A QUALITATIVE STUDY:

FACULTY and LIBRARIANS COLLABORATEto Enhance Student ResearchACRL, April 11, 2013

Presenters• Annette Chapman-Adisho, Associate

Professor of History achapmanadisho@salemstate.edu

• Kimberly Poitevin, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies kpoitevin@salemstate.edu

• Carol Zoppel, Social Sciences Librarian czoppel@salemstate.edu

• Zach Newell, Humanities Librarian znewell@salemstate.edu

<Background>

EVOLVING LIBRARY

EVOLVING CURRICULUMNew core based on LEAP outcomes(Liberal Education and America’s Promise) outcomesSuggested implementation: Fall 2014

ERIAL PROJECT

EthnographicResearch inIllinoisAcademicLibraries

2 semesters, 12 focus groupsfirst-year, mid-level, and graduate students

<FINDINGS>

Most completed a research paper in high school.

Students in upper-level courses used more sophisticated sources.

Space?

What’s to a Library?

Triage Approach

Tended to rely on 3 types of sources

1. Internet2. Databases3. Books

1. The Internet

2. Databases

3. Books

A book by any other name. . .

<Obstacles>

1. Managing Time

2. Using Information

3. Getting Help

#1 TIME

MANAGEMENT

#2INFORMATION

OVERLOAD

Hey girl,

Sometimes I just don’t know which databases to use for my assignment.

GETTING HELP: LIBRARIAN’S ROLE?#3

Librarian? Girl, I’ve got Google.

<INTERVENTIONS>

1. Context-Based Library

Instruction

2. Scaffold assignments

3. Guided hands-on practice

4. Signage

<SUMMARY>

Students struggle with:

1. Time management

2. Information overload

3. Getting help

We can help with:1. Context-based

instruction2. Scaffold

assignments 3. Hands-on

practice4. Signage

Which boils down to…

Simplify & Engage

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Questions?