Summer Analytics
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. With so many challenges facing higher education, it’s more important than ever for libraries to successfully communicate their value to stakeholders. At Aestiva Solutions we focus on communicating library value to stakeholders, whether through ethnographic […]
Continue readingNew Aestiva Research Highlights the Information Literacy of Religious Leaders
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Information literacy is a buzz word among the library community and heavily emphasised by instruction librarians in colleges and universities everywhere. Librarians know the importance of information literacy to combat misinformation, yet how often does […]
Continue readingCircle of Control
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Mistakes happen. Sometimes we make mistakes that impact ourselves and others, and sometimes we are impacted by the mistakes of others. Some mistakes are sweet and innocent, like a small child making an inconvenient mess, […]
Continue readingLibrary Cord Cutters
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Ten years ago Eric used to love going to his friend (who we’ll call Kevin)’s house to watch college basketball games. Kevin had ALL the channels with an over-the-top total cable package. Then one fateful day […]
Continue readingNew Aestiva Research on Discovery Layers
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. The landing page of an academic library can make a big impact for users in their information finding needs, but oftentimes our library webpages frustrate users and push them away to Google and ChatGPT. At the […]
Continue readingThe Good, the Bad, and the Reality: Life in the Classroom
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. As academic librarians, we all aspire to be excellent for our students. Some days we earn ourselves gold stars with knockout classroom visits that match professor’s goals and actively engage students. Other days we fall face […]
Continue readingNew Aestiva Research on Libraries and Retention
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Since 2019, Aestiva Solutions has pursued its motto of helping academic libraries make a big impact. One of our newest ways of creating impact was a recent study which asked “What are the characteristics of academic […]
Continue readingLearning Outcomes: The First Instruction Step, Not the Last
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. We’ve all been there. It’s a Monday morning in mid-September and you open up your email to see an instruction request for Wednesday. THIS Wednesday. You have never provided a library instruction session for this course, […]
Continue readingUnderstanding Users and Their Needs
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Happy Summer friends! We hope that this time of year provides you with long needed refreshment as well as the opportunity to catch up on important tasks. About ten years ago, we realized that we […]
Continue readingMore Wins for LibGuides
This post came from the Aestiva Solutions quarterly newsletter, the Campfire. To subscribe, click here. Hello Friends! In our last Aestiva Campfire we shared quick wins for your LibGuides, in the form of four quick and simple changes to improve your library web presence. In this issue we would like […]
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