Achieving Big City Dreams at Small Town Libraries (ACRL 2015)

Achieving Big City Dreams at Small Town Libraries

How Seven Regional College Libraries Used Collaboration and Adobe Captivate to Create an Online Information Literacy ProgramAdrianna Lancaster, Sharon Morrison, Chelsea Baker, Allison Embry

Regional Universities in Oklahoma

Shared Characteristics

Shared Issues

Students with limited IL skillsSome at a distance

Librarian Turnover

2008 - Planning Grant

OKLSI

Assess Skills

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Develop a Framework

2009 - Amigos Grant

2011 - IMLS Grant

IMLS Year One

IMLS Year Two

Reviewing and Revising

Experience and Lessons Learned

The Creation Process

Captivate: The Good

Robust and complex software More sophisticated than similar

products Interactive elements Assessment elements

Captivate: The Bad

Robust and complex software High learning curve Buggy and finicky Frequently updated Expensive

Decide to Commit

Institutional Support is Essential

Communication is Key

“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it

has taken place.”- George Bernard Shaw

Expect the Unexpected

Seek Outside Support

Respect the Creative Process

Submissions

Round and Round

It’s Alive!

Where do we go next?

Tutorials in progress Langston University – Worldcat Northeastern State University –

Citations and plagiarism – in review Rogers State University – Search

terms Rogers State University – Copyright Southeastern Oklahoma State

University – EBSCO Discovery Service – (EDS)

Contact Us

Adrianna Lancaster – [email protected]

Sharon Morrison – [email protected]

Chelsea Baker – [email protected]

Allison Embry – [email protected]

http://www.oklsi.onenet.net

Image Credits Slide 2

Oklahoma Outline White from d-maps.com. Image is used with permission. Slide 3

Rural Sonoma from ah zut. Image is used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Small Toad from Scott*. Image used is under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Empty Bottle in a Dry Pond– from alfie. Image is used with permission.

Slide 4 Phyllo Apple Turnovers from Kelly Sue DeConnick. Image is used under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Slide 5 The AT&T Logo from Mendaliv. Image is used under fair use.

Slide 7 Pasea Sailing from Eric Gevaert. Image is used under CC BY 2.0.

Slide 8 Framework from Junichi Ishito. Image is used under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Slide 9 Amigos Library Services Logo from Amigos Library Services. Image is used under fair use.

Slide 10 IMLS Logo Black from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Image is used with permission.

Slide 11 Strip Foundation from Finn Mac Ginty. Image is used under CC BY 2.0.

Slide 12 A Mansion in Adelaide from Ron Sanderson. Image used is in the public domain.

Slide 13 Frustrated Man at a Desk from LaurMG. Image used is under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Slide 17 Do We Have Your Commitment? from Jantoo.com/Mike Flanagan. Image is used under fair use.

Slide 18 iStock_000014186302Small from Annie Biggs. Image is used under CC BY 2.0.

Slide 20 Expect the Unexpected from Pixabay. Image used is in public domain.

Slide 21 Good Friends from Juliana Coutinho. Image is used under CC BY 2.0.

Slide 22 Billy Joel Piano Man from acme401. Image is used under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Slide 24 Merry Go Round from John Luty. Image used is in the public domain.

Slide 25 Young Frankenstein from Insomnia Cured Here. Image is used under CC BY-SA 2.0.