From the Grassroot to the Tree Tops: How One Library has become Embedded in Online Learning

From the Grassroot to the Tree Tops: How One Library has become Embedded in Online Learning Presentation, Presented Papers, or Lectures

Hammill, Sarah J. (2013). From the Grassroot to the Tree Tops: How One Library has become Embedded in Online Learning .

This presentation will show how a grassroots initiative has budded into the Florida International University (FIU) Libraries being an instrumental part of online learning. It will describe some of the marketing and outreach efforts that have been successful and share ideas on how to build alliances and networks with online faculty and students. Along with outreach efforts, the presentation will demonstrate some of the successful tools used to meet the needs of online students. Some of the these tools include becoming embedded in courses, building course and program specific Libguides, using Adobe Connect to reach students, creating simple YouTube videos, and creating more professional videos with FIU Online. The presentation will conclude with sharing some tips on how to keep the workload manageable when distance-learning programs are growing at the same time as library budgets and resources are shrinking.