What’s New at FWJ Sylwester Library at Concordia University

Kim Olson-Charles, distance education and outreach librarian at Concordia University and current ACRL-Oregon board member, shared the news from the FWJ Sylwester Library.

Concordia University Library Postcard

Personnel changes:
Judy Anderson, the Dean of Libraries, retired this summer after many years at Concordia. Kim Read is now the Interim Dean of Libraries. Additionally, the library welcomes a new Electronic Resources Librarian, Carin Yavorcik, to its staff in mid-January; Carin comes to Concordia from the State of Oregon Law Library.

Concordia OER initiative:
The library is in its second year of leading a campus-wide OER initiative. Fifteen faculty attended this year’s Introduction to OER Workshop and ten faculty will receive a stipend to peer review an open textbook. Stipends to convert courses from commercial textbooks to OER will also be offered again this year, adding to the six courses converted last year.

Personal Librarian Program:
This past fall, Concordia initiated a pilot Personal Librarian Program. As a part of a larger university mandate to address student recruitment and retention, the library contributed by creating the Personal Librarian Program.  Faculty librarians reached out to incoming first-year students throughout fall semester to connect them to a familiar and friendly face that could help them navigate the library and its resources.

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