Summer Time at the Libraries

In honor of the start of summer I wanted to share some photos to get everyone in the mood.  Remember we have two plots over at the official UNCG gardens:

Right now we have a flower bed going wild:

And a bunch of herbs doing very well:

And finally, Jackson through the daises...............Happy Summer!

NCLA Leadership Institute

I speaking with someone yesteday, I realized that some of you who are not NCLA members might not have seen this.  The Call for Applications is out for the 2012 NCLA Leadership Institute.  More information is at this link:  http://www.nclaonline.org/professional-development/event/2012-ncla-leadership-institute-cultivating-and-inspiring-nc-library-l

If you are interested in applying just know that you will need to be a member of NCLA but can join now in order to apply and be considered.  The venue is close to us and this year is much more affordable that in the past.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mike

SPA rep to AAG

We are looking for a new SPA rep to set on the Administrative Advisory Group (AAG) meetings.  With the change in the staff senate election process being a senator is not required but we would like this position to rotate to interested staff who have not served previously.  This assignment requires monthly attendance to a two hour meeting, typically and attendance at the AAG Retreat which will be on July 3rd this year.

If you are interested please let me (macrumpt@uncg.edu) know by June 23rd and a selection will be made from the group of those of you interested.

Thanks,
Mike

New case for Book Press materials

If you've been down the second floor north hallway, you'll notice a new feature, well its not new new but used new, its a case to house type and tools for the book press.  The bookcases have been moved along the side wall and the idea is to enhance the space with some photos and related paraphernalia.

Monday's Meeting Agenda

Below is the agenda for the All Personnel Meeting on Monday morning.  We will be meeting in the Reading Room so we can be more cozy and will have the donuts set up by 9:45.  We will pull our chairs from around the building but feel free to bring your own if that makes you more comfortable.

Next Week Please Join Us

The Staff Development Committee is hosting “Staff Development and Recognition Week” May 7th-11th.

We are asking that you please sign up for an event in advance if you think you may go so we can better determine the proper location for each event.  I have included the sign up links below.

We will start with an All Personnel Meeting on Monday morning at 10 AM and we'll be serving coffee and donuts, starting at 9:30.  A complete schedule with times and places will be discussed at that time and sent out via email.

Below is a list of the events we have scheduled, please sign up:

5/7- Volunteering in Greensboro     [Sign-up]  

5/7- Good Nutrition: On the Road to Better Health [Sign-up]

5/7- Greensboro Grasshoppers game [Sign-up]

5/8- Career Brand Management [Sign-up]

5/8- Followership Styles and Coaching Teams  [Sign-Up]

5/9- “The ABC’s of SPAs and EPAs”  [Sign-Up]

5/9- Lecture on “Bullying in the Workplace”  [Sign-Up]

5/9- HealthyUNCG Overview  [Sign-Up]

5/9- UNCG vs. Duke Baseball  [Sign-Up]

5/10- Future Technologies in the University Libraries  [Sign-Up]

5/10- Stress Reduction Techniques  [Sign-Up]

5/10- Medical Consumerism  [Sign-Up]

5/10- Stream Clean  [Sign-Up]        

5/11- Team Quest Adventures (at Piney Lake)

5/11- Ice Cream Social [Sign-Up]

2012 Student Learning Enhancement Award

University Libraries’ Associate Dean for Public Services Kathryn Crowe and Dr. Elizabeth Natalle from Communication Studies won the 2012 Student Learning Enhancement Award from the UNCG Senate Student Learning Enhancement Committee.  Crowe and Natalle’s study assessed information literacy skills in Communication Studies (CST) 300, a core course required of all CST majors. After identifying specific learning outcomes Crowe used a rubric to score “real-life’ performance evaluation in the form of a worksheet.  An initial pilot in 2009 indicated that students were not gaining needed skills so several changes were made during subsequent semesters: (1) require students to take several modules of the Libraries’ online tutorial (2) delay the library instruction session so that students have more time to develop their topics and absorb material from the tutorial (3) develop a tutorial on primary sources in Communication Studies.  The scores improved dramatically for the 3 learning outcomes:

This collaborative model offers an excellent opportunity for many departments to build a stronger relationship between themselves and the Libraries.  This authentic assessment of an assignment that was part of the sequence of the course provided evidence that students were not acquiring the skills that both the teaching faculty and librarians wanted them to learn.  The Libraries and the CST Department partnered more closely to develop focused outcomes and measure them more rigorously.  As a result we worked together to revise the pedagogy that improved students’ performance and integrated information literacy further into the CST curriculum.  Additional information is available in this article.