Library orientation an aspect of required freshman program.

Vanderbilt developed a program called "Vanderbilt Visions" to serve as a common orientation experience for all first-year undergraduates. It is the Quality Enhancement Plan for the university's SACS accreditation. The library was invited to create a session for Vanderbilt Visions. Library staff presented a program that orients students to the library through the use of videos, interactive clicker response questions, and online tutorials embedded in a PowerPoint slide show.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/visions/

Goals:

• Understanding different tools for locating different types of information.

• Evaluating information.

• Understanding what kind of information is needed.

Assessment:

This effort has not been formally assessed, but we have received feedback from faculty and students on the program.

Video tutorials used to portray specific topics. (Peabody & Anne Potter Music Libraries)

The Peabody Library and the Anne Potter Music Library have developed video tutorials on specific topics, such as Intellectual Property
(http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/music/visions_intellectual_prop_final_video.wmv)
and "Scholarly vs. Popular". The latter tutorial has been posted to YouTube.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/tutorials/

Goals:

• Evaluating Information.

• Using information effectively.

• Understanding what kind of information is needed.

Assessment:

Informal and quantitative in that it considers usage statistics. The YouTube "scholarly vs. popular" video is very popular.

Amalgamated searching provided via ExLibris’ Primo platform.

We have partnered with ExLibris to help develop their Primo discovery tool, a "next generation" search tool and retrieval interface. DiscoverLibrary is a new search and discovery tool for the library’s vast collection of resources. A simple search box will bring back results from a number of different sources, including Acorn, the library’s catalog, and the Vanderbilt TV News Archive. Additionally, many of the library’s online article databases are searchable through DiscoverLibrary on the second tab.

The development of DiscoverLibrary is an ongoing process. Over time we will add new resources and features, as well as refine the user interface.
http://discoverlibrary.vanderbilt.edu

Goals / Assessment:

NA

Global Music Archive to evolve.

The Global Music Archive is a multi-media reference archive and resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americas. The GMA’s primary mission is to provide access to sound recordings and images of indigenous music from communities in Africa and the Americas. Founded in 2003 by Gregory Barz, Associate Professor of Musicology (Ethnomusicology) at Vanderbilt University and the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, the GMA recently launched its first database in a series of databases, the Digital Collection of East African Recordings which consists of over 2,000 discrete musical performances recorded by an East African ethnomusicologist, Centurio Balikoowa.
http://www.globalmusicarchive.org/

Goals:

See above

Assessment:

NA