Amanda
Glenn-Bradley
D. Hiden Ramsey
Library
U N C A s h e vi l l e
WHO AM I?
Amanda
Glenn-Bradley
User Engagement Librarian
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
University of North Carolina at
Asheville
Mississippi State ’08
Horticulture & Geosciences
UNC Asheville ’13
History
UNC Greensboro ’14
Library & Informat ion Studies
OUTLINE
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Mind Mapping Exercise
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Background Information
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Library Anxiety
Library as Space
User Engagement
Project One: emBARK Scavenger Hunt
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How Did We Start?
Mechanics/Supply List
Benefits/Assessment
Project Two: Library Flash Fiction
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Get out your phones/tablets/computers!
How Did We Start?
Mechanics/Supply List
Benefits/Assessment
Hands-On Activity: NCLA Flash Fiction!
Questions/Comments
BEFORE WE GET STARTED!
@batgirlibrarian
Conference hashtag
#NCLA15
Session hashtag
#NCLAKeepCalm
MIND MAPPING
EXERCISE
Grab your
phone/tabl
et/comput
er and get
ready!
Library
A n xi e t y
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
Library
Spaces
User
E n g a g e me n t
LIBRARY ANXIETY
Clip of Conan the Librarian from UHF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8
LIBRARY AS THIRD PLACE
Seely’s Castle Library
Courtesy of UNC Asheville Special Collections &
University Archives
AVID Alternate Study Space
(a/k/a The Sandbox)
THE EVOLUTION OF LIBRARY
SPACES
Seely’s Castle Library
Courtesy of UNC Asheville Special Collections &
University Archives
The Greenhouse at Ramsey Library
THE EVOLUTION OF LIBRARY
SPACES
The Greenhouse at Ramsey Library
Image courtesy UNC Asheville
WHAT IS USER ENGAGEMENT?
WHO ARE OUR USERS?
WHAT DO LIBRARIES MEAN TO OUR
USERS?
PROJECT ONE:
EMBARK SCAVENGER
HUNT
How Did We
Get Started?
Mechanics/Su
pply List
Benefits
HOW DID WE GET STARTED?
 First piloted in 2013
 Google Nexus 7 (2012) tablets purchased with one-time funds
 Used Wufoo in 2013 and 2014 to collect answers
 Shifted to Blackboard Course Sites in 2015 for self -grading mechanism
 Run during emBARK Orientation
 2013: 3 days, 9 sessions, 596 students
 2014: 3 days, 9 sessions, 633 students
 2015: 4 days, 12 sessions, 725 students
MECHANICS/SUPPLY LIST
 Clue Sheets
 Great back-up in case of
wireless outage!
 Library Maps
 Nexus 7 Quick-Start
Guides
 Pens/Pencils
 Envelopes
 Team Signs
 Laptops
 Utilized from Kimmel Lab
(teaching classroom)
 Nexus 7 Tablets
 Blackboard Course
Sites/Wufoo
 Prizes!
BENEFITS
 Increased Instructi on
 FY 13-14 to FY 14-15 showed a
30% increase in instruction
sessions
 Adapted scavenger hunt for LA 178
(Freshmen Colloquia) courses
 Shift in Information Literacy
Needs
 Students came in knowing
generalized library information
 Less time spent on mechanics,
more time spent on critical thinking
and inquiry-based skills
 ACRL Threshold Concepts
 Information Has Value
 Research as Inquiry
 Searching as Strategic Exploration
PROJECT TWO:
LIBRARY FLASH
FICTION PROJECT
How Did We
Get Started?
Mechanics/Su
pply List
Benefits
HOW DID WE GET STARTED?
 Offered through School and Community Outreach Programs
and Partnerships
 First partnered in Fall 2013 with previous Public Services Librarian
 Library Flash Fiction debuted in during the Spring 2014 Semester
 Middle School Aged Students from East TN/Western
NC/Piedmont NC
 GEAR UP Program
 Increased scope from 2014-2015
MECHANICS/SUPPLY LIST
 Flash Fiction Worksheets
 Word Bank
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Color
Animal
Country
Adjective
Verb
 Google Nexus 7 (2012)
Tablets
 Kiosk Browser App Enabled
 Credo Reference
 Reference Books
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Dictionary
Encyclopedias
Atlas
Almanac
 Pens/Pencils
BENEFITS
 Introduces College/University
Life to Middle School
Students
 Highlighting important resources
 Tying back to our liberal arts
focus
 Positive interaction
 AASL Standards for the 21 st
Century Learner
 Standard 1: 1.1.2, 1.1.7, 1.1.8,
1.2.2, 1.2.6, 1.3.5, 1.4.2, 1.4.4
 Standard 2: 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6,
2.2.4, 2.3.3, 2.4.3
 Standard 3: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3,
3.1.4, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.3.1, 3.4.3
 Standard 4: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.7,
4.1.8, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.2,
4.4.4
 Pre-rendezblue Groups
 Catcher in the Rhyme
NCLA FLASH FICTION
PROJECT
Time to be
Creative!
TIME TO CREATE!
You will have 15 minutes
to:
 Write a work of fiction
using the five words
you are given as
prompts:
 Color (Purple)
 Animal (Blue)
 Country (Green)
 Adjective (Orange)
 Verb (Red)
Creative Commons – Attribution (CC BY 3.0)
Time designed by Wayne Middleton from the Noun Project
Coquelicot
Pangolin
Comoros
Pogonic
Discept
Curveball!
You must trade papers with the
group sitting to your right and
finish their story!
Coquelicot
Pangolin
Comoros
Pogonic
Discept
QUESTIONS/COMMEN
TS?
http://tiny.cc/ncla_keepc
alm
All icons used under a Creative Commons – Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license from the Noun
Project (http://thenounproject.com)
Have a
safe trip
home!