The Power of Partnerships: Building Institutional & Community Alliances to Transform Research & Learning
ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Spring Program
April 20, 2018 at Muhlenberg College
Session Reports
On a sunny spring day, librarians gathered to share and learn about libraries partnering with other stakeholders within and outside their home institutions. To begin the day, program planners experimented with a later start time. This played out with many early arrivals who took advantage of the extra time to network o
r visit with other attendees. Presenters told in-the-trenches implementation stories and lessons learned from their experiences. Here are brief summaries of what was shared along with links to the presenters’ slides.
Keynote
Partners, Partners, and More Partners
Cheryl A. Middleton, 2017-18 ACRL President and
Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication
Oregon State University
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Presentations
Learning Alliances for Students’ Academic Success
Elise Ferer
Drexel University
Presentation on the goals and outcomes of Drexel’s Learning Alliance, a formalized group, joined by the library, with members from departments and centers on campus that support academic success.
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MLIS Students as Institutional Ambassadors in the Workplace
Julianna Pakstis
Rutgers University
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Building Partnerships around Student Needs
Deborah Gaspar
Rowan University
Presentation on Campbell Library’s collaboration with offices across campus to address student affordability issues; projects include a textbook alternative program, financial literacy fair, and a campus food bank.
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Bridging Learning Communities with Scratch and Makey Makey
Chava Spivak-Birndorf, Katherine Ahnberg, and Meagan Moody Stalnaker
University of Pennsylvania
Interactive sessions of classroom activities used at Penn Libraries, exploring the possibilities and challenges of using basic programming and computing projects to integrate undergraduate digital literacy instruction with community outreach.
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Collaborations with Faculty: Reaching Outside of the Classroom
Presenters: Rachel Hamelers, Susan Falciani Maldonado, and Kelly Cannon
Muhlenberg College
Panel presentation and discussion on faculty partnerships outside of the classroom. The panel will discuss three successful initiatives: WWII alumni archive, public health programming, and open access publishing.
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Business Meeting
Delaware Valley Chapter Board Members
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