This week CSU Study Centre Study Support & Library Teams discussed the concept of Libraries and Student Engagement generally and Common Read Programs in particular. something we could implement?
The first paper is quite long. The second paper is a short two pager and gives a bit of an overview of universities using Common Read Programs to collaborate.
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A Common Reads Program at CSU Study Centres?
- Could we use personal development/self help/biographies of business people or ex-international students books?
- Could students write about their own journies to share with other students?
- Can we harness ex-Student leaders, who tend to be here “and then they’re gone”?
- Possible use of videos instead of, or in addition to, other texts. Multi-modal. Shared movie experience-film nights etc.
- Use SAF funding to buy many copies of texts for students, or to distribute from library.
- Relies on engagement from students and staff, collaboration across many departments.
Getting Students Involved As Partners in Library Activities
- Involve DSLs?
- Create “Library ambassadors”?
- Approach students and advertise the program
- Library has done similar through STRIVE program in the past
- 4 weeks programs – seemed to struggle to maintain student numbers
Other Ideas From Papers Discussed
- Student Co-Ownership of Learning
- ‘Amazing Library Race’ at Long Island University
- Games, gamification and digital badges for information literacy
- peer-to-peer learning in information literacy teaching
- Partnerships: IT services, writing centres, or student support services
- therapy dogs to be brought into the library in order to engage students
- Big Read in the United Kingdom
- common reader initiatives in general
- Student Voice
- Student employment
- student library representatives
- ‘knowledge ambassadors’ or ‘peer mentors
Thanks for everyone attended today and contributed to these valuable ideas.