7:30am – 9:00am Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 9:30am Collaboration: In Theory & Practice
Speaker: Jenifer Bond, Assistant Director/Reference Librarian, Douglas & Judith Krupp Library, Bryant University

What does successful collaboration look like? What are the necessary elements? What are the usual barriers? What are the (unexpected) benefits? How can we convert work groups to think and work collaboratively? Jenifer Bond will facilitate a lively group discussion to kick off the day’s topics.

9:30am - 10:30am iHelp: A Multi Departmental Collaboration Project at Providence College
Speakers:
Ed Morin, Director Technology Support Services, Providence College 
Beatrice Pulliam, Commons Librarian, Head of Technology & Access, Providence College

The IT department and Library staff were trying to think of ways to update some tired looking underutilized space in the basement of the library. We did some brainstorming and brought an idea to the library director and the CFO. Six months later, after a reasonable expenditure of funds on equipment and furniture the TecHub was born. But we didn’t stop there. We thought why not get the Media Services and Instructional Technology Development departments on board? In this session you will learn more about what we did and how it is working.

10:30am - 10:45pm Break

10:45am – 12:00pm Models for Success: Unite and Conquer 
Speakers: 
Lori Barile, Learning Commons Librarian, Salve Regina University
Dan Titus, Associate Director of University Computer Labs, Salve Regina University

In the Spring of 2011, Lori Barile began a technology series entitled "Web Wednesdays." Presenters for the series include library staff and staff from the University Computer Labs and the Center for Teaching and Learning. In this session, Lori Barile and Dan Titus (University Computer Labs) will discuss various aspects of the series such as topics, statistics, and marketing.

Speakers:
Robert Shea, Assistant Vice President of Teaching and Learning, Bryant University
Phil Lombardi, Director of Academic Computing, Bryant University

Bob and Philip will share their experiences in building a successful collaboration between the Library, the Center for Teaching and Learning and Information Services with a primary goal of promoting, supporting and measuring effective pedagogical uses of technology on campus. Their presentation will highlight key initiatives that their alliance helped cultivate and support including; the faculty peer-based Teaching with Technology Sandbox series, ePortfolios and Outcomes Assessment for the new Freshmen Gateway program, Blackboard Administration, the Teaching with Slates Faculty Fellows Program and more recently, partnering with the Graduate School and faculty to help develop a new Distance Learning program.

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm Learner Support Starts with Working Together: Creating Collaborative Relationships on a Large University Campus
Speakers:
Sarah Hutton, Head, Undergraduate Teaching & Learning Services, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Dr. Mei-Yau Shih, Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Fred Zinn, Associate Director, OIT Academic Computing, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Speakers will discuss how the genesis of the Teaching Commons on a Large University Campus helped to spark a collaborative working relationship between 3 departments with similar objectives, diverse skillsets and vested interests in the support of teaching and learning on campus. Practical methods and collaborative programs for breeding strong partnerships between librarians, instructional technologists, and faculty developers will also be discussed.

2:30pm – 3:00pm: Collaboration Recap: Questions and Takeaways 

3:00pm End