Resources for a Learner Centered University

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Resources for a Learner Centered University

• Hilton M. Briggs Library
• Vickie Mix

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Role of the Academic Library in the Learner
Centered University

• Information Technology
• Academics
• Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning
• Faculty Collaboration
• Research Consultation
• Information Resources and Library Instruction

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Information Technology

• Over 100 subscription and open access research
  databases
• Over 55 public computers for Internet, library
  resources, MS Office applications
• Graduate Student Computer Lab
• General Student Computer Lab
• Smart classrooms
• Network printing

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Academics

• BOR General Education Goal 7 Information
  Literacy
• Students will be able to
• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the information needed effectively and
  efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Use information effectively to accomplish a
  specific purpose
• Use information in an ethical and legal manner
• EQUAL Skills for learner centered discovery and
  lifelong learning

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Faculty Student Resources _at_ the Library

• Librarians are available 7 days a week, nights
  and weekends for services to students, faculty,
  staff and the general public
• Research Consultations-walk in or by appointment
• Collaboration with faculty on assignments using
  library resources
• Collaboration with faculty on meeting Information
  Literacy Goals
• Library instruction for general and subject
  specific information resources

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Library Cultivates Learner Centered Discovery

• Primary goal of academic librarian is to assist
  library users in finding needed information
• Librarians serve as guides and teachers in
  assisting patrons in the discovery of knowledge
• Academic librarians show patrons how to use tools
  for independent discovery
• The library reference interview empowers
  researchers to thoroughly explore the information
  need

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Role of the Library as Place

• Briggs is a large and complicated place for many
• First year students may not have much experience
  with large libraries
• Librarians provide tours, instructional sessions
  and personal assistance to library users in
  navigating space and resources
• Physical space includes many options for study
  and leisure

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Place for Research Study

• Options for study and research include
  collaborative and individual workspaces
• Multiple group study rooms are available by
  reservation, some walk in
• Individual study rooms available for graduate
  students and faculty by semester reserve
• Some walk in individual study rooms available
• Multiple group study tablesVery popular!
• Multiple individual study tables Quiet Zones
• Computer labs with application software and lab
  monitors for assistance

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Library as Place of Leisure

• New Fiction area recently added with comfy chairs
• Upholstered chairs couches throughout (check
  out the retro colors!)
• AND
• The Blue Couches-famous, infamous, extremely
  popular!

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The Library as.Well, the Library

• 622,222 monograph volumes
• 17,000 electronic books
• 1,830 print periodical subscriptions
• 31,309 full text electronic periodicals
• 573,000 government publications in multiple
  formats
• Over 100 bibliographic and full text databases
• 30 friendly staff members and over 40 student
  assistants to help with information needs
• Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend.
  Inside of a dog, its too dark to read. (Groucho
  Marx)