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Library Teams Overview 2025-2026

AI Team

Overview and Objectives: The AI Team serves as an information resource and communication hub for AI-related developments, supports AI integration across library operations, and promotes AI literacy among staff and faculty.

Fall Update: AI-related articles distributed more regularly. Developed Staff Learning guide for AI. AI experimentation ongoing in Digital Collections and REL. Universo development by Norm Lee and Devin led to new discoveries. Brown bag presented with Instruction Team on teaching with AI. Draft resources developed: AI Literacy framework, Staff AI Literacy guide, and Learning guide for Staff/Faculty.

Spring Update: Sent 8 AI-related email communications to library staff. Hosted April AI Convening with 25 faculty and staff; four faculty demonstrated AI use cases (Rami: ChatGPT + Python for OCLC data; Norm: homegrown NotebookLM alternative; Jylisa: AI-assisted lesson planning; Jeremy: Claude Code for project revival). UniVerso significantly overhauled with new interface and backend by RCDS developers. AI Literacy Frameworks for students and library staff developed and shared at convening. Frameworks integrated AI literacy competencies into the library’s existing literacies framework.

Final Outcomes: The AI Team established itself as the library’s primary channel for AI-related information, distributing 9 communications over the year. The April convening fulfilled discussion and awareness goals with substantive conversation about AI ethics, use cases, and campus strategies. The team supported UniVerso, which progressed from concept to a May soft launch. Three AI literacy resources were created: the Staff AI Competencies document, the Staff AI Learning Guide, and the AI Literacy Framework. No formal training sessions were delivered, though the April convening served similar functions. Next year, the team plans to organize around three arms: research (AI ethical issues), development (AI tool support), and training (hands-on workshops).

Members

  • Devin Becker (Lead)

  • Rami Attebury (Access & Engagement Rep)

  • Samm Green (Admin Rep)

  • Bruce Godfrey (REL Rep)

  • Rebecca Hastings (SCA Rep)

  • Clinton Johnson (D&A Rep)

  • Jeremy Kenyon

  • Norman Lee

  • Pam Martin

  • Marco Seiferle-Valencia (DSOS Rep)

ATS Team

Overview and Objectives: The ATS Team coordinates workflows between library units to ensure timely resource availability and catalog accuracy, optimizing workflows between access and technical services for quick material turnaround and minimal cataloging errors.

Fall Update: Fall 2025: 1,384 periodical issues and 833 books/serials received. 1,538 item records deleted. Streamlined boardgame processing. Formalized payment processes with GOBI. Staff change: Matthew Strupp left, Alyssa Hamburger hired.

Spring Update: Spring 2026: 1,473 periodical issues and 806 books/serials received/shelved. 673 item records deleted. Lost status: 206 items. Missing status: 394 items. Access Services reevaluated the missing item search process, reducing searches from three to two and adjusting the schedule to twice per month, significantly expediting the process. Technical Services continued monitoring for duplicate and ghost serials titles and worked with Clinton Johnson to correct coverage dates of problematic portfolios in Alma.

Final Outcomes: AY 25/26 saw increased work toward optimizing workflows between Access Services and Technical Services. ILL output increased, prompting recalibrated processing expectations and new codes in the Pitney Bowes Shipping 360 System. The team increased monitoring of open POLs and the lost/withdrawn list throughout Spring 2026. A major project was the space remediation project on the 2nd, 3rd floors, and basement, which will significantly reduce bound periodicals and affect retention for current periodicals and continuing subscriptions far into the future. With leadership approval, the team simplified the process for creating folders for musical scores, increasing output nearly 10 times. Next year, the team will reevaluate the scope of objectives and undertake a ‘DIY Shelf’ project to highlight DIY resources for patrons.

