Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 217
Abstract
A team of four librarians at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library (RWWL) discuss success and challenges in library orientation for the four institutions they serve – Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College. In 2011, a former library colleague described the partnership and coordination details of new student orientation at RWWL. The team will revisit that presentation and offer further best practices for effective, higher-impact orientation. The presentation will share how RWWL met the challenges their unique institution faces and share the successes they achieved since 2011. The presentation will focus on one-shot instruction, orientation collateral (i.e. handouts or giveaways), and the nature of campus collaboration – both precarious and rewarding – in a complicated environment.
Presentation Description
A team of four current Atlanta University Center librarians will revisit a 2011 presentation about coordinating library orientation for four separate institutions by reporting on successes and offering best practices.
Keywords
library orientation, student orientation, campus collaboration, new students, first-year students
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Tomlinson, Monya; Moore, Jordan; de le Cruz, Justin; Daniel, Jacquelyn; and Townes, Jennifer, "Revisit Your Welcome Mat: Successes & Challenges in Library Orientation at the Atlanta University Center" (2016). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 12.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2016/2016/12
Revisit Your Welcome Mat: Successes & Challenges in Library Orientation at the Atlanta University Center
Room 217
A team of four librarians at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library (RWWL) discuss success and challenges in library orientation for the four institutions they serve – Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College. In 2011, a former library colleague described the partnership and coordination details of new student orientation at RWWL. The team will revisit that presentation and offer further best practices for effective, higher-impact orientation. The presentation will share how RWWL met the challenges their unique institution faces and share the successes they achieved since 2011. The presentation will focus on one-shot instruction, orientation collateral (i.e. handouts or giveaways), and the nature of campus collaboration – both precarious and rewarding – in a complicated environment.
