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ChallengesExpEctEd• Findingteachingsessionsthatfitintoourschedules.

UnExpEctEd• Relativelyhighdrop-outrate.• Many participants found the sessions atthepartnerlibraryverysimilartotheirownsessions. Is this a problem, or a sign thatwe’vefoundawayofteachingthatworks?

Tips for SuccessManaging ExpEctations• Shortwrittenpresentationsonourindivid-ual strengths andwhatwewanted feed-back onwere useful tools to express ourexpectationsbeforehandandgiveourpo-tential critial friends an idea of what wecouldlearnfromeachother.

coordinator rolE• A coordinator was necessary for pairingparticipantsonthebasisoftheirpresenta-tions.We spent a few idleweekswaitingforsomeoneelsetomakeafirstmovebe-forewedecidedonacoordinator.

social start-Up• Have a start-up social gathering.We hadalunchfollowedbyameeting,butamoreopen and social event would have beenbetter.

Most iMportant• Keepitsimpleandjustdoit!

BackgroundCritical Friends is amethod forprofessionaldevelopmentrelyingonpeerobservationandfeed-back.It’saDIY,no-fusswayofgivingin-sightsandopportunitiestoimmediatelyim-proveyourteaching.

AtStockholmUniversityLibrary,wehaverunasuccessfulCriticalFriendsprogrammeforafewterms.OurCriticalFriendsapproachhasalso inspiredother libraries todo the same.However, over timewe found that our ownpeerfeedbackfelttoosafeanddidnotchal-lengeourideastothesameextent.Togetherwith Uppsala University Library, we startedupaCritical Friends team to collaborateonpeer-to-peerteachingevaluation.

rEFErEncEsHultmanÖzek, Y., Edgren, G.,& Jandér, K. (2012). Imple-menting the Critical Friend Method for Peer Feedbackamong Teaching Librarians in an Academic Setting. Evi-dence Based Library And Information Practice,7(4),68-81.

Qvarnström,Satu(2013)Criticalfriends.Awayofenhanc-ingteachingqualityinacademiclibraries.Posterpresent-ed at International Enhancement Themes ConferenceGlasgow UK 2013. http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/docs/resources/critical-friends---a-way-of-enhanc-ing-teaching-quality-in-academic-libraries.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Friendship EffectHasfriendshipplayedaroleinthesuccessofour Critical Friends programme?The teach-inglibrariansatStockholmUniversityLibraryareaclose-knitteamofteachinggeneralistsandalsogoodfriends.EveryoneintheteamhastakenanactivepartasaCriticalFriend.

UppsalaUniversityLibrary,withmoreauton-omousbranchlibraries,hadfewerstaffsign-ingupfortheCriticalFriendsprogramme.

While Critical Friends probably is especiallyuseful for librarians with few teaching col-leagues,weassumethatthismightalsobeahindrancewheninvitedtoreceivefeed-backontheirteaching,astheyhavefeweroppor-tunitiesfordiscussionsonthesetopics.WhenplanningtouseCriticalFriendsasamodelforprofessionaldevelopment,wewouldsuggestfirstcreatingopportunitiesfordiscussionsonteachingandgiveathoughttoteambuilding.

DARE!Leave your comfort zone and become a better teacher.

A Critical Friends collaboration between Stockholm

University Library and Uppsala University Library.

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COnTACTEmma Palmqvist Wojda [email protected]

Anna [email protected]

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