At our small, private liberal arts university, Information Literacy was recently added as a required category within the general education curriculum. This session will share the library’s journey in advocating for the inclusion of this requirement, collaborating with faculty and administrators, establishing shared learning outcomes, and designing a rubric to ensure consistency across courses. With only a few librarians responsible for supporting both on-campus and online students, we developed a flexible model that enables faculty across disciplines to offer IL-designated courses—ranging from media literacy to quantitative literacy—as long as their assessed assignment aligns with the IL rubric. Attendees will hear about the practical steps we took to support a broad instructional reach with limited staff, how we built campus-wide faculty buy-in, and how we approach assessing student learning in courses we don’t directly teach. We’ll also explore our lessons learned, continuing challenges, and future plans to grow and refine the program.
This presentation explores ways for academic libraries to implement outreach activities to engage students, promote library spaces and resources, increase library use, and collaborate with cross-campus organizations. The B.D. Owens Library at Northwest Missouri State University has reworked its previous methods of outreach during the 2024-2025 academic year by revamping old events, creating new outreach activities, and increasing our passive programs during heavy traffic times of year. Outreach activities have been a key tool in increasing library traffic and awareness while increasing the circulation of our underutilized materials. Through feedback and statistics, we continue to look at ways to improve and expand our events. Libraries are often seen as purely quiet, academic places that can be unapproachable to some students. This presentation will show how a library can foster collaboration and create a welcoming environment for all. Attendees will hear about three successful events, campus collaboration opportunities, benefits and challenges, improvements, and marketing samples. Outreach activities will also be requested from the audience.
Book displays are a prime example of the creativity-practicality mindset that encapsulates so much of library work. In keeping with that dual mindset, this presentation outlines both the creative process and the practical considerations that occur at every stage of the book display workflow. It will touch on topics such as developing a theme, curating the book list, leveraging unique aspects of your collection, engaging patrons, and assembling the display, as well as some strategies to offset financial limitations, time constraints, and other roadblocks. Finally, the last portion of this session will be a live demo of our FOLIO Bulk Edit workflow for book displays. Via the medium of book display curation, this session explores the ongoing effort of Lindenwood Library— and, by extension, libraries everywhere— to keep patrons effectively engaged with our physical collections.
EBSCO has recently added some excellent functionality to searching (love the new XB title/abstract option!); but "supersearching" has changed in other ways with the new user interface that may frustrate the poweruser and/or limit what was previously possible. Let's explore these changes to the search functionalities, determine how to best harness supersearching powers in the new user interface, and discuss challenges encountered.
This session is designed to give libraries the chance to dive into Hyku, address any questions or challenges, and explore the platform in a supportive, no-pressure environment. Whether you're just getting started or looking to optimize your use of digital repositories, this is the place for you! Several libraries will share their unique experiences with Hyku, and we encourage you to contribute your own insights and challenges. We’ll cover topics like creating an attractive, functional look, uploading materials seamlessly, and navigating the inner workings of the repository—without needing to be a coder. Join us as we explore the exciting world of Hyku and discover how you can maximize its potential for your library!
This session will provide an overview of FOLIO’s serials management functionality, focusing on practical applications for library staff. Participants will learn how to create and manage serials order records, enable claiming, establish publication patterns, and automate processes within the Receiving app. Join us to learn how to effectively implement serials management workflows in FOLIO, ensuring efficient management of your library’s subscriptions.
