1. FACULTY –
LIBRARIAN
COLLABORATION
Presented by Olga Koz, CTU Regional Librarian

2. Collaboration
“A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND WELL-DESIGNED RELATIONSHIP ENTERED INTO
BY TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS.”
MATTESICH & MONSEY (1992)
Networking vs, cooperation vs. coordination vs. collaboration

3. LIBRARIAN-FACULTY RELATIONS HAVE LONG BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
COMPONENT OF THE PROFESSION OF LIBRARIANS. FOR FACULTY,
HOWEVER, LIBRARIAN-FACULTY RELATIONS ARE OF LITTLE OR NO
CONCERN
Christiansen, et al., 2004.

4. Steps in faculty- librarian collaboration
Making a Finding
Step 1 Partners Step 3 Assess Step 4 Partnerships
commitment Step 2
Mindset Reflect,
Practice Formalize
assess
Collaborative
Practice Reflect
Mind-Set Design SOP
Toolbox together
Coordinate
Cooperate
Collaborate

5. Step 1: Mindset
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6. Faculty attitudes toward a library or a librarian
• Ithaka S+R's Faculty Survey 2009
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7. CTU Faculty opinions
 Why would you collaborate with a librarian?
Quotes: “[A librarian is] expert in searching resources and may
be aware of resources that are unknown to faculty and students”
(Michele Crissman).
“A librarian supports my class assignments” (Jeanie Antes).
“When you need help with resources, go to the resource expert”
(Heather Adamson).
 In what areas can faculty and librarians work together?
“course development”, “assignments” , “copyright issues”,
“plagiarism and how to correct it”
“Missed opportunity”

8. Collaborative toolbox
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9. Finding partners

10. Coordinate! Collaborate!
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11. A guide to the class
A guide to the assignment

12. Faculty Center for Kansas City and Sioux Falls campuses

13. Information Literacy resources for faculty

14. Assessment + Reflection
Evaluation of IL skills Reflection
 IL Pre-session and post-session
quiz
 Graduate students survey
 Rubric/grading capstone research
paper
"The Thinker"
(Le Penseur)
by A. Rodin

15. Formalization
• University IL standards
• Information literacy program
• Creating IL course
• University wide assessment
• IL in the CTU Learning
outcomes
• Integrating library “content”
into LMS