Each year, Occidental College hosts the Summer Research Program, a competitive, fully-funded, faculty-mentored program open to all students and hosted by the campus' Undergraduate Research Center (URC). In previous years, students struggled with the proposal writing process, particularly supporting their ideas with scholarly resources. In 2023, subject librarians at the Oxy Library partnered with faculty in the URC to address these gaps through workshops, consultations, mentorships, and other opportunities to strengthen students' research skills before, during, and after the program. This session details the steps taken to foster this collaboration and some key takeaways from the first year of this ongoing partnership.
Participants will be able to:
- identify potential campus stakeholders for enhancing library visibility and interaction with student researchers.
- apply strategies to their own development and assessment of library/faculty collaborations.
