Libraries

1. Libraries Welcome new faculty

2. Connie Foster Dean of WKU Libraries

3. John Gottfried Reference services Coordinator

4. Three things • Find Us • Get Started • Ask Us!

5. How to find us…

6. Top of the page

7. Photos: library changes, events…

8. Virtually a library…

9. Catalogs & collections

10. Research help

14. Three things • Find us • Link from the WKU home page • Or go to www.wku.edu/library • Get Started • Research Guides: Under Services • Tips, contact information, how-to • Ask Us • Knowledge base, email questions, and chat • Research Assistant at the Reference Desk

15. Deana groves Department head of Library Technical services

16. Catalogs

18. Law Architecture Life Sciences Arts and Humanities Medicine and Health Sciences Business Education Physical Sciences and Mathematics Engineering Social and Behavioral Sciences

19. 12,509 papers to date | 932,575 full-text downloads to date | 360,482 downloads in past year

23. Jack Montgomery Collection services coordinator

24. collection development commitments • Our Subject Specialist Program. • Our commitment to traditional resources. • Our commitment to innovative information formats: EBooks and PDA (Patron Driven Acquisitions)

25. Subject specialist program • Provides you with a voice on what and how the Library’s collection is developed and solicit your input on purchases from our Library Materials Budget. • And, there are several other service components to the library liaison program which are as follows:

26. Do’s for a subject specialist • Be familiar with the your research and teaching interests . • Visit respective departments, by request, to ensure faculty know about the services offered. • Share vendor supplied resources with faculty. • Meet with departmental representatives to discuss budget. • Evaluate, acquire, or weed the collections within their subject. • Communicate to faculty about acquisitions and collection policies. • Stay current with departmental changes and accreditation requirements. • Assist faculty with new course proposals by determining the adequacy of library holdings. (U.C.C. Forms)

27. Resources we provide now! • Nearly 800,000 books • Over 3,000 Serial subscriptions • Over 900,000 Federal and State Government Documents (67% Depository) • Over 2 million microforms • Over 30,000 CDs, audiotapes, LPs and DVDs • Over 7,800 Graphic and Cartographic materials • Over 3,000 linked internet resources including: • E-journals • E-books • A new PDA program as of Fall 2013

28. Above all else… remember • We are service-based, scholarly professionals here to help you achieve your teaching and research goals so, call, email or come by • Questions? Jack.montgomery@wku.edu or call (270) 745-6156 or Cravens 304.

29. Bryan carson Research instruction coordinator

30. Research instruction for students • Library faculty members are available to teach your students how to find research, and what to do once they find materials. • We are here to help. • Some classes lend themselves to hands-on training. • Library anxiety interferes with the research process.

31. Library visits for students • Helm-Cravens Library has three hands-on classrooms, including a new state-of-the-art lab with 29 computers. • Students can work on research with the librarian as a “guide.” • On-site instruction is also available in the Educational Resources Center, the Special Collections Library, and on the regional campuses in Elizabethtown/Ft. Knox, Glasgow, and Owensboro. • Bringing students to the library is important.

32. Flip the classroom! • Have your students view our research tutorials before they come. • Use our audio tour podcast to help students find their way around the library.

33. Research assignments in your classes? We can help! • Subject Specialists can help you design research assignments and projects. • Formative assessments—Did students learn from library instruction sessions? • Library quizzes, pre-test/post-test, source evaluation exercises, etc. • Term papers, research diaries, market research, evidence-based healthcare, etc.

34. Katie king Senior acquisition assistant

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36. WKU Libraries Blog • Our blog offers in-depth information on News and Events for WKU Libraries • Accomplishments of Library Faculty • Events in the Library • Postings on the History of Kentucky

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39. WKU Libraries on Pinterest • Follow us at WKULibraries on Pinterest to find: • New Books, DVDs, CDs, and more • Book Art • Donations

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43. Brian coutts Department head of library public services

44. Community outreach Kentucky Live! Far Away Places

45. SOKY Book fest

46. Kentucky writer’s conference

47. International film series • A Simple Life - China • The Lives of Others - Germany • Kahaani - India • Whale Rider – New Zealand • A Separation - Iran • The First Grader - Kenya

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