Academic libraries play a pivotal role in fostering lifelong learning and student success. With the landscape of higher education changing, academic librarians are learning to embrace innovative strategies that address both the scholarly and social needs of college students. Through creative engagement and outreach opportunities, librarians are meeting the evolving expectations that students have for a fulfilling academic experience. In a post-pandemic environment, college students are eager to socialize with their peers again. Therefore, academic librarians are adjusting their teaching and outreach methods to meet this challenge to provide a fun, welcoming and educational environment within their academic libraries.
Please join this pre-conference session to learn more about creative student engagement initiatives within State College and University libraries. A panel of academic librarians will share their experiences with successful student engagement programs followed by brief break out sessions and stations where the audience can interact with the librarians to learn how to host similar programs and events within their own libraries.
Audience members can expect to learn how to do the following:
Work with a shoestring budget
Create successful campus partnerships
Receive buy-in from library administration
Appeal to our Gen Z students
Collect the necessary data that shows results… and so much more!
Speaker(s)
Sarah Hammill
Florida International University
hammills@fiu.edu
Crystal Mathews
Florida State University
cmmathews@fsu.edu
Jason Anfinsen
Seminole State College
anfinsenj@seminolestate.edu
Nicole Sotak
Seminole State College
sotakn@seminolestate.edu
Jasmine George
University of Central Florida
jasmine.george@ucf.edu
Jasmine Simmons
University of Florida
jsimmons3@ufl.edu
Leah Plocharczyk
Florida Atlantic University
lplochar@fau.edu
