculty. • Learn faculty expectations.
SUPPORT • Needed on all levels. • Reach out to faculty. • Be prepared. • Present solutions. • Provide the big picture. • Continually educate.
TENACITY • Persistence. • Take advantage of all opportunities. • Try every approach imaginable. • Follow-up. • Try, try, again and again, and again . . . .
Collaboration starts small. Learn from failure and success. Success reinforces success. Don’t be afraid to experiment.
TRUST COLLABORATION