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METRO presentation on faculty outreach

METRO presentation on faculty outreach

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METRO presentation on faculty outreach

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  1. Curriculum Changes in First Year Composition Classes: An Opportunity for Faculty Partnerships METRO Outreach and Advocacy SIG Meeting Thursday May 26, 2016 METRO Training Center Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  2. Library Workshops for First Year Composition Courses • Targeted to First Year College Composition Courses • 45 minutes • Lesson Plan • How to find books • How to find articles • Access databases from home • Understand plagiarism • Library Web Site as “virtual” space Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  3. Library Workshops for First Year Composition Courses • Workshop also used to promote library services and resources • Held During CLUB Hours • Students self register: • Attend workshop w/o teacher • Register via Google forms • Select a workshop via Google Calendar • Assessment built in (quiz on Google forms) • Students receive certificate of attendance at the end Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  4. Spring 2016: oh oh, a curriculum change! Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  5. First Year Composition Classes will only focus on writing, not research Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  6. Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  7. Sever Ties? Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  8. Burn Bridges? Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  9. ……or Develop New Partnership? Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  10. Pilot “Conceptual” Workshops Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  11. ….we discussed… Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  12. Workshop Focusing on Concepts, not Library Research ? Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  13. ….more discussions… • Some librarians in the department were uncomfortable teaching a new workshop that omitted “research” • Some felt it could be a way to “part ways” with the English department Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  14. Collaborated on Pilot Lesson Plan • Collaborated with the English Department • Develop new lesson plan • Thesis Question & Statement • How information is affected by bias, audience, author, context, politics, and genre • Evaluation of sources • Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary Sources Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  15. Anxiety Happens….(avoid discussing library research?) Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  16. After the Classes Librarians visited 3 out of 4 classes No discussion of assignment Students were very engaged Classroom faculty appreciated the conversation It was challenging to keep the conversation going Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  17. The Future of Our Workshops? If library research is removed from First Year Composition Classes, then college catalogue description must change. The “change” in curriculum must be approved by The College’s Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

  18. Conclusion/Lessons Learned • Library services keep changing and improving • Collaborating is always positive • Whether the curriculum change gets approved or not, we tried something new. Mark Aaron Polger | First Year Experience Librarian | College of Staten Island, CUNY | MarkAaron.Polger@csi.cuny.edu

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