Members

  • Alisa Melior (Access Services Lead)

  • Clinton Johnson (Technical Services Lead)

  • Haley Hunter

  • Suzie Davis

  • Victoria Kerr

  • Pam Martin

  • Jylisa Kenyon

  • Abby Kirkham

  • Rachel Kerr

  • Samantha Thompson-Franklin

  • Alyssa Hamburger

  • Dakota Woodward

  • Jeremy Hixson

Collections Team

Overview and Objectives: The Collections Team leads development of general library collections while managing budgets and gathering community feedback, reviewing existing resources, maintaining communication with the campus community, and making recommendations on renewals and subscriptions.

Fall Update: Monthly usage statistics reviewed for collections approaching renewal. Significant cancellations due to budget cuts. Pursuing approval plan revisions. Improved overlap analysis for A&I services decisions. Collections cancelled: 21, saving $202,724.88.

Spring Update: Usage statistics reviewed for every collection due for renewal within a 1-2 month window; all spring 2026 renewal deadlines met with recommendations (100%). The Liaisons Team produced a Collections Feedback survey; 97 responses received, almost entirely positive. Cross-team meeting with Liaisons in March covered Consortial Analytics, allocations, and Transformative agreements. Spring cancellations: 5 items, saving $21,935.12 (cumulative year savings: $228,216.72, reducing expected inflation by $194,231.01). No new collections added. Decided to flatten liaison allocations and approval plan to support a balanced acquisitions approach across disciplines.

Final Outcomes: A tremendous year for budget reductions: over $200,000 in cancellations, trimming genuine dead weight from collections. The team resolved a path forward on monograph acquisitions, concluding that circulation statistics were not strong enough indicators and opting for a balanced approach across disciplines, supporting demand-driven methods and giving liaisons flexibility. A Collections Feedback survey yielded approximately 97 responses, almost entirely positive. Challenges ahead include continued budget reductions now targeting core program resources, and fine-tuning monograph acquisitions given declining book use. Opportunities include leveraging COUNTER 5.1 reports to improve usage statistics and shifting team focus to new priority areas.

Members

  • Jeremy Kenyon (Team Lead)

  • Rami Attebury

  • Samantha Thompson-Franklin

  • Clinton Johnson

  • Rochelle Smith

  • Jylisa Kenyon

  • Devin Becker

Digital Collections Team

Overview and Objectives: The Digital Collections Team establishes policies and workflows for digital collections to ensure consistent user experience across platforms, focusing on accessibility compliance, collection review, and archive drive organization.

Fall Update: Team focused on WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility. Large-scale PDF remediation underway (508+ documents reprocessed for OCR). First phase of year-long collection review completed. Digital collections web engagement up significantly: total users +72.4%, sessions +60.4%.

Spring Update: Spring update (Jan 2-May 15): Total users 332,100 (+65.4%), new users 326,462 (+70.8%), views 545,557 (+32.2%), sessions 354,360 (+64.2%), engaged sessions 55,815 (+21.5%). Record revision contacts: 29.

Final Outcomes: The team’s primary focus was reviewing and remediating digital collections for accessibility. This included reprocessing over 3,800 PDFs for OCR, developing or redeveloping over 300 transcripts for audio materials, adding accessibility barrier reporting options, and developing new in-house remediation tools. The team completed a review of all digital collections assessing accessibility, metadata quality, media quality, and user experience. AI tools were tested for both accessibility remediation and metadata fixes. Archive drive guidelines were developed, though actual organization progress was limited. Major updates to templates were merged into all collections including updated contact forms, table of contents features, and advanced browse options.

Members

  • Ariana Burns

  • Kevin Dobbins

  • Rebecca Hastings (Lead)

  • Dulce Kersting-Lark (Ex-Officio)

  • Maryelizabeth Koepele

  • Kelley Moulton

  • Zoe Baum

  • Andrew Weymouth

  • Evan Williamson

Discovery Team

Overview and Objectives: The Discovery Team is responsible for optimizing discovery of the library’s resources through systematic testing of specific features and options, keeping in mind diverse patron needs.

