http://entrelib.org/conferences/2013-conference/scheduled-presenters/ The Common Theme Project was designed to “promote campus unity, conversation, and collaboration on timely issues that connect IUPUI to central Indiana and the world.” From its roots as primarily a freshman reading activity, the Project has evolved into the current Common Theme, “Change Your World: The Power of New Ideas” [http://www.iupui.edu/common_theme], which focuses on social entrepreneurship on a local and global level across the curriculum. This presentation will discuss the experiences of the librarian who has worked with the Common Theme since its inception and is currently the Faculty Fellow for “Change Your World” and will include how libraries can help bring people and resources together to help a campus program succeed, strategies that increase campus and community interest and support, and, how to achieve moving from project status to a permanent campus initiative that will enhance IUPUI’s commitment to community outreach and engagement. –Kathleen Hanna, Associate Librarian, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

1. Change Your World: The Power of New Ideas
The IUPUI Common Theme Project
Kathleen A. Hanna, Associate Librarian
kgreatba@iupui.edu
Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians
May 16, 2013

2. IUPUI
Common Theme
Project
Fall 2008
One Book, One Campus:
Ishmael Beah’s Long Way Gone
Fall 2009 – Spring 2011
“Consuming Well for the Wealth of
Communities: From IUPUI to the World”
Fall 2011 – Spring 2013
“Change Your World:
The Power of New Ideas”
Fall 2013 – Spring 2015
“Find Your Voice, Hear My Voice”
“. . . designed to promote campus
unity, conversation, and collaboration
across all disciplines on timely issues
that connect IUPUI to central Indiana
and the world.”

3. http://www.charlestsai.com

4. 5 KEY STRATEGIES
FOR INCREASING SUPPORT
1. Information packets for faculty
2. Workshops, meetings, symposia, classroom visits
3. Social media
4. Community networking
5. Special events

5. Information packets for faculty
• Worked with graduate assistant
• Visited nearly every academic unit on campus
• Stressed how disciplines are already active in
this area and how it’s reflected in the professional
literature
• Can be easily integrated into what they’re already
doing
May 20, 2013Presentation Title

6. Workshops, meetings, symposia,
and classroom visits
• Presented at a variety of campus meetings
• Developed faculty workshops
• Shared alternative assignment ideas
• Visited classrooms upon request

7. Social media
• Common Theme website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn [ IUPUI Social Entrepreneurs ]
• Oncourse project site
• Campus event calendar and other venues

8. Community networking: IndyTalks.info
• Arts Council of Indianapolis
• Athenaeum Foundation
• Big Car Collective
• Binford Redevelopment and Growth
• Christian Theological Seminary
• Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc.
• Greater Indpls Chamber of Congress
• Herron School of Art & Design
• Immigrant Welcome Center
• Indiana Historical Society
• Indiana Humanities
• Indpls Coalition for Neighborhood Dev.
• Indianapolis International Film Festival
• Indianapolis Museum of Art
• Indpls Neighborhood Resource Center
• Indianapolis Public Library
• IndyHub
• International Center of Indpls
• IUPUI School of Liberal Arts
• IUPUI School of Public and
Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
• Jewish Community Center
• Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
• Know No Stranger
• LISC Indianapolis
• Making Connections Indpls
• Marian University
• NUVO
• Provocate.org
• Spirit & Place Festival
• WFYI
• SustainIndy

10. Special events
• Author visits
• Student contests
• SE “speed dating”
• “Humanitarian hub” gathering
• Alumni “Weekend U”
• Films

11. Moving from project status
• New home, more money (maybe)
• Representation from key campus units
• Greater focus on Theme, less on book
• Finding the “legacy”
• Challenges:
 Communication
 Organization and time management
 Assessment
 Archiving

12. Common Theme www.iupui.edu/common_theme
Facebook www.facebook.com/commontheme
Kathleen A. Hanna
kgreatba@iupui.edu