1. Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian
esettergren@globeuniversity.edu

3.  Why libraries?
 Why our library?
 Resources
 Services
▪ Meet your librarians

4.  Skills:
 Information Literacy
 Critical Thinking
 GPA
 .23 ^
 Retention
 1.54x
Data from U of MN

5.  A wide range of relevant resources
 Amazing customer service

6. Catalog Ebook Sessions: Website Full-Text
sessions: 32,540 visits: Articles:
4,763 166,435 1,214,417
Chat Items Reference Traffic
Sessions: Circulated: Questions: Count:
686 33,694 51,890 775,735
Library New titles: Student Interlibrary
Instruction: 8,629 Contact Loans:
1371 Hours: 5,363 1,178
Overview of GEN Libraries Usage in 2011

7.  +20,000 ebooks
 + 50,000 ejournals
 + 50 databases

9.  Meet your librarians:
 Elaine Settergren
& Alyssa Novak

10.  Teaching/training/instruction
 Many are integrated into the courses
 Guides & FAQ (24x7)

11.  Individual assistance
 Email, text, phone, chat/IM

13.  Resources – plenty of them individually
selected to match the needs of the
curriculum
 Assistance – plenty of help whenever you
need it from information experts (librarians)

14. The GEN Online Library includes...
 Over 20,000 E-books
 Over 50,000 E-Journals in over 50 Databases
 Personalized assistance from professional
librarians
 Ask the Librarians -students can receive help via
live chat, text message, or email
 Research Guides, instructional videos &
webinars, and Interactive Tutorials

15.  Questions? Comments?
Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian
esettergren@globeuniversity.edu
Alyssa Novak, Associate Online Librarian
anovak@globeuniversity.edu

16. University of MN. (2012). Library data and student success. Retrieved from
http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/libtech_conf/2012/sessions/28/
Association of College and Research Libraries. (n.d.). Introduction to
information literacy. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro
Foundation for Critical Thinking. (n.d.). Defining critical thinking. Retrieved
from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766
Against the Grain. (2011, June 15). Five fun facts you may not know about
libraries. Retrieved from http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/06/five-
fun-facts-you-may-not-know-about-libraries/