1. How can the library's services
and programs contribute to
STEM student success?
Adam Oster

2. Academic Faculty
 Get to know the academic
institution’s faculty
members
 Attend meetings/events
 Hold “Office Hours”
 Encourage faculty to refer
students to you

3. Information Competencies
 What information literacy
skills do students need to
learn?
 Collaborate with faculty to
determine how the library
can support each
department’s curriculum
 Example:
 SLA Chemistry

4. Strategic Instruction Plan
 Determine what classes
you are teaching to
 Specifically define who
should be taught what
 Eliminate duplicate sessions
 Develop “Learning
Outcomes”
 Example: Ohio University

5. Information Economy
 Where does the library’s
information come from?
 What students should
know:
 Who produces the information?
 Who controls the information?
 What does it cost?
 What version and/or format does it
come in?
Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the
Network Economy - Carl Shapiro, Hal R.
Varian

6. Cited Reference Searching
 Determine approximately
how many times an author
or a specific publication
has been cited in other
published works.
 Example:
 Harter, S. P., & Nisonger, T. E. (1993).
Semantic relationships between cited
and citing articles in library and
information science journals. Journal
Of The American Society For
Information Science, 44(9), 543-552.

7. Cited Reference Searching p. 2

8. Cited Reference Searching p. 3
 Web of Knowledge

9. Cited Reference Searching p. 4
Leaves:
Publications citing
the found article
Trunk:
Article found
Roots:
Publications cited
by the article

10. Online Presence
 Library’s website
 Promote and market online
resources
 Develop tutorials for those
resources
 Utilize social networking
tools
 Constantly evaluate what
is and is not working

11. Collection Weeding
 STEM subject fields are
constantly changing
 Keep STEM collections up
to date – remove what is
no longer relevant
 “Patron-Driven
Acquisitions”
 Tracking usage of eBook
collections
http://works.bepress.com/doug_way/

12. “Library as place”
 Destination of choice
 Home, work, library
 Home, class, library
 Information Commons
 Gathering point
 Center for collaboration
 Technology hub
 “Offer lively programming
to stimulate thought and
creativity”

13. Who’s doing what?
 Find out what programs
and strategies are being
used by other institutions
 How:
 Institutional websites
 Listservs
 Join an organizational workgroup
and/or roundtable
 Publications
 Conferences
 Word of mouth!

14. Questions and Comments
PowerPoint can be found on:
www.adamoster.wordpress.com