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Abstract

In this paper, the collaborative efforts of a Government Documents Librarian, an Art Librarian, and an Emerging Media and Digital Arts Professor at a regional public university with a liberal arts focus are detailed. The collaborative project began as a way to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the university library's membership in the Federal Library Depository Program. The authors asked students in a graphic design class to each create a poster featuring a randomly assigned government agency to display in the library as part of the anniversary celebration. The professor and librarians framed the poster project as a real-world design opportunity for the students, assigning the library as the client, and the students responded by completing the project in a professional manner. The collaboration included library instruction on the library’s collection of government resources, government agencies, and freely available government websites, providing students with lifelong learning tools. The students were engaged and positively impacted by the poster design project, as seeing their work displayed in the university library contributed to a culture of inclusivity within the library. This paper includes the student learning outcomes of the library instruction session, a description of the students presenting their finished posters to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the library’s membership, and lessons learned from the collaboration between the librarians and the art professor.

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