圣里奥图书管理员致力于在线学生
圣里奥在线学位课程的学生如果需要研究帮助,可以在Sandy Hawes获得专家指导。
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回想一下你小学的图书管理员。
如果你幸运的话,那个图书管理员会让你觉得你是世界上唯一的学生。 也许他或她为你找到了一本完美的小说,激发了你一生对阅读的热爱,或者是帮助你完成学期论文的理想资源。
在这方面,圣里奥的桑迪·霍斯是一个高科技世界里的“老式”图书管理员。
Hawes takes the university's core values – particularly the 尊重的价值 – to heart. 这是她做事的动力 尽一切努力帮助每一个在线学生取得成功。
As Saint Leo's online services/reference librarian, Hawes致力于为大学的在线学生提供研究策略和图书馆的电子资源和技术. An associate professor, her mission is to teach students the skills and knowledge that will 授权他们进行有效的研究 on their own throughout their college careers.
"I'm here to help students 成为更熟练的研究人员 and it's always a pleasure to be of some modicum of assistance," she says. 霍斯说:“每次我和学生一起做研究时,我都会给他们增加一些研究技能,直到他们知道的下一件事是,他们已经成为了史诗级的研究专家!”
但她做的远不止这些。
"I'm also here to 当他们对这个过程感到不知所措时,支持他们. 我想鼓舞学生。 So for me, providing emotional support can be 和我帮你用图书馆一样重要."
The reason why Hawes 了解成人学生的需求 so well is because she walked in those same shoes herself.
霍斯一边抚养儿子,一边攻读教育学本科学位——这个过程花了11年时间,有时甚至需要凑足一学期一门课的学费。
后来,她获得了图书馆学硕士学位,在全职工作的同时还在晚上和周末上课。 在被告知第二个教育领导硕士学位会促进她的职业生涯之后,她再次回到学校,完成了第三个学位课程。
As a result of her own educational journey, 霍斯对非传统的大学生情有独钟,尤其是那些全职工作、要照顾家庭的学生.
“当我儿子还小的时候,我不得不找保姆,开车去学校。 所以我很清楚他们面对的是什么。 这并不容易。”
Since she was an adult student, herself, Hawes understands 如何为忙碌的在线学生量身定制建议,以满足他们的需求.
例如,霍斯知道,如果一个学生在工作或午餐时间利用15分钟的休息时间来完成作业,那么最好的方法就是帮助他快速有效地收集材料。
她说:“这样一来,当他们有更多的时间时,他们就可以利用这些资源进行反思。” “我希望他们把宝贵的智力资本和有限的时间花在阅读、思考和写作上,而不是花在搜索上。”
定制援助 解决学生的具体问题也节省了时间。
For example, if a student 给她发邮件问个问题, she may use a tool called SnagIt to grab a series of screenshots and record a short audio clip to demonstrate how to find the information needed in the library's online catalog.
给她打电话的学生可能会被邀请参加她的聚会。我的帐户。 Doing so enables Hawes to share her computer screen so students can 看看她是如何浏览图书馆目录的 and can follow the steps themselves later.
If the information a student needs is in a 书在印刷的唯一格式 at the university's 卡农纪念图书馆, she can help with that, as well. 一个完整的章节可以扫描并通过电子邮件发送,或者整本书可以邮寄到学生的家庭住址。
If a student has questions or concerns regarding 剽窃, Hawes provides resources to help understand h如何转述 and use resources ethically and 正确引用 them.
And when students need help with 以学术写作风格写作 or understanding their research, she connects them with 圣里奥的两位研究和写作导师 for help crafting the best research paper possible.
Hawes creates and presents a 种类繁多 专业的在线研讨会 on specific subjects such as art, business, literary criticism, marketing, philosophy, and more, as well as webinars that address research skills – exporting citations from different programs or using science databases, for example.
She conducts these 在线研讨会每夜 for several weeks each term in her 新葡京娱乐城 classroom and answers 每节课后的问题. 链接到录制的演示文稿 总是可用的,所以学生可以在他们方便的时候观看。 Hawes follows up with informational e-mails and links and encourages students to sign up for a 个人研究咨询 with her.
Another tool Hawes is working on is a series of 三分钟视频教程 based on questions she commonly receives from students. 这些教程将通过截图和音频向学生展示如何执行某些研究任务或引用资源。
In addition to providing students with webinars, videos and one-on-one consultations, Hawes contributes to the 图书馆的博客, and has written several LibGuides, including one about accessing library resources on a mobile phone.
Research and writing tips, tricks and techniques aside, Hawes realizes that it's often the intangible support – the 安心的声音 – that may help a student most during a challenging time.
她说:“我想让学生们知道,他们应该毫不犹豫地联系我,向我请教搜索词,或者在网上图书馆查找资源的地方。”
“有时候,只需要一点点个人帮助,就能获得信心,带着‘我能做到’的态度继续前进。”
联系Sandy Hawes: [email protected]或(352)558-8262。
霍斯通常在周日至周四中午至晚上8点回答学生的问题。 If you need help at other times, Saint Leo's 参考馆员 are available seven days a week: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
图片致谢: Musgo Dumio_Momio 在Flickr知识共享和圣里奥大学传播