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Regularly every fall, and then on request as needed throughout the year
Sporadically (to students/faculty upon invitation, and to professional conferences upon acceptance)
These have not been offered on a regular basis, but we have presented to classes on digital resources occasionally.
They are ongoing...most are early each semester.
Twice a year
Very infrequent
Very rarely—as part of Open Access Week activities
We don’t have regularly scheduled instructional workshops (how to use “x” collection). We do have regularly scheduled
informational presentation series. Instructional workshops are scheduled as needed.
We highlight digital and analog collections on specific themes and collecting areas on a quarterly basis.
We offer a workshop for library student workers and staff each year. We also offer workshops as requested by faculty
for classes, usually resulting in 6–10 per year.
We offer instructional workshops for faculty and students many times each semester (serving several hundred students/
semester). We also offer web tutorials, which are available 24/7.
When we are invited to classes and ask to give tours to classes.
Whenever we see the need or we bring up a new product.
Workshops are offered at the request of faculty.
Workshops are offered on demand. (2 responses)
Workshops are usually “tool based” and directed at specific user communities, principally faculty and students. Target
audiences include faculty and students in the Digital Humanities and Information Studies programs. Live presentations
are usually provided when a specific project calls for it.
Workshops vary per semester. Some are specifically course-based, and others are more general or integrated into other
types of instruction courses.
16. Are the instructional materials added to the digital collections for use by others and/or for
promotion? N=63
Yes 25 40%
No, but we plan to 11 17%
No 27 43%
Comments N=15
Yes N=10
Instructional materials may be posted as part of a collection website.
Online exhibitions include education resources for teachers/students that sometimes include digital collections assets.
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