Fall Update: Implemented several Primo features: ‘available on shelf’ facet, removed confusing facets, updated metadata/terminology, re-enabled ISBN/ISSN display. Discussed and agreed to replace ‘Find Journals’ page with Ex Libris journal search interface.

Spring Update: Conducted comprehensive analysis of search scopes and user behavior, discovering majority of users never change the default scope. Simplified interface by removing unnecessary search scopes. Evaluated record action buttons based on usage metrics, keeping high-utility tools and removing low-use ones. Expanded visibility of AI-powered Primo Research Assistant. Initiated comprehensive re-mapping of keyword-resource spreadsheet with liaison librarians. Reaffirmed disabling ‘Related Persons’ feature due to low engagement.

Final Outcomes: Objective #1 (Primo Accessibility and Functionality): The Discovery Team successfully optimized the Primo interface by stripping away legacy clutter, updating accessibility compliance, and establishing clear analytical oversight. Unnecessary search scopes were eliminated, high-volume action buttons retained, legacy tools purged, and contrast adjustments mapped for modern web standards. Objective #2 (Discovery Cohesion and Accuracy): The Primo Research Assistant rollout added modern AI search behaviors to the discovery ecosystem. Back-end data mappings for the Resource Recommender were updated and backend link resolution improved with the HathiTrust plugin. Challenge: Preparing for transition to Ex Libris’s New Discovery Experience (NDE), delayed to summer 2027 for careful testing. Pam will step up as Team Lead during Hanwen’s sabbatical.

Members

  • Hanwen Dong (Lead)

  • Rami Attebury

  • Celia Hagey

  • Rachel Kerr

  • Pamela Martin

  • Kelley Moulton

  • Evan Williamson

  • Dakota Woodward

First Year Experience Team

Overview and Objectives: The First Year Experience Team is part of a university-wide commitment to connect and support students as they transition to collegiate studies and research. Through instruction, outreach, and engagement, this program aims to improve student retention, foster student success, and empower students to be information literate.

Fall Update: Updated 1102 instruction: simplified assignment, shifted grading to instructors, added AI literacy. 58 in-person class sessions, 682 students. 27 ILWs, 425 students (62% of 1102 students). All 1101 instruction moved online with two new library modules. Instructor reports: 92% submitted homework (89% full credit).

Spring Update: 1102: 86 in-person class sessions + 4 async. 908 students (821 in person, 87 async). 35 ILWs, 616 students (75% attendance, marked increase from fall). Instructor reports: 87% submitted homework (97% full credit). 1101: 191 students enrolled in async instruction. Instructor reports: 80% submitted quiz 1 (97% full credit).

Final Outcomes: FYE Library instruction remains a productive collaboration with the English Composition program, providing first year students with hands-on experience in the library. During 2025-26, librarians incorporated basic AI literacy into 1102 instruction and streamlined library assignments. Grading was shifted from librarians to instructors, making instruction duties more sustainable. The FYE team created a Canvas module for instructors to guide them through library week. Participation and student performance remains high: over 80% of students submit their library assignments, and 83-99% of submissions received full credit. Challenges include ensuring students are prepared for library week, scheduling conflicts, and varying interpretations of ‘scholarly sources’ across instructors. Asynchronous ILWs need to be migrated from Articulate to Pressbooks/H5P for accessibility compliance.

Members

  • Pamela Martin (Team Lead)

  • Kelly Omodt

  • Tyler Rodrigues

  • Celia Hagey

Instruction Team

Overview and Objectives: The Instruction Team supports students’ success by ensuring and improving the coherence, quality, and impact of instructional practices through communities of practice, assessment, and enhancement of the library’s online educational resources.

