Learning & Research Services - Arts, Humanities and Media FY18-19

Key Activities and Accomplishments FY FY18-19

• Despite being a year of transition with a new unit head, AHM continued its successful track record of providing excellent service to Temple University’s students, faculty, and staff. In addition to a heavy workload of instruction (373 sessions) and consultations (550), AHM staff contributed to the success of TUL in a variety of ways.
• AHM members expanded their reach as subject specialists, including embedding in Canvas courses, working with faculty to design a research methods course from the ground up, participated in departmental recruitment, serving on departmental curriculum committees, conducting research on departmental history, and being invited as guest speakers for departmental events.
• All AHM members committed to achieve at least one scholarly communications competency, and their successful work in this area involved such efforts as leading workshops on scholarly communications topics, volunteering to staff tables for scholarly communications events, and taking webinars to expand knowledge.
• AHM staff also contributed to various Strategic Steering Teams including Learning and Student Success, Outreach & Communications, Research Data Services, and Scholarly Communication, as well as the Public Programming Advisory Committee.
• During the second half of the year, one staff member was on maternity leave. The unit successfully hired a part time reference and instruction library to help cover some basic reference and instruction duties and other staff contributed to cover more advanced classes, outreach, and collection development.