Satellite Outreach Services Program to Under-represented Students: "Being in Their Space, not on MySpace"

Authors

Kathleen Keating
Paulita Aguilar

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

strategic goal of the University of New Mexico is student retention, especially for underrepresented students. To assist in reaching that goal, the University Libraries offered the Satellite Outreach Services Program, which included reference and instruction, and was provided in the university's multicultural student services centers. This article describes the program's planning, implementation, and statistics and includes a detailed description of outreach activities for one of the student centers, American Indian Student Services.

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Title

The Reference Librarian

Volume

50

Issue

1

First Page

14

Last Page

28

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

Academic libraries, Reference services, Under-represented students

Recommended Citation

Keating, Kathleen and Paulita Aguilar. "Satellite Outreach Services Program to Under-represented Students: "Being in Their Space, not on MySpace"." The Reference Librarian , 1 (2009): 14-28. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/89