ND’s LIBRARY SUMMER PROGRAM 2002
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ND’s LIBRARY SUMMER PROGRAM 2002
A LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Award Winning
Proposalby Laura Bayard
http://www.nd.edu/~lbayardALA Annual Conference
LAMA Breakthroughs in Cultural Diversity
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23 June 2003, 1:30-3:30
University Libraries & Kresge Law Library Diversity Program
LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Opportunity Provided:
• the impetus to expand our diversity program
• an opportunity to work with the resident• the rationale for the library
administration’s support to implement the project
• the focus for creating a Web site & database
• national attention to the libraries’ diversity efforts
PROJECT’S GOAL
• To introduce academic librarianship as a desirable career destination to college-bound high school students who can contribute to diversity within the profession and the university
PROPOSAL• Hire 4 high school students who can
contribute to diversity and who intend to go to college
• Employ the students as library student assistants for 40 hrs./wk., 10 wks. in various functional areas of the libraries
• Provide additional programming• Create a Web presence that includes an
online form and a database to facilitate communication
• Present a plaque to each student at completion
PROGRAMMING
o Training
o Tours
o Lunches
o Informational sessions
o 1-day workshop
ASSESSMENT
Q. What did you like best about your experience as a summer student assistant at the University Libraries and the Law Library? Why?
ASSESSMENT
A. I liked working in…A. Everyone was very kind and
friendly
ASSESSMENT
Q. What did you like least about your experience as a summer student assistant at the University Libraries and the Law Library? Why?
ASSESSMENT
A. Nothing I disliked, but…A. I took on too many hoursA. Not enough work to doA. Some work too physically
demanding
ASSESSMENT
Q. What is your opinion about the extra programming that we provided for you? Is it worthwhile? Should we offer the programming in the future? Or would you have preferred just to work?
ASSESSMENT
A. The tours…
ASSESSMENT
Q. What did you learn about library resources that will be useful to you in your future?
ASSESSMENT
A. Everything I learned this summer I can use in one way or another
ASSESSMENT
Q. What did you learn about academic libraries that is interesting to you?
ASSESSMENTA. “That all librarians are not old
ladies with glasses, telling you to be quiet.”
A. “That there’s a lot more to running a library than the obvious.”
A. Ask-a-Librarian
ASSESSMENT
Q. What suggestions do you have for changes to the program and why?
ASSESSMENT
A. Have enough for the students to do
ASSESSMENTQ. Should we continue this program in
the future? Would you recommend it to your friends?
ASSESSMENT
A. Yes and Yes
ASSESSMENTQ. Is it necessary for us to visit high
schools and interview for this program in order to get applicants? Would you have applied if, for example, we had simply sent a flyer to your school announcing the program and asking you to send a written application to Notre Dame?
ASSESSMENT
A. Continue to interview at the high schools
ASSESSMENT
Q. One of the goals of this summer program is to promote the library profession. Please indicate whether you would like to be contacted in the future regarding your academic career.
ASSESSMENT
A. “No” (4 times)A. “Yes” (1 time)
OUTCOMES• Over the summer, the students became
less shy and more willing to chat with us• Summer Program 2003 exists• When interviewing students for 2003,
several had applied last year and were reapplying this year
• 2 students returned this year to work as student assistants in regular positions
LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Support
• Awarded $500• Expenditures:• $240.00 plaques• $16.53 photo duplication costs• Cost-share: $243.47
SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS:
• national impact • understanding of current issues &
needs• far-reaching impact • creative solutions and leadership
THE END