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Extreme
Reference
Makeover:
Increasing Circulation to
the Heart of the Campus



    Loras College Library
Office Space
Location, location, location
Old offices
Musical offices
Office space
Floorplanner.com
New digs
“Reference Desk”
    becomes
 “Research Help
     Center”
   What‟s in a name?
Informal
“reference
desk”…
…and
signage
Survey question,
April 2012…
…and responses
RHC signage
RHC logo
First-Year
Outreach
Getting out to bring „em in
First-Year events
Field trip!
New handouts
Tour & Tutorial
A face for the Library
Personal
Librarian
Putting a face to the Library
The “personal librarian” program
Your Personal Librarian LibGuide
Library H3lp:
Chat &
Knowledge
Base (FAQ)
Remote connections
Chat widget in LibGuide..
…Library home page…
…EBSCOhost databases
Chat: seasonal variations, but
increasing
FAQ (Knowledge Base)
Blueprints for
 the Future
Where do we go from here?
 Genius  bar
 Text-based chat
 Smart-phone apps
 More hours
 Librarians on the road (on campus, but
  outside the library)
 Ongoing assessment of reference usage
Kristen Smith
Information Services Librarian
kristen.smith@loras.edu
                                 Questions?
Julie Arensdorf
Instruction Services Librarian
julie.arensdorf@loras.edu




      www.loras.edu/library

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