Abstract:
In October 2017 Loughborough University welcomed the first students on to a brand new Architecture programme. This short presentation reflected on the experience of supporting the first cohort and working with the new academics in the (renamed) School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering. Architecture was not only new to Loughborough but also to me. Communities of Practice such as Arclib are an invaluable resource for librarians new to a discipline.
Talk by Ginny Franklin, Academic Librarian, Loughborough University
Ginny is an Academic Librarian supporting the Schools of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering and Aeronautical & Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering.
Reflections… by David Stacey:
Ginny’s lightning talk reflected on a successful year supporting architecture students for the first time – the first accepted intake started in October 2017, finished June 2018. I think a few of us would certainly be jealous of the ‘instant engagement’ Ginny was able to generate with the programme director and how forthcoming and timely the receipt of detailed reading list spreadsheets was! The lists were even prioritised. At Bath, we still struggle to get lists in a timely way even with the implementation of reading list management software.
It was interesting also to hear about the use of scanning for course packs and the use of Libguides as we have just transferred our website with the latter and are making increasing use of the former – but perhaps more with other departments than Architecture.
Ginny followed up with some plans for year two and hopefully we’ll hear from her at future events to reflect on these and other innovations!
Finally, it was also great to hear how impactful and helpful Ginny had found the 2017 and 2018 ARCLIB conferences and the importance of networking with each other!
Your comments…
Please post your comments on this talk or email them to me (d.stacey@bath.ac.uk) to include in the body of the post. Do you have any questions or anything you would like to discuss? Perhaps relating to supporting architects for the first time, using Libguides, scanning services and managing reading lists!
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