Fall Update: Held one brown bag on ‘AI Literacy Debrief’ (8 attendees). Brainstormed template options for Library Literacies. Began LibGuides accessibility review with Website Team. Drafted ILL tutorial. Fall 2025: 210 total sessions, 3,589 attendees, 124 course-based sessions (2,727 attendees), 68 workshop sessions (824 attendees).

Spring Update: Held one brown bag on instruction hits/misses and goals for next year (15 attendees). Two syllabus templates shared. Created DocumentsForLibraryInstructors folder. Created four video tutorials. All public LibGuides reviewed for accessibility (27% of total guides now WCAG 2.1 compliant). Hanwen continued exploring tutorial software options including Pressbooks integration.

Final Outcomes: The Instruction Team had a very successful year. Two brown bags were hosted, facilitating discussion on AI Literacy and instruction goals. For Library Literacies integration, credit course syllabus templates were created and shared. The team spent most of the year focused on Objective #3: online instructional content and accessibility. All public LibGuides were reviewed for accessibility with feedback provided to guide owners. Four tutorials were created and published on the Library’s YouTube account. The LibGuide review exposed challenges around maintenance and ownership of guides whose creators have left. Challenges: continuing to define the team’s role in credit-bearing course development, and Hanwen’s fall sabbatical will impact tutorial production workflow.

Members

  • Jylisa Kenyon (Lead)

  • Hanwen Dong

  • Dulce Kersting-Lark

  • Norman Lee

  • Pam Martin

  • Rochelle Smith

Liaisons Team

Overview and Objectives: The Liaison Team enriches formal and informal learning opportunities and advances the research, scholarly, and creative activity of faculty and students by broadly communicating library offerings, building relationships with faculty across colleges, and providing discipline-specific instruction and assistance.

Fall Update: Survey drafted and under final review. Several substantial round robin sessions completed. No formal cross-team feedback mechanism established yet.

Spring Update: Collections survey distributed via Microsoft Forms: 92 responses from faculty across all colleges. Detailed Collections Feedback Report produced with executive summary, usage patterns, resource requests, thematic findings, and prioritized recommendations. 56 respondents volunteered for follow-up conversations (28 definite interest). Joint meeting with Collections Team in March. Round robins continued as most valued part of meetings. May round robin surfaced shift toward one-on-one consultations and increasing graduate student demand. Discussed library literacies with Dean Hunter in January.

Final Outcomes: Objective 1 (Collections Usage Patterns): The collections feedback survey was the team’s primary achievement, receiving 92 responses from faculty across all colleges and producing a comprehensive report shared with the Collections Team to inform collection development decisions. Objective 2 (Sharing Best Practices): Round robins were held at every meeting and consistently generated substantive conversation about liaison practices, instruction approaches, and college-level developments. Objective 3 (Feedback Mechanism): The team maintained a good working relationship with the Collections Team including a joint meeting in March, though the formal cross-team feedback structure did not function as intended. The team recommends dropping or restructuring this objective. The biggest opportunity for next year is building on the collections feedback project through follow-up interviews or rotating-topic surveys.

Members

  • Devin Becker (Lead)

  • Bruce Godfrey

  • Jeremy Kenyon

  • Jylisa Kenyon

  • Dulce Kersting-Lark

  • Norman Lee

  • Marco Seiferle-Valencia

  • Rochelle Smith

  • Samantha Thompson-Franklin

  • Andrew Weymouth

Library Website Team

Overview and Objectives: The Library Website Team works to create, maintain, and improve the Library’s main website and related digital platforms, developing expertise, assessment, and vision to ensure web properties are focused on user needs and accessible to all.

Fall Update: Significantly trimmed Section navigation menus. Removed or combined pages. Strategy developed for theme redesign. Progress made mirroring university website. Complete content review conducted. Draft blog proposal started. Created documentation for LibGuides accessibility review. Developed PDF remediation approaches.

