http://hdl.handle.net/2451/63587 2026-04-10T12:16:25Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/63807 Title: Embracing the Peaks and Valleys: Using Assessment Data to Redesign a First-Year Experience Library Session Authors: Demeter, Michelle; Kehoe, Lauren; McCartin, Marybeth Abstract: Our institution’s College of Arts and Sciences offers an long-standing non-credit bearing course to all incoming first-year students that includes a visit to the library. This is a massive undertaking with about 1,500 students passing through the library in 50 classes spread over a brief two and a half weeks. This presentation will feature the three librarians involved in the redesign of the 2019 class and planning toward the 2020 fall term. Aspects of the redesign include the collection and use of assessment data, considerations of accessibility and scalability, and how an established partnership was approached with fresh ideas. Description: Many universities offer a first-year experience course that helps new students become oriented to the academic, social, and experiential life of college. Our institution does not use the term “first-year experience,” but our College of Arts and Sciences offers an equivalent non-credit bearing course to all incoming first-year students, called the College Cohort Program, aka “Cohorts.” During Cohorts, students visit departments across campus to acclimate them to university life and explore places throughout their new academic hometown. In the middle of the semester, all students visit the library for a tour and an introduction to research services and support. Because this is an introductory course with no writing assignment, the library provides a “snapshot” of the many ways students can get research or reference assistance, how to find books and a wide range of technology, how to reserve study rooms, and a number of other services. This is a massive undertaking with about 1,500 students passing through the library in 50 classes spread over just two and a half weeks. Due to this unique format, the instruction librarians meet with the course coordinators every summer to refine and update the program. In 2019, the instruction librarians reviewed anecdotal and coursewide survey evidence provided by the course coordinators and identified numerous areas for improvement, resulting in a massive redesign of the library component. In 2020, with the shadow of the coronavirus looming over fall term, the team regrouped to consider new alternatives for a remote instruction session that also included a significant shift to include a lesson that incorporated EDI in a way never attempted in this course before. This poster will feature the three librarians involved in the redesign of the 2019 class and planning toward the 2020 fall term. They will discuss how they approached an established partnership with fresh ideas using data collected from 2018. This data collection led to the development of an additional assessment survey given to students immediately following the library component of the course, as well as a separate survey of the librarians recruited from around the libraries to lead the session who gave their feedback. In addition to data collection, the poster presenters will address how they designed the class and opened it to colleagues for their feedback and additional ideas for a wider collective of improvement. The poster presenters will describe how they incorporated the campus common read to establish an inclusive lesson plan that would allow all students to participate in discussions. In an effort to balance internal service equity, the librarians will describe how they designed training and scripts to ensure that anyone in the library could actively and confidently participate as instructors, which was necessary for scalability. Finally, the speakers will address how they prioritized accessibility needs while designing the tour and share lessons learned for the next iteration’s planning. 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/63617 Title: The Voices of SJC: Making Connections and Discovering Place With Oral Histories Authors: Kehoe, Lauren; Miyaoka, Mayumi Abstract: The article focuses on the oral history project curated by McEntegart Hall Library Archives in collaboration with the honors program at St. Joseph's College (SJC) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Topics include the project was inaugurated in spring as a part of commemorative projects to celebrate the centennial of the college's founding; and oral History collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews. Description: How do we leverage oral history ("a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving, and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events”) as a tool for students' contribution to the scholarly conversation and historical record of their college community? The “Voices of SJC” Oral History Project at St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn Campus does this and goes further, helping students build competencies in research, communication, group work, problem-solving, and interviewing techniques. This session will show how academic libraries, even with minimum resources, can use the practices of oral history for powerful results. 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/63597 Title: The Zine Union Catalog Authors: Kehoe, Lauren; DeVoe (Editor), Lauren; Duff (Editor), Sara Abstract: ZineCat is the home of a union catalog dedicated to zines. A union catalog is a resource where libraries can share cataloging and holdings information and metadata from their individual collections. Like, WorldCat, but for zines exclusively! The Zine Union Catalog facilitates discoverability of zine holdings by searching a single catalog interface to locate zines and zine collections throughout the United States and beyond, and will help catalogers copy records and facilitate the lending of materials between libraries. ZineCat serves educators, researchers, zine creators, librarians, archivists, and anyone in the general public with an interest in zines. Description: Book abstract: Starting a zine collection is a great way to add underrepresented voices to your library. However, the road from acquisition to cataloging these underground, self-published, or fragile items can be quite difficult. This title will feature chapters from leaders in the intersection between zines and libraries who will break down why these collections are valuable, and how libraries can start a collection of their own. Covering everything from the difficulty of obtaining zines from small independent vendors, to cataloging often difficult to describe materials, this book will give an in-depth look at adding zines successfully to a library collection. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z