Credo has released the final publication of The Credo FYE Guide: Practices for Enhancing Instruction, an interactive e-guide designed to help academic librarians supporting the first year experience.
Through trends overviews, case studies, activity guides, lesson plans, and more, the guide provides extensive resources for libraries, whether starting an FYE initiative from scratch or making tweaks to existing programs. In conjunction with the release of the e-Guide, Credo has announced two contests with grand prizes totalling $4,000 to recognise librarians making the greatest impact with their first-year students.
The Credo FYE Guide Activity Contest invites librarians to implement ideas from the guide during the Fall 2018 semester for a chance to win $1,000 towards travel and registration to 2019 The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in Cleveland. Credo is also accepting nominations for the second annual FYE Innovation Awards. In partnership with the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University, Credo sponsors the contest to award one library and one librarian $1,500 each. The awards will be presented at the ACRL Conference in April, 2019.
With sections authored by high-profile librarians including Fresno State's Raymond Pun, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, and others, The Credo FYE Guide offers best practices and resources relating to Orientation, Collaboration, Information Literacy, Assessment, and Student Engagement. In addition to summaries of current trends and instructions detailing how to orchestrate programming, the guide also provides links to webinar recordings, open access tools, and relevant scholarly publications.
First-year experience initiatives are shown to have a profound impact on student success, ranging from persistence to GPA levels, and to graduation rates. Understanding the critical role libraries play in cultivating relationships with students and outfitting them with essential information skills, Credo has worked extensively to combine technology, reference content, and instructional materials to support librarians in their efforts. Credo has also worked to create spaces where librarians can see what their peers are doing, share best practices, and build upon successes. The guide is an extension of these endeavours, and as libraries put its ideas into practice this fall, the FYE Guide Activity Contest will serve as an exciting representation of librarians at the forefront of first-year experience programming.
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