2017 SpringyCamp Summer Series: Registration Now Open!

Day One of our 3-Day SpringyCamp Summer Series is now open for registration!

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What’s SpringyCamp?

SpringyCamp is our virtual user conference where real-life Springshare users share how they’re using Springy Tools inside their library. Get inspired, receive practical tips and applications…all from the comfort of your computer. Plus the virtual s’mores are completely calorie-free. 😛

Program Details:

Date: July 11: 1pm – 3pm.
All times listed in U.S. Eastern Time

Cost: 100% Completely Free! Exclusive event for Springshare Customers only.

Audience: All user-levels and library-types are welcome to join us!

SpringyCamp works best if we all work together: We do have a limited number of seats, so be kind and computer-pool with your colleagues. If several folks at your library want to attend and you’re going to participate via a single computer, just register once. This way even more folks can attend, making SpringyCamp a truly global event! 🙂

Presenter Lineup!

LibGuides Redesign Project Enhanced Liaison Librarian Outreach Efforts
Alice Kalinowski, Librarian for Business, University of Pittsburgh
Description:
This session will explore some unintended benefits of a comprehensive LibGuide re-design project, particularly for new liaisons or those wishing to reevaluate their outreach activities. The benefits include developing relationships with instructors, learning advanced subject-specific database features, taking advantage of new LibApps products and tools, and thinking more strategically about outreach and marketing to various groups.

Shifting to a Jumpstart Model Improves Student Outcomes
Claire Miller, Librarian, South Florida State College
Description:
Shifting from a list of databases and print books to a research “jumpstart” model improves reference efficiency, enhances student research skills, and allows librarians to model what academic resources look like. Shifting our Literature LibGuide to the “jumpstart” model tripled our usage and has improved the reference transaction, student outcomes, and faculty buy-in. This presentation examines how the change in our LibGuides helps meet our students research needs without spoon-feeding them content, and the nuts and bolts of designing your own “jumpstarts”.

Reaching Students In-Person and Beyond
Brittany O’Neill, Assistant Professor and Librarian at Hodges University, Naples, Florida
Description:
This presentation will detail how I have integrated myself into the curriculum through faculty partnerships. Harnessing the power of several LibApps tools, I have been able to build successful relationships with on- and off-campus students and gather great feedback for future semesters. This strategy uses a combination of surveys in LibWizard, helpful guides in LibGuides, individual research consultations using LibCal, and custom chat widgets from LibAnswers to create a continuous and expanding library presence in liberal studies courses. This presentation will cover both the strategies for collaborating with faculty on this integration and examples of how I’ve used these tools for instruction, outreach, and assessment.

Celebrating Scholarship with LibGuides
Amanda Peach, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Berea College, Kentucky
Description:
Recently Hutchins Library undertook two projects within LibGuides which celebrate the scholarship of our students and faculty. These guides serve as more than virtual placeholders for the local physical collections they represent, though – they add value to these collections. The first project was the creation of our BC Scholarship collection, which are individual profiles of campus staff and faculty members that offer insight into their expertise as well as access to their body of scholarly or creative works. The second project was the digitization of a large collection of zines donated by an alum several years ago. This collection became the inspiration for a collaboration between the library and our Graphic Design faculty members, who soon began to include a zine component in their course curriculum, requiring students to create their own original zines which were later gifted to the library and added to the online zine repository. Attendees will learn from our experience as we share insight gleaned from our process as well as tricks and tips for using the unique features in LibGuides CMS that made these projects so easy to pull off.