Thomas%20F.%20Holgate%20Library%20Bennett%20College

1
Thomas F. Holgate Library Bennett College
HBCU Library Alliance Mentorship Program Bennett
College Site Visit December 12, 2005 Joan
Williams, Director Mentor Elsie Weatherington,
Dean, Virginia State University
2
From Good to Greater

• Information Literacy Moving Bennett College
  Students to Greatness

3
Information Literacy _at_ Bennett College

• Bennett College seeks to integrate information
  literacy into the development of a community of
  learners that is centered on the student and
  sustained by a creative, energetic library
  program.

4

• We plan to work collaboratively with faculty
  and library staff to provide intellectual access
  to information through learning activities that
  are integrated into the curriculum.

5

• This goal will be accomplished through a
  Andrew Mellon Grant received by our institution.

6
Andrew Mellon GrantImplementation Objectives

• Hire 1 librarian to handle this particular job
• Faculty fellowships to develop interdisciplinary
  experiential syllabi

7

• Workshops -faculty and staff to enhance
  understanding of information literacy
• Provide intercampus and conference travel
• Provide resources for collection enhancement

8
Workshop Outline

• Objectives of the Project
• Participants
• Planning

9

• Timeline
• Challenges
• Action Plan
• Summary

10
Workshop Objectives

• Demonstrate how to integrate library resources
  into curriculum.
• Involve library staff members in planning
• Demonstrate how to find the library website from
  the College homepage

11

• Demonstrate how to navigate through the library
  website
• Demonstrate how to use the online catalog
• Demonstrate how to search online databases

12
Advisory Committee

• Library Committee
• faculty/library staff
• Academic Dean

13
Workshop Participants

• Faculty
• 3 Divisions/12 Department/ 48 Faculty
• Librarians
• 2 Librarians/2 Paraprofessional
• Others
• Academic Support Services Staff

14
Time Line

• Develop advisory committee immediately with
  faculty involvement by (January 31, 2006)
• Develop job description and advertisement for
  instructional services librarian by (February
  2006)

15

• Conduct two workshops, March 30- April 1
• Hire Information Literacy Librarian by May 2006

16
Challenges

• Political Climate
• -library has inadequate resources
• to support teaching and learning

17

• Competition faculty
• workloads
• -downsizing
• -faculty enrichment

18

• Customer Millennial student
• - Instant gratification
• -Technology answers all

19
Accomplishments

• Instructional Service Librarian position posted
  Bennett College website
• Faculty participation in collection development

20

• New equipment purchases to enhance library
  training
• Information literacy expert Dr Patricia Brevik
  conducted 2 mini workshops with administration
  and faculty

21

• Library director attended 2006 Computers in
  Libraries Conference

22
Conclusion

• Information Literacy at Bennett College is a work
  in progress. It has opened up conversation each
  day to make changes in attitudes toward the
  library.

23

• Giving us an opportunity to provide the
  millennial student with skills that will
  stimulate their desire to become life long
  learners and support the pedagogy of the academic
  curriculum.

24
HBCU Leadership Mentor

• Dr. Elsie Stephens
• Weatherington, Dean
• University Library,
• Virginia State University

25
Thomas F. Holgate Library Bennett College
Information Literacy _at_ the Library