Small investment, big return [Business Reference Librarian] [Professor of Economics]

At the start of every semester, this professor shares his MBA classroom with a librarian

She spends an hour showing the students how to quickly find the specific information they need from their library’s hundreds of online databases. It’s another way librarians deliver value inside and outside the library.

Librarians and faculty collaborate to provide access and context to knowledge, where and when it’s needed.

"It's the way I reach students."

—Librarian Patricia Rothermich, describing her presence in an MBA classroom at Otterbein University

Libraries and librarians are more relevant than ever, thanks to new technology and the new role it plays at your university.  Librarians are online and in the classroom. They help solve information overload for your campus and add value to the educational experience.

Learn more below on how librarians, faculty and students work together in new ways to find academic success. Through teamwork, technology and creativity, great things are happening.

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Reaching Today's Students

Collaboration through Course Management

The Future

What you can do today

How can your university realize a big return on a small investment in its library? Here's a quick list of possible wins that university administrators can do to get the ball rolling:

  1. Talk with your University Librarian. Chances are, he or she has explored a way to implement these new technologies.
  2. Play a game. Experience the gaming phenomenon for yourself. Good choices of online (free) games can be found at the Experience Games Apple site and Microsoft Game Studios page (download the trial or demo versions).
  3. Reach out to remote staff and students. Make sure part-time, distance and adjunct staff and students can take full advantage of virtual reference, digital collections and more, available from your library’s Web site.