Name: (SELA) Beyond the Desk: Advice, Ideas, and Experience in Student Engagement for Academic Libraries
Start: 2019-09-29T10:30:00-0500
End: 2019-09-29T11:20:00-0500

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(SELA) Beyond the Desk: Advice, Ideas, and Experience in Student Engagement for Academic Libraries

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Academic librarians face a growing impetus for student engagement – helping and supporting students by providing assistance and resources that promote academic success. But that’s not all. Join us for a glimpse beyond the traditional scope of reference and instruction for a look at how academic librarians around the state are engaging students in fun, innovative, and impactful ways.

Moderators

Philip Shackelford

Library Director, South Arkansas Community College

Philip Shackelford is the Library Director at South Arkansas Community College and is currently serving as Past-President of ArLA. He is the author of Rise of the Mavericks: The U.S. Air Force Security Service and the Cold War (releasing April 2023) and is the creator and host of... Read More →

Speakers

Janice Weddle

Associate Librarian for Instruction and Outreach, Hendrix College

Janice Weddle has worked at Hendrix College’s Olin C. Bailey Library since 2017, where she oversees the library’s public services and the Library Associates program for student workers as the Associate Librarian for Instruction and Outreach. She has worked in libraries throughout... Read More →

Autumn Mortenson

Associate Professor, Reference Librarian, and Scholarly Commons Administrator, Ouachita Baptist University

Susie Kirk

Library Social Media Strategist, Henderson State University

Brittany Rodgers

Systems Librarian, Northwest Arkansas Community College

Amber Wilson

Head of Education and Outreach, University of Central Arkansas

Amber Wilson is the Faculty Librarian for Education and Outreach at the University of Central Arkansas. She has 15 years of experience in academic libraries and her research interests are first-year students, international students, information literacy, and student engagement.