1. NCATE
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

2. Formats for Library Instruction
 The Library provides distance and outreach reference services to users in a
variety of formats – face to face, online tutorials, e-mail, telephone, social
media and correspondences.
 The Library has a total of 18 online instructional videos for easy access to all
students and faculty in iTunes.
 In Jan. 2014, through an expanded relationship with SEL, an introduction to
library services for online students in video format was created.
 Librarians have received instructions in Bluejeans and Adobe Connect in
order to provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction to all students.
 The Library participated in a virtual library instruction classroom pilot with
SEL.
 The Library’s classrooms were updated and converted to VTC classrooms.

3. Information Literacy
 Instruction is administered through course-related library instruction sessions,
course-integrated projects (Blackboard), Librarian embedded and exported
library resources related to courses as well as online tutorials.
 Students are taught the following skills: finding resources; organizing
information; establishing priorities; maintaining research skills; keeping current;
and evaluating the quality of the information.
 Two virtual tour videos were created to introduce students to library services.
https://animoto.com/play/mmv8z1T0QGLg0ytK9tJS4w
https://animoto.com/play/kPyV0hHOdLu1eDzpKv1fxg
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4. Services to online students and students taking courses at
the off-site locations
 Online access to bibliographic and full text resources through the Library’s web
page.
 Databases are listed alphabetically and by subject.
 Library Instruction is available face to face, and online; tutorials, LibGuides
(content management system used by librarians to share information by
creating online guides on any topic, subject, course, or process), YouTube
channel, by telephone, and by individual reference consultation.
 Interlibrary Loan provides articles and books from other libraries to students who
take courses online or off campus. Print materials are shipped to the distant
location. In some instances, the University has established a Memorandum of
Understanding with a library at distant sites (Alaska and the Virgin Islands)
which provide local support to the online or distant student.

5. LibGuides -- Guides below were created for SOE
(will launch this summer)
 Distance Education
 Early Childhood Education
 Education
 Educational Testing
 Human Growth and Development
 School Law
 School Leadership
 Secondary Education
 Special Education
 Sports and Exercise Science
 Urban Education

6. LibAnswers: online reference platform
(will launch this fall)
 Patrons get fast and accurate answers from librarians
 Email, Chat, SMS & Twitter channels
 Unlimited FAQs
 Searchable Public Knowledge Base
 Full Reference Statistics
 Embed Answers & Chat anywhere
 Mobile and Tablet-friendly out of the box

7. Assessment for Information Literacy:
Used Google docs to document the skill levels for students and to pinpoint areas for improvement
Library Instruction Basic Form
Library Instruction Advance Quiz
Information Literacy Form
Google Drive: create, share, and keep all
your stuff in one place.
** QRC codes created as a pilot for each post-test quiz

8. Online Learning and Instruction
 The Library has made information available to students online by
developing and deploying through Blackboard, a set of links to library
tutorials and online resources.
 Library instructors have received the Module 1 training for online instruction
in order to provide local or remote instruction with the use of software like
Adobe Connect.
 Librarian, Ann Cannon, currently enrolled in SEL 901 to obtain certification
for online teaching. Goal: To better equip the library with its’ online
presence in Blackboard.

9. Resources
 The Library has acquired more online resources (e-Book collections)to
support students at off-site locations and in online courses.
 Databases are available in both full text and bibliographic.
 Digital or streaming video collections help provide the same access to the
Library’s resources for students at distant locations.
 List of journals for the School of Education located on website.
 The use of a proxy server maintains the integrity of access to licensed
materials by authenticating student’s identity using their campus login or
by using their name and student ID number.

10. Thank You

11. Online Resources and Databases
Education Specific Indexes:
 Education Research Complete (Ebsco) Database usage for the first semester was 6,076 (searches)
 Teacher Reference Center (Ebsco) Database usage for the first semester was 4,289 (searches)
 ERIC (Ebsco) 1,451
 Physical Education Index (Proquest) 1,044
 Chronicle of Higher Education
Indexes that include Education
 Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) 53,508
 Associates Programs Source (Ebsco)
 JSTOR (Ebsco) 423
 Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University Press)
 Psych Info (Ebsco)
 Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (Ebsco) 10,449
 Communication and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco)
 Annual Reviews

12. Education Collection & Expenditures
 Circulation = 9,533
 Reference = 668
 ERC = 136
 Marshall = 1,143
 Marive = 1,042
Expenditures:
2010= $32,633.02 2011= $6,524.45 2012=6,027.29 2013= $7,975.52
2014= $.$4,879.11 FY 2014/2015= $33,120.54 SEL $580.03 (2014)
Nonprint: 2011= $490 2012=$368 2013=$485.89
Education periodicals print subscriptions = 205

13. Collection Development
 All School or College subscription lists were reviewed in Sept 2013
 Objective was to reduce Library spending on journal/periodical
subscriptions by 25%
 We did not reach a 25% reduction, but subscriptions were cut by $30,000
without reducing access to needed journals.
 Collection development is ongoing with faculty members able to place
orders for needed materials at any time through the Library's Purchase
Request system.

14. Media Resource Center
 Students can borrow laptops, iPad, iPod, cameras, nonprint resources
(DVDS), software, etc.
 Area is equipped with: scanners, computers, microfilm readers

15. Educational Resource Center: resources used to
prepare candidates and support their learning
 Candidates and faculty have access to children's literature.
 Candidates have access to books covering PreK-12 students.
 The Children and Young Adult literature collection is located in this room. Students have access to computers for research, white board and TV with
DVD and VHS in this area.
 The Library launched a story-hour project with the NSU Child Development Laboratory, a program affiliated with the School of Education. Events took
place in February and March. The next events are scheduled April 16, April 23 & May 7.
Tour will follow presentation