7 Secrets to Success An Online Tour without a Library in 3 Languages

Monica Fusich & Vang VangCalifornia State University, Fresno

Henry Madden LibraryLOEX – Albuquerque, NM

April 30 – May 2, 2009

USAC – SpainImmersion Program

Grant

Professional Development

Why a Multi-language Tour

Madrid, Spain

2007 and 2008ALA partially funds

One of largest Spanish language book fairs

Guadalajara Book Fair

Guadalajara Book Fair

Calif. State Univ., Fresno

24,000 students

1 of 23 sister institutions

1 of largest campuses physicallyWinery

Florist

Farm Market

Importance in community

Demographics

Funding

California State University Information Competency Grant

2007 New to position

Had grant $ to reapportion

Grant High PointsKnow your population

Recruitment/Marketing tool

Sister campuses

Instruction and Outreach Services (IOS)

Online Tour – Based on Standards

Information Literacy Tutorials – Standards 1-4

Searching, Finding, Evaluating BooksSearching, Finding, Evaluating ArticlesCitation and Plagiarism (in process)

Assignment Research Calculator – Standards 1-5Library Liaisons–Collaboration Classes Standard Based

Pre-Script Writing

Needs Assessment

Audience Analysis

Objectives

Treatment

Creative Activities – the Script

Brainstorming on Themes

Other Library Online ToursStudent-centric or librarian-centric?

Avatar

Watching YouTube videosNicole Willis and the Soul Investigators

The Process - the Tour

CommitteeInvitation based on perceived member talents

Divided into sub-teams

Writing of the Script

Team-basedTime

Synched to Information Literacy Standards

Had to be Perfect

TranslationPros and cons

Why a Tour?

7 Secrets to Success

http://www.csufresno.edu/library/tour/

IL Standards – 7 Secrets Tour

Secret 1 - Getting StartedStandard 2.1

Secret 2 – LaptopsStandard 5.1a, 5.1b, 5.2

Secret 3 - Finding BooksStandards 1.1, 2.1,2.2, 5.2b

IL Standards – 7 Secrets Tour

Secret 4 - Finding ArticlesStandards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2

Secrets 5 & 6 - Places to Study & Printers

Standards 5.2

Secret 7 - Getting HelpStandards 1,2

Software

Adobe CaptivateCSU System-wide 508 compliance

CC

Hosting issuesYouTube

Library/Facebook/itune U

Casting of Talents

Casting Calls

Recommendations

Pa Kou Lee

Matthew McGee

Roman Covarrubias

Filming

Climate

Location

Language Specialist

On location during filmingCorrect pronunciations

Catch mistakes

Practice with during “breaks”

Editing

Software - Final Cut Pro

Time

Marketing & Outreach

Information Literacy Classes

Library Liaisons

Public Services Librarians (Reference)

Social Networking Sites

Campus Bulletin

The Unexpected

Expert Tech SupportDigital Production Group – professional filming/editing

Why a Multi-language?

Entertainment vs. EducationalIL standards

Choose your committee wisely

The Unplanned

Multi-languagesLack of words/too much words

Lack of “experts”

Different AccentsGeographic (regional)

Generation (formal/informal)

Plan “B” and even Plan “C”The Instructional Technology and Resource Center

Things We Did Right

Timelinescript - storyboard

casting calls

Connecting with our Talents

Support – before, during, after Water

Lunch

Letter of thanks

Payment

Could’ve Been Better…

Aggressive Advertising Campaign

Rehearsals, Rehearsals

Language Expertise – script and filming

Committee vs. “Advisory” Committee

In-dept/Formal Training – software

Ownership of Equipment

Future Tours

Departmental Equipmentscamera & editing software

Sony – vegas pro

Marketing Formats/ApproachCampus programs

Student Government/Clubs

Campus publicitystudent newspapers

press release – message out to community

Future Tours

Use In-house Talentslibrary student assistants

promote collaboration among library departments

Rehearsals

Conversational Library Tour in Different Languages

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

ALL WELCOME

This ppt. is also on http://www.slideshare.net/lisav