Logical Partnerships in the Learning Commons: the SLC at UGA

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Logical Partnerships in the Learning Commonsthe
SLC at UGA

• Sheila Devaney
• GUGM 2005, Macon, Georgia

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Background on the SLC

• The Mission of the SLC
• Technologically-advanced and comprehensive
  learning environment
• A unique combination of library and instruction
  space, classrooms, campus computing and
  instructional support for faculty
• Built around the way students work and study
  today.

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If you build it they will come

• Building use peaks at 2pm and at 9pm.
• Hourly usage ranges from 700 to 1000 patrons.
• Daily gate counts average 6,000.
• Most evenings all 96 of the Group Study Rooms are
  filled.

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Working Together at the SLC
Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS)
University Libraries
Office of Instructional Support and Development
(OISD)
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UGA Writing Center

• Fall 2004 Semester
• Writing Center partnership started
• Groundwork began Spring 2004
• Emails sent out to various library listservs to
  gauge what other libraries were doing
• Approached English Department in early August
• Positive feedback and planning and implementation
  began

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UGA Writing Center

• Provided Writing Center with a Group Study Room
  across from the Reference Desk
• Began promotion in SLC with signs and in the
  English Department with signs and listserv
  messages
• Considered Fall 2004 a pilot project
• Students quickly found it and began to use the
  service
• Writing Center staffed 6 hours a week
• Soon this location became the busiest one

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Writing Center at the SLCSpring 2005

• Such a success that
• Now staffing 4 days a week for a total of 22
  hours a week
• Often the consultants have back to back
  appointments

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Writing and Research Workshops

• Building on the partnership
• Held two drop-in workshops staffed with Writing
  Center Consultants and Reference Librarians
• Each drop-in session brought 7 students in for
  half-hour appointments
• Planning on having even more sessions for the
  Fall Semester 2005

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Marketing Always Helps

• We started an advertising campaign aimed at our
  users and it began to pay off. Here are some
  examples

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Even More Marketing

• Prominent placing on university web sites
• Student Learning Center
• The Writing Center
• Academic Enhancement

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Academic Enhancement

• Offers tutoring in core level math, science,
  language, and business courses by appointment and
  drop-in sessions.
• 6 hours of tutoring for four core math classes
  provided each week in SLC
• Also providing test reviews before each exam for
  MATH 1101 and STAT 2000

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The SLC Where Collaboration Works