Members of the First-year Library Advisory Board are important liaisons between fellow students in their residence halls, classes and social networks and Duke Libraries. This is a prime opportunity to represent the student body to what many academics call the heart of the university-- since the library, physical as well as virtual, is the starting point of research as well as the repository of its results. In addition, academic libraries in the United States and across the globe are undergoing radical changes in their roles and responsibilities to the public, moving from antiquated storage facilities to partners in information collection, searching, and preservation. You can become another important partner to Duke Libraries. 

What will you do on this Board?

In the First-year Library Advisory Board, we are looking specifically for the ideas and opinions of first-year students. Your commentary and involvement would encompass all aspects of Duke Libraries, not just those specific to the first-year experience or the East Campus Libraries.

Mission statement of the First Year Library Advisory Board

The first year library advisory board is a coalition of first year students and library coordinators whose mission includes three responsibilities:

• It provides feedback on library initiatives-for example, library renovations and new programs-- providing valuable input crucial to the success of a first year gateway library and the policies and decisions of the library with regard to it.
• It represents the first year class and the students' library related needs during a unique and pivotal year of transition into university culture and its academic expectations.
• It actively searches for ways to improve the library and develops programs to make first year students aware of its resources and services, including those of the wider community and TRLN.

Over the next several years, the board will be particularly important to three new programs:  the personal librarian program, starting fall semester, 2011; the Music Library renovation (2011) and the Lilly Library renovation (2012).  

When does it meet?

The First Year Library Advisory Board meets weekly in the evening for the first 9 weeks of the fall and spring semesters. After the 9th week, the Board takes a hiatus, to give members extra time during the busiest part of the semester.

NOTE to Class of 2015: Applications for 2011/2012 membership are closed.
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Questions? Please contact librarians Greta Boers or Dave Munden.