Presentation give at Library Instruction West conference in Portland, OR. July, 2014

1. 1 Librarian
1,400 freshmen
Amanda Dinscore
Public Services Librarian
California State University, Fresno

2. ● ~20,000 FTE
● Liaison to 5 departments,
including English &
Communication
● First Year Writing Program
alone enrolls 1,400+/year
● 3-4 weeks of back-to-back
classes
Challenges:

3. What’s on the
menu?
● F2F instruction
● Instructor training
& consultation
● LibGuides
● Customized tutorial

4. Collaboration
● Course redesign grant
● Why a blog?
● Content/tutorial development
● Critical thinking writing
assignments
● Assessment plan
● Pilot and plan for rollout

5. http://
englishlibrarian.
wordpress.com

6. What workeD...
● Collaboration
● Instructor choice
● Easily updated
● More F2F interactions (students & instructors)
& increased approachability
● Blackboard integration
● Demonstrated increase in information literacy skills

7. What we want to improve....
● Too wordy (or not?)
● Improve screencasts/find alternatives
● Video intros for more posts
● (Even) more instructor involvement

8. IMAGE credits:
“Undergrad New Student
Orientation” by Shawn
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
“Robot” by Thom
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
“Brunch Menu” by
Basheer Tome
(CC BY 2.0)
“Three Tips…” by
Opensource.com
(CC BY-SA 2.0)