ORCID
Giovanna Colosi: 0000-0003-0564-0544
Document Type
Presentation
Date
5-2026
Keywords
Graduate Programming, Research Roundtables
Language
English
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
Graduate students often balance research, teaching, coursework, employment, and personal responsibilities, making it increasingly difficult for libraries to sustain engagement with co-curricular programming. At Syracuse University Libraries, declining participation in the long-running Graduate Research Roundtable series prompted a reexamination of how libraries motivate attendance and assess impact. After attendance dropped nearly 50% between 2023 and 2025, the series piloted a gamified engagement model supported through an Innovation Fund award.
This presentation explores the development and implementation of the “Research Roundtable Passport Program,” an incentive-based system in which students earn stamps for attending workshops that translate into raffle entries and milestone recognition. In tandem, post-session assessment raffles encouraged survey completion and strengthened feedback collection. Together, these initiatives sought not only to increase participation, but also to create a more interactive and rewarding learning environment while generating richer assessment data to guide future programming decisions.
Recommended Citation
Colosi, Giovanna, "From Attendance to Impact: Gamifying Graduate Research Roundtables to Boost Engagement and Assessment" (2026). Librarian Publications. 250.
https://surface.syr.edu/sul/250
Source
submission
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
