1. 1 Teaching Information Technologies to Faculty at Salem State College Nancy Dennis Business Reference & Instruction Librarian Nancy George Electronic Resources Librarian September 15, 2006

2. 2 Salem State Technology Initiatives for Faculty & Librarians Future is Now (FIN) conference, May 2004 to date Laptop Initiative, May 2004 to date Council on Teaching & Learning (CLT), 1996 to date Bureau of Faculty Research (BFR) workshops, 1982 to date

3. 3 SSC Librarian Sessions at Future is Now (FIN) conferences 2004 “The Library’s Anticipated Role in Laptop Initiative” 2005 “The Library at Your Laptop” “Using Laptops to Re-conceptualize Information Literacy Instruction in First Year Seminar” 2006 Introduction to the Library Home Page Introduction to Library Databases

4. 4 SSC Librarian Participation in Laptop Initiative Nancy George, member of steering committee for Laptop Initiative Nancy George – Laptop Fellow 2005-2006 Nancy George – Coordinator of library segment of Laptop Bootcamp I, May 2005 Nancy Dennis – Coordinator of library segment of Laptop Bootcamps II and III, January and June 2006

5. 5 2006 Laptop Web Page Gems for SSC Faculty on the Salem State College Home Page http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/Directory_Lapto p_Bootcamp.html

6. 6 SSC Librarian Participation in Council on Teaching and Learning (CLT) Projects 2000 grant and 2001 Pearls & Perils presentation “Leveling the Playing Field: Using a Female- Supportive Environment to Teach Information Technologies” (Nancy Dennis and Patricia Gozemba) 2005 grant and 2006 Pearls & Perils presentation “Using Laptops to Re-conceptualize Information Literacy Instruction” (Nancy Dennis and Leslie Goldstein)

7. 7 Additional Librarian Presentations at Pearls & Perils 2006 Nancy George “Introduction to RefWorks” 2005 Nancy Dennis and Leslie Goldstein “Learner-Centered Information Literacy” 2005 Nancy George and Nancy Dennis “Transforming Library Instruction with Laptops”

8. 8 Recent Bureau of Faculty Research Activities 2006 “Finding Scholarly Information on the Internet Faculty Workshops” Nancy Dennis and Anne Woodrum 2005 “Finding Scholarly Information on the Internet Faculty Workshops” Nancy Dennis and Earl Scharfenberger

9. 9 BFR Workshop Web Pages “ Finding Scholarly Information on the Internet” 2006 http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/Finding_Scholarl y_Information_Spring_2006.html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/Finding_Scholarl y_Information_Spring_2006.html

10. 10 BFR 2005 Workshops “Finding Scholarly Information on the Internet 2005” http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_One. html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_One. html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Two. html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Two. html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Three.html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Three.html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Four. html http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/dennis/BFR_Workshop_Part_Four. html

11. 11 Factors Influencing Librarian Involvement in Campus-Wide Initiatives New connections to faculty (FIN, Laptop) Building on past relationships (CLT, BFR) At request of Library Dean (Laptop, FIN, Pearls)

12. 12 Factors Making Librarian Involvement More Feasible Campus-wide network Wireless network Smart classrooms Expansion of computer labs

13. 13 Insights About Teaching Faculty Faculty showed different levels of computer and searching expertise (example: BFR Summer 2006 sessions) Faculty had different learning styles (example: BFR Summer 2006 sessions) Faculty were very much interested in librarian “tools of the trade,” such as search strategies, advanced search features (BFR 2005/2006)

14. 14 Insights About Teaching Faculty, cont’d. Faculty in the BFR workshops and Laptop Bootcamps were very much interested in systems and utilities librarians already knew about: Periodicals directory, WorldCat, Google, digital libraries, scholarly repositories, etc. BFR workshop faculty participants saw the Internet as a viable scholarly resource. All one needed were keys to unlock materials. BFR workshop faculty were open to thinking of Google Scholar as a scholarly resource for students. Some faculty were still skeptical of Wikipedia.