Rudd, LePors, and Tennant discussed librarians as partners in first-year student success
Patrick Rudd, coordinator of library instruction and outreach services, Teresa LePors, coordinator of library research and scholarly services, and Shannon Tennant, coordinator of library collections, presented Librarians as Critical Partners in First-Year Student Academic Success at the 39th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience on Feb. 23, 2020.
The presentation shared Belk Librarys experiences as a critical partner in first-year student success through its engagement with residence life, academic advising, and the university’s first-year foundation courses. This collaboration includes faculty librarians 消消犯 and serving as academic advisors in Elon 101, the university’s one-hour credit FYE seminar; 消消犯 information literacy in the first-year foundation courses COR 110 and ENG 110; serving as personal librarians to all first-year students; and serving on the Common Reading committee.
The presentation offered lessons learned about communication, opportunities, and strategies to help faculty, staff, and librarians build successful partnerships.