Point Person: Library Director & College Librarian
Supporting: Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian, Information Literacy and Community Engagement Librarian, Instructional Designer
Narrative: As a result of direct faculty request, the Library intends to begin the process of embedding Library resources into Canvas, the college LMS. This will allow course-specific sources to be highlighted and more accessible to students and foster a greater relationship between departments and liaison librarians. As this will be a complex and ongoing process, courses slated for instruction in the Fall 2024 and under the new THRIVE general education plan will take priority at instructor request.
Note: Embedding Library resources into Canvas will not be done at the sacrifice of making all resources available through the Library website.
Status: Planned for Apr-Aug 2024
Point Person: Library Director & College Librarian
Supporting: Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian, Information Literacy and Community Engagement Librarian, Faculty
Narrative: By working with liaison departments, Librarians will seek to establish informal office hours outside of the library building to build library-student connections.
Status: Planned for Sep-Dec 2024
Point Person: Library Director & College Librarian
Supporting: Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian, Information Literacy and Community Engagement Librarian
Narrative: While the Library currently has one service point and most Professional Librarians have offices with external doors, accessing Librarians can be a daunting prospect for some students. By initiating an exposed, Librarian-specific service desk, this may eliminate potentially intimidating barriers. The Library will work to identify an appropriate location for this and develop a service model to test it’s possible success.
Status: Planned for Aug-Dec 2025
Point Person: College Archivist
Supporting: Faculty
Narrative: The Wartburg College Archives and the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting are distinctions for the institution and can be experiential learning opportunities for students. The College Archivist will work to create connections with individual faculty members and work collaboratively to find suitable opportunities for archival support and instruction in the classroom.
Status: Planned Aug-Nov 2024
Point Person: Library Director & College Librarian
Supporting: Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian, Information Literacy and Community Engagement Librarian, Assistant Dean for Assessment
Narrative: Using updated Student Learning Outcomes on information fluency, librarians will work in collaboration with faculty to concretely establish, in student-friendly terms, what information literacy looks like at each level of the academic journey. Further, they will work to make these elements universally understood in the establishment of cohesive instruction for all Professional Librarians and those endeavoring to support information literacy in the classroom.
Status: Planned for Jun-Aug 2024
Vogel Library, Wartburg College | 100 Wartburg Blvd, Waverly, IA, 50677 | Phone: 319-352-8500 | Email: asklibrarian@wartburg.edu