​9:00-10:30am Mountain Standard Time (MST)

PECHA KUCHA / LIGHTNING ROUND SESSIONS

 

• Annie Epperson and Valerie Nye, “Diverse Roles of the Library in Student Success”

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) started a national program in 2012 called Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success (AiA). Through a competitive application process, 75 libraries were accepted in the program in the initial year. The University of Northern Colorado and the Institute of American Indian Arts were two of the institutions selected for AiA. The libraries developed assessment projects, collected data, and analyzed results. The Michener Library at UNC assessed how and why students use the library. The project used observational studies, focus groups, and “video confessionals” to collect data. The IAIA library assessed students’ use of library material after changing the way bibliographic instruction was delivered. The project used bibliographies submitted for completed projects before and after librarians changed the course delivery method. Presenters will provide the results of their findings and discuss areas for future research.

 

• Kara Blizzard and Nancy Goebel, “‘A Different Point of View’: Exploring Diversity in the Human Library”

This presentation will describe the Augustana Human Library, which has occurred each academic term since 2009. A Human Library is an event that allows ‘Readers’ to engage in conversation with ‘Human Books’ who have diverse life experiences. Many of Augustana’s Human Books have experienced prejudice or discrimination, while others have significant life events and stories to tell. Topics range from addiction to physical and cognitive challenges to gender and sexuality. We will explain what a Human Library is, the process of planning and coordinating one in an academic library, the successes and challenges we have had at Augustana, how we integrate the event into information literacy practices, and the types of assessment that we perform.

 

• Beverly Allen, “The Southern Colorado Ethnic Heritage and Diversity Archives: A Campus-Community Partnership”

In 2008, the Colorado State University-Pueblo Archives launched a new collecting initiative, the Southern Colorado Ethnic Heritage and Diversity Archives. SCEHADA’s mission is to preserve the rich heritage of Southern Colorado’s diverse ethnic, racial and cultural groups by collecting, preserving and making available the records of the individuals, families and organizations that make up these groups. The Colorado Chicano Movement Archives, the largest component of SCEHADA, was built with the enthusiastic assistance of grassroots Chicano organizers. Further, the Archives strengthened ties with the Chicano Studies program by enlisting students to conduct oral history interviews with Chicano activists and Latino veterans. The end result was that the students had a meaningful educational experience, the community group was able to participate collaboratively in preserving its history and the Archives helped raise the University’s profile in the largely Hispanic Pueblo. Win, win, win!

 

• Erin Meyer and Esther Gil, “Is Your Library Money Smart?”

Academic libraries are poised to become leaders in financial literacy education for students by leveraging their expertise and resources through partnerships with other campus players to meet common goals. University of Denver Libraries did just that for Money Smart Week 2014. Led by the Business Librarian, a diverse group of campus players including academic units, administrative units, and student groups, came together to host a series of free financial literacy events for students this April. Campus-wide promotion of a dozen events included targeted promotion to diverse undergraduate and graduate students such as women, veterans, and affinity groups. This Pecha Kucha presentation will outline the process and results to inspire other Colorado academic libraries to take up the challenge to become leaders in campus financial literacy. It will also stimulate discussion on barriers to leadership in this area and their potential solutions.