Joyce and Cheyenne presenting

On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Student Success Librarian, Cheyenne Riehl, and Outreach Librarian, Joyce DeStasio, presented a program at the New Jersey Library Association Conference. Their presentation, Supporting First-Year Student Success, explored their recent initiative to enhance information literacy instruction within Stockton's First-Year Seminar program. They spoke about creating a suite of resources, including audiobook access for the common reading, a topic guide, a gamified survey of students’ behaviors and attitudes toward college-level research, and an quiz-like information literacy assessment tool. They shared the development process behind the resources, the outcomes of our assessments, and reflections on key takeaways from their experience.