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Personal Librarian Program @ Yale. R émi Castonguay 15 Oct. 2010. A fresh perspective on outreach. Make our services more personal Students like it!. Why do it ?. Each Yale freshman gets a “Personal Librarian” PL is available throughout the year for research help
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Personal Librarian Program @ Yale Rémi Castonguay 15 Oct. 2010
A fresh perspective on outreach. • Make our services more personal • Studentslikeit! Why do it?
Each Yale freshman gets a “Personal Librarian” • PL is available throughout the year for research help • One librarian runs the program and writes monthly email messages • Students get in touch with their PL via email and in person. • When students declare a major (after 2 years) they are officially introduced to their Subject Specialist and the PL stops acting as their primary contact. So for example I inherit all the new music majors. Program Description
27 librarians participating (Participation is voluntary) • This freshman class is 1,344 students; each librarian has an average of 50 students. • Last year each librarian spent an average of 3 hours *over the entire academic year* • Each transaction with a student lasted on average 23 minutes • Students love us – in a survey, 92% of respondents thought the frequency of letters from us was “just right” and the remaining 8% wanted MORE! SomeStats
Contact: remi.castonguay@yale.edu • Program coordinatorat Yale: • Emily Horning; emily.horning@yale.edu THANK YOU!