The Paul W. Ogle Library from origination has been a Library for the community. In 1999 the Ogle Virtual Library funded by the Ogle Foundation Inc. a local foundation which contributes to the enrichment of the community, from the start according to the funding the Library has been open to the community.
Research shows that Freshmen and Sophomores become comfortable with the academic culture via social academic experiences which take place in the Library. The space is ultimately important, the environment conducive to both academic and social interactions. Along with information the library provides the comfortable introduction to the academic culture for every student.
Our students are first generation post secondary. Afraid to be wrong, with glaring false security, feelings that they will be wrong. The Library has to get each student beyond that belief. Beliefs are the hardest to change. Paul W. Ogle Library is up for the challenge..
1d1-Actions and decisions reflect an understanding that in its educational role the institution serves the public, not solely the institution, and this entails a public obligation.
2e2-Students are offered guidance in the ethical use of information resources.
“Libraries provide guidance around academic integrity, often in the form of trainings around specific citation styles, and librarians are key mentors in helping students consider their responsibility and skill sets in attributing knowledge to those that discovered it.”
Citing Sources:Sellersburg: Plagiarism
2d-The institution is committed to freedom of expression and
the pursuit of truth in teaching and learning.
“Libraries are among commonly reserved spaces, and their role as both campus and community library also creates the opportunity for dissenting opinions in public spaces. Adding to that potential dissent is the choice of library materials, some of which community members, students, or faculty may find challenging.”
“Faculty and librarians collaborate in the material selection process.”
Ogle Library Services for Faculty
The Paul W. Ogle Library is dedicated to supporting faculty's classroom assignments, professional development, and personal research. This guide provides information on the kind of skills we teach, ways the Library can support you in the classroom, faculty training, resources for professional development, and how the Library can help you in your own research. This guide provides one place for a variety of information, each tab opens to a collection of information.
“Internet access is another public service offered by libraries, particularly in parts of the state where internet access can still prove challenging. Library patrons are free to use internet access to pursue ideas and knowledge of their choice, governed only by policies intended to protect the College and others in the public space from offensive material”
2e2-Students are offered guidance in the ethical use of information resources.
“Libraries provide guidance around academic integrity, often in the form of trainings around specific citation styles, and librarians are key mentors in helping student consider their responsibility and skill sets in attributing knowledge to those that discovered it.”
3b3-Every degree program offered by the institution engages students in collecting, analyzing, and communicating information; in mastering modes of inquiry or creative work; and in developing skills adaptable to changing environments.
“Students are first challenged to think about the collection and use of information, as well how to tailor the skills and knowledge to specific settings in the IVYT courses. These courses include specific learning outcomes focused on these kinds of skills, including demonstrating “computer literacy skills” and “effective application of…critical thinking.”
2017-2018 20 classes-----320 students
Total of 558 students have received library instruction in 2017-2018
3d4-The institution provides to students and instructors the infrastructure and resources necessary to support effective teaching and learning (technological infrastructure, scientific laboratories, libraries, performance spaces, clinical practice sites, museum collection, as appropriate to the institution’s offerings).
“the College provides library services at all campuses, replete with print and electronic resources to support curricular development, as well as support faculty and student research and exploration.”
Paul W. Ogle Library Expenses submitted for IPEDS
Paul W. Ogle Library ---- 41,808 searches in 362 days
Paul W. Ogle Holdings ---- 8106 print, video, various formats
Paul W. Ogle Library
2017-2018
Hours-------2,784 open
Count, Space, and Services
Student Count 22,174. Circulation 335.
Study rooms 863. Tech: printing, copier, computer 445.
Research (over 10 minutes) 208. Other 737.
3d5-The institution provides to students guidance in the effective use of research and information resources.
“The use of information for students, and for all members of the College community, has taken on increasing importance and the College seeks to develop student skills in several ways. …the College, identifies finding, evaluating, and documenting the sources of information as learning outcomes in the course outline of record. …..Ivy Tech libraries embrace their role in developing information evaluation and attribution skills with students at the College. “
Example of statewide InfoLit tutorial:
“Lib guides,” library resources organized specifically to support common courses at the College, focus students on good resources, beyond the course textbook, that will aid in their completion of the course.”
1. Psychology - Sellersburg: Videos
2. English, Literature, & Language Arts: Greek Mythology and Culture - Sellersburg: Frankenstein;
Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3. Earth Science - Sellersburg: Videos
“Libraries also provide workshops on information literacy and proper citation so that students can learn the skills necessary to consume information well, and to acknowledge the work of others in generating knowledge.”
14 Workshops ------238 students
Total of 558 students have received library instruction in 2017-2018
1d3-The institution engages with its identified external constituencies and
communities of interest and responds to their needs as its mission and capacity allow.
Ivy Tech emphasizes external engagement in the way it describes many of its jobs. Deans, vice presidents, campus chancellors are all expected to integrate community interaction into their routines, ensuring that the College has a steady supply of community guidance and feedback to its leadership.
Directors and Librarians and community interaction
Started the ALI Assessment Committee, charge and mission.
Kentickiana Metroversity Library Council Agreement
3a2-The institution articulates and differentiates learning
goals for its undergraduate, graduate, post-baccalaureate,
post-graduate, and certificate programs.
Refer to Library statewide offerings to meet the Statewide Transfer General Education Core (STGEC), a 30 hour block of credits, encompassing six areas of general education, that described how a general education for an Indiana public institution student should look.