My experience with college students and the library suggests that when we librarians talk, students hear "blah blah blah," if they hear anything at all. Savvy librarians know this and have come up with clever ways to communicate our ability and willingness to help. Here at the Park Library, and at the UNC Libraries more generally, we are just such clever librarians, and
we have wonderful resources to make your library research easier and more efficient. srsly.
My experience with college students also indicates that students learn well from librarians, but they learn even better from their peers. (See a few of my peer-to-peer training articles.) Which is one reason I'm giving the six Park Library student staff so much training, such as
- How to find scholarly and newspaper articles quickly & efficiently - for free!
- How to manage and reformat articles (also for free)
- How to find out what kind of material students really need to get for their assignment
I've also asked them to blog about their experiences in the library. They're finding good resources for their own academic pursuits, and I've heard them say "this is great!" or "I wish I'd known that sooner!" They'll be blogging about their experiences in the Park Library (with a wee bit of editing from me), sharing some of their favorite resources, and doing librarianship over the interwebs.
I hope you'll find some of their resources helpful to your own work. Feel free to come to the Park Library (or call, or IM) and ask us questions - trained library staffers are standing by.
Welcome to the Park Library!
