Points of Interest

These are points garnered from our literature summaries that can provide ideas as to what activities we may want to explore, provide content ideas for surveys, etc.

Ideas from literature

Research classes

  • Pretest
  • Multiple sessions vs. One
    • Could we ID a 3 credit class in GS core class and add IL component to make 4 credits??  Librarian as co-professor??
  • Multiple sites synchronous with local one
    • Communication including body language
    • Can connect with remote experts/resources
    • Simplifies instructions
    • Expensive
    • Good as weakest link
    • Need facilitator /tech at remote sites

Assessment Tools

  • Library knowledge surveys/pretests  — colleagues at peer institutionscan suggest questions/samples sizes/lessons learned/alt methods
  • Survey Questionnaire
    • Provide suggestions for programs and services that maximizes information seeking
    • GS perceptions of what contributes/distracts from finding, evaluating, utilizing information
    • Open-ended – thoughts before search, resources likely to use, how they trace/locate sources
    • Pretest
    • Email
    • Utilize standards to ID specific outcomes that can be used to create survey questions
    • Different surveys for different schools?
  • Interviews
  • Focus groups on Library
  • services/resources/facilities/perceptions
  • Evaluation checklists for instruction
  • Student journal entries/information literacy diaries

Services

  • Reference/referral services
  • Orientation activities
  • Instruction sessions on critical thinking skills
  • Teach by personal contact
  • Various formats for instructional materials
  • Prepare for graduate work AND citizens/consumers/professionals/recreation

Reference

  • Personalized instruction
  • Aids (databases, bibs, etc.)
  • Connectors to specialized libraries and other campus academic/financial/writing/counseling
  • Services

Instruction

  • Support coursework
  • Integrated with coursework
  • Accessibility of instruction
  • Informed/evidence-based

Define specific desired outcomes from standards

Findings

  • Short BI sessions overwhelming and not effective – too much in a short time
  • Lectures à lecturettes with discussion in between
  • Different regions = exposure to different viewpoints
  • Cooperative learning of locals
  • GS begin searches with positive feelings which deteriorates
    • Not knowing keywords
    • Internet down
    • Databases complicated to search
    • Item not being on shelf
    • No method to access book chapters
    • Time constraints
    • +OLC and bib databases
    • +Human resources
    • +Organization of resources
  • Preferred to use library (1998-9!), home, office, lab because of convenience
  • Ideal place comfortable, quiet, minimum of distractions, good selection of materials, has what is needed, user friendly
  • Good to tailor library instruction to specific needs
  • Good to Separate programs for beginner, intermediate, and advanced searcher
  • Good to highlight needs of particular class/assignment/ research
  • Good to have strong partnerships with faculty – Librarian as co-professor ??

Ideas from WG

  • Timed exercise  — Chris Prom
  • L.H. Ed. Testing Services – task based test – expensive
  • L.H.  Task – Interview – tell – watch
  • What methods best and for need  —  How do you provide??