The slides for a presentation titled "Flexing Your Library Muscles" delivered at the NCCCLRA Conference in Wilmington, NC in March 2013.

1. FLEXING YOUR
LIBRARY MUSCLES
Carrie Moran
March 11, 2013

2. WHY DO WE (TRY TO) EXERCISE?
To improve the health of our body

3. WHY APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES ?
To improve the health of our library

4. USE YOUR STRENGTHS

5. Use Your Strengths
 Emily Von Pfahl’s work with the Education program
 Carrie Moran’s work with the Psychology faculty

6. Education

7. Education
 8799 items in Children’s Resources
 7 classes taught, reaching 63 students
 Education related Guide Hits: 78 this year

8. Psychology

9. Psychology
 8 classes taught, reaching 152 students
 Students who engaged in one on one reference after instruction: 15
 PSY150 Guide Hits (Sep-Dec 2012): 652
 # of times assignments were downloaded from the PSY150 Guide: 95

10. Citation Analysis
Media Textbook
DSM-IV
1% 6%
7%
Other Web
Sources Database Articles
18% 9%
Good Web
Sources
26% Books
33%

11. BE FLEXIBLE

12. Be Flexible
 Reuse, reuse, reuse!!
 Worksheets/activities
 Tutorials

13. Database Exploration Activity

14. ACA Tutorial  Information Search Process Tutorial

15. STRETCH

16. Stretch
 Basic Skills Orientations
 Partnering with SGA for Library Film Series
 Art classes

17. Basic Skills Orientations
 28 orientations given since January 2012
 611 students reached
 Never say no to an opportunity

18. Library Film Series
 One film per month tied to a holiday or an event
 Partnered with SGA to provide popcorn and promote the events
 Buy in from Faculty – hosting discussions and offering extra credit

19. Art Classes
 3 classes scheduled for end of March
 Will show CAMIO and Art & Architecture Complete plus Google Image Search
 Use your friendships!

20. YOU CAN DO IT!
USE YOUR STRENGTHS
BE FLEXIBLE
STRETCH

21. THANK YOU!
moranc@clevelandcc.edu
(704) 669-4053
@digitalcarrie on Twitter