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Item Jumping into campus conversations: Librarians & PLCs(2021) Crane, Ashley; Kim, Dianna; Adair, HeatherAre you looking for a way to dip your toe into the campus instructional conversation? Or want to cannonball into the deep end? Come learn with librarians from across the continuum of instructional experience as they share their experiences participating in a university-wide professional learning community (PLC). Explore the multiple roles they have assumed within the PLC (wallflower, participant, contributor, resource, or facilitator) and the opportunities that emerged to connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues. We will dive into the practical benefits of participating in a PLC including honing instructional strategies, sharing lived experiences, and investigating teaching and learning across campus. Join us in collaboratively discussing pathways to becoming an influencer in these circles using interactive digital tools.Item When Perceptions Don’t Match the View: Reimaging Existing Collections(2020-08) Crane, Ashley B.; Adair, Heather“I can’t find what I need.” Words every librarian dreads. What do you do when a collection isn’t serving your population as well as you thought? At Sam Houston State University (SHSU), two librarians discovered that our pre-service educators’ needs were not being met. An immediate need for state approved textbooks and high-quality STEM picture books was exacerbated by a general lack of awareness of library resources. The solution? Create an Instructional Materials Center within the central library building. Collocated with an updated Children’s Collection reflective of a school library, development of the IMC included relocating instructional materials from the main collection into an Instructional Materials Collection, creating an EC-12 State-Approved Textbook Collection, and adding additional seating to create a reservable instructional space. In this session, we will discuss how we identified the problem, determined the best solution, developed a plan, and the relationships we fostered along the way to ensure a smooth deployment. Presenters will also share what they learned in the process and the feedback received from our pre-service educators, their professors, SHSU College of Education administration, and local in-service educators.