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ENHANCING FACULTY-LIBRARIAN COLLABORATION:THE AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
12th Annual AMICAL Meeting and ConferenceFriday, May 29, 2015
Aziz El Hassani (Multimedia Librarian )Email : [email protected]
Mohammed VI Library
AMICAL Conference, 27–30 May, 2015, American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) , Bulgaria
Quick Facts Collaborative partnership – background Areas of Collaborative Partnership
Course Guides Information Literacy Faculty Outreach
Positive Outcome Challenges
OUTLINE
QUICK FACTS AND FIGUERS
Number of schools: 3 Number of students: 2072(Spring
2015) Number of international students: 51
from 30 countries Educational system: Liberal Art Number of faculty: 154 (Spring 2015) Degrees offered: Bachelor’s and
Master’s Number of programs: 7
undergraduate, 15 graduate
Print volumes: 97,100 E-books: 137,200 General collection: 82,989 Reference Collection: 3532 Special collection: 51 Serials Bound Volumes: 8305 Databases: 38 Electronic Journals: 22,664 Electronic Reference: 985 A/V Materials 2223 Course Guides: 268
Al Akhawayn University Mohammed VI Library
Collaborative partnership- background
In 2011, AUI Library initiated a faculty-Librarian collaboration aimed at providinga consistent and developed approach to Information Literacy, Faculty Outreach,and Course Guides. This collaboration has immensely improved the way AUIlibrarians identify faculty and students’ needs and fostered more collaborationamong librarians, students and faculty members.
COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP-BACKGROUND
THE COURSE GUIDE INITIATVE
Collaboration between AUI Library and the Schools:
Course Guides at AUI Library
THE COURSE GUIDE INTIATIVE
AUI Library’s Online Course Guides Initiative
http://libguides.aui.ma is a project led by a team of
dedicated librarians, collaborating with the university’s
teaching faculty.
* A total of 268 Course Guides have been published by AUI library during 2012-2015
SAMPLE OF AUI LIBRARY COURSE GUIDE
Course Guides help
students identify some of
the resources available at
AUI Library.
FIGURE 1.1
Mohammed VI Library at Al Akhawayn University, Course Guide for Business School Students /
Principles of Finance FIN 3301 , Created by User Services Librarian : Amal El Omari available
online at : http://libguides.aui.ma/content.php?pid=648005
URL: http://libguides.aui.ma/content.php?pid=365823
libguides.aui.ma
INFORMATION LITERACY
Information Literacy
Library Workshops & Seminar
INFORMATION LITERACY: LIBRARY WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS AT AUI LIBRARY
Each semester, Mohammed VI Library offers a wide range of specialized libraryworkshops, orientation tours, and training sessions for students.
Type of Workshops at AUI Library:
Library Orientation Citation Tools ( Zotero) ebooks Training Workshops Databases Training Sessions Online Catalogue search tools
* A total of 593 Library Training Sessions have been offered by AUI library during 2011-2015
FACULTY OUTREACH
FACULTY OUTREACH
FACULTY OUTREACH
FACULTY OUTREACH
One of the top priorities for AUI Library is to increase its presence on campusthrough an ambitious outreach campaign. Library staff are involved in meeting withindividual faculty and attending faculty meetings. We are working to fosterincreased awareness of collections and services, new purchase requests, creation orupdate of new Course/Library Guides, subject-specific instruction sessions taught orplanned, and issues with Library services identified through candid dialog. Inaddition, AUI Library also offers monthly general orientations and specific instructionsessions to everyone in the University community.
POSITIVE OUTCOMES
❑ Library and faculty collaboration further enhanced ❑ New relationships were established and maintained❑ Librarians gained knowledge of community needs❑ Information Literacy increased Library use❑ Library increased its presence on campus❑ Library consistently ranked #1 in Student Surveys
POSTIVE OUTCOMES
CHALLENGES
❑ Misunderstanding (faculty) - some faculty do not understand what the Library is, or how it should be used.
❑ Misunderstanding (community) - some members of the University community wrongly think that the Library is only for faculty and students, where it really serves the entire university.
❑ Technophobia - some faculty (especially senior faculty) are afraid of new initiatives, especially computer-related, and so they are reluctant to accept assistance which they feel might expose their own lack of knowledge.
❑ Teaching Style- Some Faculty members are susceptible to change (Rigid style of teaching, they don’t want to embrace Libguide)
❑ Not my cup of tea - Some Faculty members are NOT just interested. Period!
CHALLENGES
