We are a small academic arts library in the process of absorbing our college's academic support center and integrating it with our reference services. I'm interested to hear from folks who offer similar services (peer tutoring, homework help, writing help, etc.) in their libraries and/or have experienced adding this service to their libraries. If you can share wisdom and advice, I would be very grateful!
Some things I'm particularly interested to hear about:
- How you communicate to students about where to go depending on their support needs
- How you communicate with faculty about academic support services
- How academic support is scheduled: by appointment, drop-in, etc.
- What kinds of academic support services have been successful/unsuccessful
- Resources that have been helpful to you
- Very low-budget solutions (of course)
- General pitfalls to avoid
Thank you so much in advance!
Sincerely,
Linden