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• “… the education sector has a specific focus on learning and teaching, centred on a concentrated cohort and on an information landscape that is characterized by formal learning through the systematic use of text and technologies. In contrast, workplaces and workplace interests are incredibly diverse, complex, and messy.” (Lloyd, 2010, p. 71)

• Because that’s where the students are.–60% of student-submitted study

logs at the University of Minnesota indicated home or dorm as a study location; 10.5% studied in the libraries. (Whiteside et al., 2010)

• Because that’s where the students are.–78% of students surveyed at

Carleton College selected their living quarters as their preferred space to study and complete assignments; the library was the second most popular selection, with 57%. (Nixon, 2009)

What activities do students participate in that require IL skills, but aren’t research papers?

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Institutional Profile• 17,500 students

(14,500 undergraduates)

• Research University with High Research Activity

• Retention efforts• Student

Affairs/Academic Affairs merged under Office of the Provost

The University Libraries• Librarians are

tenure-track faculty• 90 library staff

members• Liaison programs

– Departmental/program

– Student Affairs Connection

• Variety of Special Interest Communities

• UNCG Tomorrow, Strategic Plan: “Goal 3.3: Implement first-year learning communities for all first-time UNCG undergraduate students to encourage integration of learning across courses.”

• What is a learning community?–Combination of characteristics:

academic component, common residential space, targeted co-curricular programming–Learning communities vs.

special interest communities / themed housing

• Why are learning communities valuable?–Considered a “high-impact”

educational practice (AAC&U, 2007)• Linked to retention, persistence,

and academic achievement (Andrade, 2008)

• Oldest living-learning community in North Carolina

• In-House Librarian– Office hours– Curriculum development– Outreach events– Library instruction

• Library First-Responder

More information on Warren Ashby Residential College

• First Year Experience– UNS Class– Research

support

• Grogan– Information

literacy – Outreach

• College of Arts & Sciences LCs– Scaffolded

approach to IL instruction

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• Be realistic. • Establish clear lines of

communication.• Be innovative. • Assess your program.

Contact us:Lynda Kellam

lmkellam@uncg.eduJenny Dale

jedale2@uncg.edu