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- Assessing Student Needs Through DiscoveryHall, Monena; Lancaster, Charla; Mathews, Brian (2013-04-23)Discovery Teams were created to boost the Library’s R&D effort. Annually, University Libraries at Virginia Tech will collectively explore a theme through hands-on experience. For Spring 2012 the topic was: The Learning Process. This poster combines and presents the findings and potential directions based on the feedback from this research.
- Boiling Down Qualitative Data to Build Personas that Inform Spaces, Services, and TechnologiesHall, Monena; Strub, Maurini (ACRL, 2017)Personas are archetypes of user needs, wants, goals, and desires that allow for empathetic design of virtual and physical spaces and services. Commonly created using assumption-based methods, this recipe focuses on in-person interview analysis
- Changing Perspective by Providing the UnexpectedHall, Tracy Michelle; Hall, Monena (2013-04-05)In recent years, much research has been done on the changing roles of the library in the academy, focusing heavily on the revitalization brought about by rapid technological trends, information literacy, and overall changing understanding of student learning in the 21st century. While these initiatives are all vital contributions toward student outcomes and overall academic success, theLibrary is exploring new initiatives that improve student services, promote outreach and campus collaboration and change campus-wide perceptions of the library. Through these new initiatives,we foster an internal cultural shift, building a new sense of community within the library as people work across departments and rank to ensure that these events are both of interest to the student body and prove successful foundations for future growth. Outreach endeavors implemented by the library this year and already widely appreciated by both students and campus departments include a partnership with veterinary medicine program to bring in therapy animals, a campus-wide Scavenger Hunt, grilled cheese and coffee service during finals week, and a Banned Books read out. Likewise, in April of 2012, the Library partnered with the Office of Undergraduate Research to present the 10th annual Undergraduate Research symposium. Expectations were hopeful for a goal of 500 students to attend our first annual Game Night. Final numbers far exceeded our expectations and students raved about how much fun they had. Another popular event sponsored by the Library was the first annual scavenger hunt. A team of 16 people from across the library collaborated to create a list of 150 clues that sent students to all over campus and town. The students were given 4 days to complete the Hunt, with the instructions that photos of the teams completing the clues were to be turned into a Dropbox account and shared with the Library. Over the course of these four days, 24 teams equaling 160 people turned in approximately 2,600 photos. During finals week, Spring 2012 the Library partnered with the Veterinarian Medicine program to bring in dogs and cats trained through the campus therapy animal program. This was so successful during finals that in July 2012 we began bringing in the therapy animals once per month. Approximately 100-125 students attend this event each month. Additional recent outreach endeavors implemented and proposed by the Library include a Virtual Read Out in support of Banned Books Week, the newly minted Research on the Edge speaker series, various partnerships with the Office of Undergraduate Research, the English department, Residence Life, Tutoring and Student Career Services. By reaching out to our campus community the library is working to break down old-fashioned perspectives by providing the unexpected. By allowing the library to be seen as welcoming and forward thinking, we provide academic encouragement for our campus community at large. Acting on these outreach plans is also in line with our library’s strategic mission, as fresh examples of how we, as an academic library, are continuing to evolve to meet and exceed student expectations.
- Data Management. It’s for Libraries, Too!Hall, Monena; Ogier, Andrea; Gilmore, Tracy; Stovall, Connie (2014-08-01)
- Developing Teaching Proficiencies for New Instructors Through a Learning CommunityHall, Tracy Michelle; Barb, Christopher; Gilmore, Tracy; Hall, Monena; Henshaw, Neal; Lawrence, Anne S.; Meier, Carolyn; Miller, Rebecca K.; Moyo, Lesley; Munson, Jennifer M.; Ogier, Andrea; Thum, Sara (2013-02-06)Preparation and training for teaching roles within the Virginia Tech library environment.
- Discovery Teams: SummaryHall, Monena; Mathews, Brian (2012-10-19)In February 2012 Brian Mathews, Associate Dean for Learning and Outreach, put together a proposal to boost the Library’s research and development efforts and gather insight into students’ potential desires concerning upcoming renovations. He put out a call to the library and library partners across campus to participate in Discovery Teams that would observe and talk with students “in the act of scholarship.” Throughout March and April of 2012, teams of faculty and staff from across the University walked around Newman Library and the Blacksburg campus to engage with students.
- Learning From our Members: A MAE Approach,Hall, Monena; Horowitz, Lisa R.; Lewis, Janice S. (American Library Association, 2014)
- Using Undergraduates to Improve the LibraryHall, Monena; Assir, Rashad (2014-06)As Virginia Tech University Libraries transition public spaces to more user-focused, service oriented, collaborative spaces, we found it imperative to determine how students use available space, and to develop methods of garnering feedback from the undergraduate student population, which forms our primary user group. In order to better understand our users we developed the Peer Roving Assistants (Rovers) program. Undergraduate students, reporting to the Learning Commons and Assessment Librarian, conduct space observations at set times and places five days a week, taking photographs, observing how space is used, and conducting interviews with users. Using the Google Drive app for iPad, we developed data gathering tools for observational data, photograph collection, and personal interviews collection through Google Forms. The Rovers program has generated an incredible amount of useful data and photographs. The presentation will share findings about student use of library space and student attitudes towards the library in greater detail, as well as lessons learned in using Undergraduates as research assistants.
- Virginia Tech Assessment Showcase 2015: Day 2Filip, Jessica; Hall, Monena; Fritsch, Laurie (2015-02-10)University Libraries partnered with the Office of Assessment to hold the Virginia Tech 2015 Assessment Showcase for the entire university.
- Virginia Tech University Libraries: Discovery Team 8: Group CollaborationThompson, Cheryl; DeBose, Kyrille; Hall, Monena; Nardine, Jennifer T.; Walters, Therese (2012-08-07)