What are we doing well?
69.9% of Faculty have requested a librarian to provided instruction on Information literacy or research.
50% of the Faculty collaborating with librarians to create a course or program-specific Library Guide (LibGuides).
What can we improve on?
41.8% of the Faculty have NOT collaborated with librarians to create a course or program-specific Library Guide (LibGuides).
8.2% did even know it was an option to work with faculty on course guides
Comments in response to "Discuss any ways you would like to collaborate with library staff at your institution that you are currently not doing" indicate that Faculty desire more collaboration:
"Library staff should be invited to department school meetings once each semester to discuss faculty library needs for classes and research."
"Wish I had more time to!"
Very helpful, but I wish the library had a bigger staff.
". . . in the future, more discussions on long-term strategies of collaboration and of the philosophy of the library in its work"
What surprises us?
It shouldn't surprise us, but its always good to hear how much librarians are appreciated by the classroom faculty.
"He is a strong advocate for linking instruction with the library and we have such great resources to do that. ___ also thinks creatively and effectively about what an academic library's function is."
"Excellent training provided by library staff!"
"Faculty/library collaboration has been fantastic"
"He is a great support to students and faculty"
"Her work with the students is outstanding and greatly enhances the learning."
"I would say that our library staff are very proactive about seeking involvement in our classes, which is much appreciated"
"My course assignments are developed with the assistance of librarian. It gets better every years."
"Librarians have contributed substantially to both survey and upper-level courses, both in organizing online presentations and highlighting archival material."
