The Open University’s Library Services (http://www.open.ac.uk/library/) has a specialist team of 7 librarians, the Live Engagement team, who design and deliver real-time online teaching using Adobe Connect. There is a programme of generic library and module-specific sessions. Whilst we reach a lot of students through these sessions, we like to try out new ways of engaging with students and hope to reach those who don’t attend formal library training
Objective – Information literacy (IL) skills are critical to undergraduate student success and yet n...
This chapter discusses the value of the academic library engaging with its users via social media si...
Most of the Open University’s 170,000 students will never visit the university campus. So how does t...
The Open University (UK) Library supports its distance-learning students with interactive, real-time...
Facebook Live offers librarians the opportunity for ongoing engagement with their community, even du...
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Association of Libraries and Information P...
Student-run Facebook groups offer librarians a new means of interacting with students in their nativ...
Facebook is currently one of the most popular social networking sites. Developed as a Web site which...
Student-run Facebook groups offer librarians a new means of interacting with students in their nativ...
Facebook is now being used by library staff to publicise their services. This is due to the fact tha...
Different teams at the Open University (OU) have experimented with the use of Facebook Live for stud...
Since 2014, Library Services at the Open University (OU) has used Facebook chat events to teach libr...
This review provides (1) a discussion of best practices, including the content and frequency of post...
Social networks are increasingly popular tools for personal communication. Large numbers of patrons ...
Abstract This paper presents data on Facebook inquiries one librarian received over the course of a ...
Objective – Information literacy (IL) skills are critical to undergraduate student success and yet n...
This chapter discusses the value of the academic library engaging with its users via social media si...
Most of the Open University’s 170,000 students will never visit the university campus. So how does t...
The Open University (UK) Library supports its distance-learning students with interactive, real-time...
Facebook Live offers librarians the opportunity for ongoing engagement with their community, even du...
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Association of Libraries and Information P...
Student-run Facebook groups offer librarians a new means of interacting with students in their nativ...
Facebook is currently one of the most popular social networking sites. Developed as a Web site which...
Student-run Facebook groups offer librarians a new means of interacting with students in their nativ...
Facebook is now being used by library staff to publicise their services. This is due to the fact tha...
Different teams at the Open University (OU) have experimented with the use of Facebook Live for stud...
Since 2014, Library Services at the Open University (OU) has used Facebook chat events to teach libr...
This review provides (1) a discussion of best practices, including the content and frequency of post...
Social networks are increasingly popular tools for personal communication. Large numbers of patrons ...
Abstract This paper presents data on Facebook inquiries one librarian received over the course of a ...
Objective – Information literacy (IL) skills are critical to undergraduate student success and yet n...
This chapter discusses the value of the academic library engaging with its users via social media si...
Most of the Open University’s 170,000 students will never visit the university campus. So how does t...