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FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far

FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far. Sherri B. Saines Reference and Instruction Librarian First Year Outreach Coordinator HCS Bibliographer Ohio University. A simple “Hello” matters. It must be tied to a graded assignment. Students need active, relevant information.

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FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far

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  1. FYE and the Library: What I have learned so far Sherri B. Saines Reference and Instruction Librarian First Year Outreach Coordinator HCS Bibliographer Ohio University

  2. A simple “Hello” matters

  3. It must be tied to a graded assignment

  4. Students need active, relevant information

  5. Be able to state your goals in one sentence.

  6. We are all doing about the same things

  7. No one knows how to market to 18-year-olds

  8. Relationships matter

  9. Communication is rare and beautiful

  10. Assess everything. Numbers = $$

  11. It costs $$

  12. Plan the whole first year library experience

  13. Easy. Fun. Free. Fast. Effective.

  14. Fear nothing.

  15. Sherri B. Saines Alden Library Ohio University Athens, OH saines@ohio.edu 740-593-9587

  16. Biblography Price, Christy. ‘Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy: The New “R”s for Engaging Millennial Learners.” The Teaching Professor, Aug / Sept 2009, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p7-8, 2p. Saines, Sherri, and Colleen Boff. “Services for First Year Students.” A section of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Services_for_First_Year_Students. Sobel, Karen. “Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?” Reference & User Services Quarterly, Summer 2009, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p362-371, 10p. Hardesty, Larry L. The Role of the Library in the First College Year. Columbia, SC : NRCFYEST, University of South Carolina, 2007. (The Bible for FYE and libraries). Saines, Sherri. Find OUt First. http://www.library.ohiou.edu/newstudents/blog/

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