Reaching Out to the Campus Community Through a Student Advocacy Group

Gerry O Laroza glaroza at ATENEO.EDU
Tue Sep 17 21:25:00 EDT 2013


Hi,

We would like to stream small video to be watched by students at specified
time. Could anybody suggest any script to be loaded on the webserver for
this purpose?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Gerry

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Gerry O. Laroza
Head, Computer Services
Rizal Library
Ateneo de Manila University


On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:58 AM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] <
gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote:

>  *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting ***
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>  Colleagues/
>
>  Cynthia M. Akers / Terri Pedersen Summey
>
>  Academic librarians often face challenges reaching out to students and
> gathering feedback about library resources and services. As Kuhlthau (2004)
> discovered, the information seeking or research process contains a strong
> affective element. As students proceed through the research process, they
> experience a diverse range of emotions, including anxiety, isolation, and
> frustration. Students may be intimidated by the library and often perceive
> that they are the only individuals having difficulties. This perception
> might inhibit students from asking for assistance, especially from library
> staff who appear to be older, more knowledgeable, and more confident.
> Because of this apprehension, students may avoid the library and not be
> aware of the library resources and, more importantly, the services
> available to them.
>
>  Although librarians work hard to ‘spread the news’ about library
> resources and services, they interact mainly with other faculty outside of
> the library. Interactions with students are often in a more formal library
> instruction setting or one-to-one at the service desks within the library
> when students are brave enough to approach someone. Often, students may
> seek out other students, including student employees, as informal peer
> mentors. “When a student sees a classmate working in the library, there is
> an existing relationship upon which communication can be built. If the
> questions posed by our anxious student are met with good answers, a bridge
> to the library has been built” (Baird 2006, 4).
>
>  [more]
>
>  Source and Full Text Available Via
>
>  [
> http://studentlibraryambassadors.blogspot.com/2013/09/reaching-out-to-campus-community.html
>  ]
>
>   /Gerry
>
>  Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> and
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University
> Ames IA 50011
>
>  "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours."
>
> http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html
>
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