{"id":421,"date":"2014-08-08T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T19:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/?p=421"},"modified":"2014-08-08T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T19:30:35","slug":"kate-fuller-to-lead-the-reference-orienation-services-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/2014\/08\/08\/kate-fuller-to-lead-the-reference-orienation-services-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Fuller to lead the Reference &#038; Orienation Services unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internal search for a head of the Reference &amp; Orientation unit of the Research &amp; Access Services Area has been completed, and I am pleased to announce that Kate Fuller will be leading Reference &amp; Orientation Services. The members of the unit are Kathy Banas-Marti, Kate Fuller, Kathy Labadorf, Jane Recchio, and Joelle Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Reference &amp; Orientation Services<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reference &amp; Orientation Services is one of four units making up the Research &amp; Access Services Program Area. Other units in the area are Circulation &amp; Reserves, Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, and Sciences. The Reference &amp; Orientation Services unit is responsible for coordinating:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reference and information services<br \/>\n\u2022 Basic information literacy initiatives<br \/>\n\u2022 General orientation and student engagement programs at the main library<\/p>\n<p>Core team functions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Coordinate the provision of physical and virtual reference services<br \/>\n\u2022 Coordinate engagement and outreach activities aimed at students or incoming students and their families<br \/>\n\u2022 Facilitate information literacy objectives<br \/>\n\u2022 Contribute to assessment and development of teaching, learning, and other library spaces<\/p>\n<p>The unit head serves as immediate supervisor for the members in the unit and works together with the Director and the other Area unit heads to oversee the work of the Research &amp; Access Services Area as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internal search for a head of the Reference &amp; Orientation unit of the Research &amp; Access Services Area has been completed, and I am pleased to announce that Kate Fuller will be leading Reference &amp; Orientation Services. The members &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/2014\/08\/08\/kate-fuller-to-lead-the-reference-orienation-services-unit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NLi5-6N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/staffnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}