Spring Update: Developed Card Sort Activity for content organization brainstorming. Continued page culling and content improvements. New website template developed with nested navigation and full site quick search. New ‘docs’ section created. Revised Copyright Guide launched with updated guide template. Regular updates managed by Digital Projects Manager. ‘Library Updates’ page regularly updated. Website Feedback forms improved for accessibility reporting. Accessibility information added to Help page. Floor maps update project began. Significant accessibility improvements across site.

Final Outcomes: In 2025-26 the Library Website Team was largely focused on improving accessibility across Library web properties, with the theme redesign project always simmering on the back burner. Despite the ADA deadline extension, significant time was invested in evaluating and remediating content. The annual complete review of all pages enabled this work. Over 400 commits to the website project code from 12 people across the Library. The university’s new website theme launched but proved to be ‘marketing focused’ and less appropriate for the library’s information-heavy content. Challenges: onboarding new contributors after Maryelizabeth’s departure, information redesign launch, and developing accessibility practice from the source rather than remediating.

Members

  • Hanwen Dong

  • Clinton Johnson

  • Celia Hagey

  • Rebecca Hastings

  • Maryelizabeth Koepele

  • Lex Van Horn

  • Andrew Weymouth

  • Evan Williamson (lead)

MarCom Team

Overview and Objectives: The Marketing & Communications Team ensures consistent, coordinated, and professional messaging from the Library to the wider university and general public about Library collections, events, and services.

Fall Update: Maintained usual flyer distribution channels and social media accounts. ‘Letters from the Library’ continues regular distribution. Statistics not received from OIT. No progress on refining MarCom processes.

Spring Update: Maintained usual flyer distribution channels and social media accounts. ‘Letters from the Library’ does not seem to be a high impact method for driving people to Library content. No progress on refining processes.

Final Outcomes: MarCom Team did not submit a final report with final outcomes narrative. Fall and spring updates show the team maintained existing communication channels but made no progress on process refinement objectives.

Members

  • Ben Hunter (Team Lead)

  • Ariana Burns

  • Jessica Fleener

  • Norman Lee

  • Leesa Love

  • Lex Van Horn

Mentorship/Scholarship Team

Overview and Objectives: The Mentorship/Scholarship Team enhances faculty development through the creation of formal and informal mentorship opportunities and fostering a supportive academic community via co-working and professional development opportunities.

Fall Update: Devin met twice with one untenured faculty member for scholarship help. Marco met twice with newest faculty member. 3 Faculty Friday meetups held. Plans begun for Library Writing Circle.

Spring Update: Devin met routinely with one untenured faculty member for article development. 4 Faculty Friday meetups held. Library Writing Circle launched, meeting 4 times during spring semester with 7 faculty participants.

Final Outcomes: The Mentorship-Scholarship Team continued supporting faculty research and scholarly writing through monthly gatherings attended by 3-7 colleagues. The team launched a writing circle inspired by junior faculty publishing anxieties, with 7 predominantly untenured faculty meeting monthly following a structured publication creation timeline. Faculty Fridays were well attended and appreciated. Only one new faculty member this year, supported through one-on-one meetings and the writing circle. The team fills an important role in faculty stability and retention. Opportunity for next year: helping the 2023-24 faculty cohort prepare for 3rd year reviews. Metrics: 7 First Friday sessions, 5 scholarship review meetings, 2 meetings with new librarians, 20 faculty wins submitted.

Members

  • Devin Becker

  • Dulce Kersting-Lark (Lead)

  • Marco Seiferle-Valencia

Open Engagement Team

Overview and Objectives: The Open Engagement Team develops outreach strategies to share and promote open access content (digital collections, Pressbooks) with external audiences, particularly K-12 educators across Idaho.

Fall Update: Three meetings held in fall. Finalized concept: Open Education Portal curating digital collections for K-12 educators using libstatic platform. Began curating list of collections and preliminary curricular development research. Created CollectionBuilder test/development space. Started conversations with local stakeholders.

