Co-presented at the 2008 Western NY/Ontario ACRL Spring Meeting, Niagara Falls, NY, May 2, 2008

1. Partnering for First Year Success Jennifer Freer and Roman Koshykar Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology 2008 WNY/O ACRL Spring Conference May 2, 2008

9. Consensus list of topics

15. Example of Question Slide

16. Example of Session Report

18. Student Presentations

23. Together explore assignment opportunities around targeted outcomes to create topics with identified library resources Create web guide for class that acts as a single point of access for resources, strategies and contact information Present library instruction to the target class Offer students consultations at set times, by appointment or immediately after class Before due date, have students do short preview presentations of the projects to provide opportunity to ask questions and offer suggestions on information, content and overlooked resources Ask faculty member for feedback after projects are graded Initiate partnership with faculty member teaching freshmen/first years Model for Partnering with Faculty for First Year Success Freer/Koshykar Partnering For First Year Success WNY/O ACRL - May 2, 2008

24. Jennifer Freer Library Liaison E. Philip Saunders College of Business [email_address] IM me at bizlibrarian (AOL, MSN, Yahoo) Friend me on Roman Koshykar Library Liaison Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences [email_address] IM me at gccislibrarian (AOL, MSN, Yahoo) Friend me on More Questions? Feel free to contact us