The question is evergreen: How do we get campus partners in teaching and outreach engaged, excited, and informed about what we do, our impact, and how to work with us? Ricker Library has created a new Teaching & Learning Menu to try to solve this problem: We articulate the library’s pedagogy, policies, and offerings for instructional sessions, workshops, collaborations, and more. This menu not only publicizes the library’s teaching and learning services, but also simplifies the process of requesting sessions and expand outreach beyond existing relationships with faculty members, students, and the Champaign-Urbana community.
On May 9, 2024, Ricker Graduate Assistant and menu mastermind Flannery Cusick presented a virtual webinar, “Introducing: Ricker Library’s Teaching & Learning Menu.” We discussed the goals of the project, demostrated the website, and sparked discussion on this topic many of us grapple with.
We had over 50 people join us for the webinar, and as of July 2024 approximately 30 plays on the Mediaspace video. We had a productive session discussing how we can better engage, excite, and inform our campus partners about our library’s teaching and outreach efforts. For those who attended, we appreciate your active participation and insightful contributions. We hope the demonstration of our Teaching & Learning Menu provided you with useful strategies and ideas to implement in your own work.
For those of you who were unable to attend, we have good news! A recording of the webinar with closed captioning is available for you to view at your convenience, and you can access it here. If you have any lingering thoughts, feedback on our session, or questions about the Teaching & Learning Menu, please feel free to fill out our Feedback Form or contact the Ricker Library team.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks, Emilee and Flannery