Spring Update: Three meetings plus one additional early June meeting. Built website container at thecdil.github.io/oep/. Formatted collection details with context blurbs for 20 digital collections. Defined and drafted template pages. Drafted early ‘how-to-spec’ content. Dulce working with Rebekka Boysen-Taylor on SBOE Next250 grant project for Idaho’s ‘signature documents.’

Final Outcomes: The team made substantive progress, starting with a rough concept and ending with a website featuring five inquiry kits for K-12 classrooms (thecdil.github.io/oep/). One inquiry kit (The Big Burn) is mostly drafted with 3-4 more expected by end of June 2026. The team identified 20 relevant collections organized into 5-6 themes, created new context blurbs, highlighted approximately 60 items, and began creating new K-12 focused content. Outreach to K-12 partners was postponed until a working draft is ready (early Fall 2026). The Idaho Summer Institute in July 2026 will provide first educator feedback. Challenge: Maryelizabeth’s departure may impact expectations for next year.

Members

  • Marco Seiferle-Valencia (Lead)

  • Leesa Love

  • Dulce Kersting-Lark

  • Maryelizabeth Koepele

  • Tyler Rodrigues

Physical Spaces and Public Programming Team

Overview and Objectives: The Physical Spaces and Public Programming Team seeks to provide safe, usable, and accessible public spaces for U of I affiliates and community members. They make space recommendations to library leadership and oversee the building’s physical use for programming and events.

Fall Update: Safety inspection conducted. Admin replaced torn booth cushions on floors 1 and 2. Implemented Microsoft Forms for tabling requests. Fall events: 64 total (13 Renfrews, 4 Living Room presentations, 27 ILWs, 5 Grad Student Essentials, 4 Tech Talks, 3 student groups tabling, 5 misc). Gate count Main: 148,620. Study rooms/carrels: 3,683. Public spaces: 28,341.

Spring Update: Floor map drafts/finals under review. Created internal form to reserve 1st floor living room presentation space. Created Renfrew Audio Set-up document. Spring events: 62 total (14 Renfrews, 4 Living Room presentations, 34 ILWs, 1 Tech Talk, 3 student groups tabling, 5 misc). Gate count Main: 125,826. Study rooms/carrels: 5,798. Public spaces: 30,826. GSCC: 847.

Final Outcomes: There has been consistent use of the main UI Library and its study spaces. The PSPP Team presented ample feedback for updated floor maps created by the Web Team. End-of-term walkthroughs revealed outdated floor map signs, minor wall damage, and areas needing paint touch-ups. Challenge: implementing ‘Marian Storm Walk-throughs’ for post-rainstorm water damage checks, which is difficult as storms can occur outside working hours. Several spots with existing water damage noted in the building appendix.

Members

  • Bruce Godfrey

  • Samm Green

  • Haley Hunter

  • Kelley Moulton

  • Kelly Omodt (Team Lead)

  • Tyler Rodrigues

  • Rochelle Smith

Research Impact Team

Overview and Objectives: The Research Impact Team enhances the representation and impact of the university’s research through its management of VERSO, the university’s research information management and Institutional Repository system, promotion of university research, and facilitation of connections between researchers.

Fall Update: 3 new policies developed: tombstone pages, emeritus faculty profiles, custom collections. PDF accessibility policies in development. 2 collections ingested (65 items). Developed Collaboration Network as UniVERSO with chatbot feature. Faculty coverage: 100%. Total users: 52,526. Total views: 282,213.

Spring Update: Adopted new metadata licensing policy (CC0 and CC BY 4.0). Published documentation encouraging open, non-proprietary formats. Developed CV hosting service with automated CV parser. Working on abstract scraper based on UniVERSO’s harvesting service. Total users: 54,108. Total views: 208,622.

