Tag: Undergraduate Experience

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The Instruction and Undergraduate Services Team’s overall goal is to develop and communicate a cohesive and sustainable process for foundational information literacy instruction and undergraduate services, in support of undergraduate instruction programs in Rutgers New Brunswick.

The teams plans to undertake the following activities:

• Develop a team approach to coordinating foundational undergraduate instruction and define “coordinating”
• Investigate a more intuitive process for scheduling foundational undergraduate instruction
• Recommend a scaffolded approach to information literacy that includes undergraduate curriculum mapping to courses/populations/programs
• Norm workflows and practices in our systems (how to sign up, how to record, how and what we assess)
• Design and lead annual information literacy summits
• Develop and recommend instruction and outreach activities along an impact spectrum, working with NBL assessment stakeholders in developing metrics/templates/activities 
• Related to the Libraries COVID19 Response, develop a contingency plan for online only EWP instruction in support of general undergraduate instruction programs 

The Instruction and Undergraduate Services Team Leaders are Leslin Charles and Lily Todorinova. The current members are Becky Diamond, Sherri Farber, Christie Lutz, Tom Glynn, Laura Palumbo, and Meredith Parker.

The Undergraduate Experience Team’s overall goal is to enhance library support for a diverse group of undergraduate students in Rutgers-New Brunswick.  This includes collaborating with colleagues from the Libraries and university partners and creating meaningful experiences that impact students in and outside of the classroom. We focus primarily on first year and transfer students, but hope to expand and target our reach in the next few years to undergraduate researchers, STEM students, underrepresented minority students, and first generation students. The team provides planning, creativity, and leadership in support of student engagement. Our work is guided by ACRL Standards. The Team is regrouping with new membership and focus over the summer.

Plans for this coming year include the creation of an undergraduate student advisory/ambassador program. A diverse group of students will be selected to participate in meetings with Team members and other stakeholders in the Libraries. We hope to engage these participants in two ways: 1) soliciting real-time feedback for ways to improve their experiences with the Libraries, as well as 2) educating them about the work of the Libraries and the value we can bring to their university experience.

The Undergraduate Experience Team Leader is Lily Todorinova. The current members are Leslin Charles and Laura Palumbo. We are interested in adding one more additional member. Please reach out to Lily if you are interested!