Final Outcomes: A gap emerged between coordinated RI team work on VERSO and organic, less coordinated work done by members in their normal duties. The initial work of developing policies and procedures is largely complete; what remains is implementation, which is increasingly a specialized technical problem. The team successfully established VERSO/SPEC scoping criteria and developed institutional repository capabilities including CV hosting. The one major unmet goal was systematic outreach, which team members argued was partially redundant with existing work. The team lead recommends sunsetting the team, as managing VERSO rarely requires consulting so many Library stakeholders.

Members

  • Rami Attebury

  • Devin Becker

  • Rebecca Hastings

  • Jeremy Kenyon

  • Abby Kirkham

  • Norman Lee (Lead)

  • Leesa Love

  • Seth Thompson

  • Andrew Weymouth

  • Lex Van Horn

SED Team

Overview and Objectives: The Student Employee Development Group seeks to provide equitable opportunities for student employees to gain new knowledge and skills via training, on-the-job experiences, and performance evaluations, while ensuring standardized hiring and training practices and making recommendations for student employee pay scales.

Fall Update: Strong retention from previous year. Growing concern about pay scale competitiveness. Increased work-study recruitment. February meeting planned to review wages. Check-ins used instead of formal evaluations in Access Services, SPEC, and CDIL. Qualtrics-based onboarding implemented. Revised Access Services Basics module.

Spring Update: Pay tier proposal developed and approved by leadership. Maintained consistent supervisory practices emphasizing equitable treatment, clear expectations, and supportive coaching. Student employee development efforts aligned with library values centering wellbeing and service excellence. Student awards process went very smoothly.

Final Outcomes: The 2025-2026 academic year was marked by steady progress in supporting student employees as developing professionals. A key success was the continued normalization of developmental supervision — treating student employment as a learning experience rather than purely transactional labor. Students demonstrated increased confidence in communication, problem-solving, and navigating workplace expectations. Regular check-ins, clear communication, and flexibility helped build trust. Some initiatives did not progress as fully as hoped due to time constraints, particularly standardized reflection tools. Challenges: balancing consistency with flexibility across a diverse student workforce. Opportunity: more intentionally capturing student learning outcomes through lightweight documentation tools.

Members

  • Alisa Melior (Lead)

  • Suzie Davis

  • Kevin Dobbins

  • Jessica Fleener

  • Ari Burns

  • Jeremy Hixon

  • Clinton Johnson

  • Brittni McNeill (Ex-officio)

  • Samm Green (Ex-officio)

Student Engagement Team

Overview and Objectives: The Student Engagement Team provides opportunities for students to engage with and learn more about library staff, resources, campus services, and other activities, striving to create a sense of community where all levels of students feel comfortable engaging with the library.

Fall Update: 21 events (up 5 from last fall). 473 interactions. Book Club website: 516 hits. Common read guide: 454 hits (+292%). Board game collection builder: 640 (+246%). Whiteboard interaction: 79% coverage. 3 library display partnerships. 352 materials checked out from displays (+137%). Board game circulation: 192 (-77%).

Spring Update: 21 events (up 10 from last spring). 485 interactions. Book Club website: 842 hits (+143%). Common read guide: 354 hits (-62%). Board game collection builder: 147 (+120%). Whiteboard: 78% coverage. 4 library partnerships. 278 materials checked out from displays (+233%). Board game circulation: 269 (+222%).

Final Outcomes: Events and students served went up slightly with the addition of the graduate student book club. The big win this year is the increase in materials circulated from displays — genre cubbies were weeded and the graphic novel collection built out, resulting in 233% increase in display checkouts in spring. Board game circulation declined in fall but rebounded strongly in spring (+222%). Marketing material engagement fluctuated, likely due to less tabling and outdated signage. Challenges: staffing tabling events and leveraging student ambassadors. Plans to refresh marketing materials, develop social media templates, and seek new campus partnerships for event planning.

Members

  • Tyler Rodrigues (Lead)

  • Jessica Fleener

  • Alisa Melior

  • Kelly Omodt

  • Alyssa Hamburger