A Qualitative Study: Faculty and Librarians Collaborate
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A QUALITATIVE STUDY:
FACULTY and LIBRARIANS COLLABORATEto Enhance Student ResearchACRL, April 11, 2013
Presenters• Annette Chapman-Adisho, Associate
Professor of History [email protected]
• Kimberly Poitevin, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies [email protected]
• Carol Zoppel, Social Sciences Librarian [email protected]
• Zach Newell, Humanities Librarian [email protected]
<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
Creditshttp:?/geniusprova.fileswordpress.com/2011/02/schermata-2011-02-27-a-16-00-46.pnghttp://www.emedco.com/delayed-triage-tag-frtt2.htmlhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ggm6VG5Pzow/Tgbfk7qUGMI/AAAAAAAATWw/K_dyeWw2C6I/s1600/scaffolding.jpghttp://ask-ri.tumblr.com/post/29826939737/keep-calm-and-ask-a-librarian-via-emailhttp://beaufortdistrictcollectionconnections-blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.htmlhttp://www.utexas.edu/about-ut/arts-attractionshttp://entrecolchetes.blogfolha.uol.com.br/files/2012/06/agua.jpghttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ryan-gosling/images/1257905/title/ryan-wallpaperhttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ryan-gosling/images/22881991/title/ryan-gosling-wallpaperhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ggm6VG5Pzow/Tgbfk7qUGMI/AAAAAAAATWw/K_dyeWw2C6I/s1600/scaffolding.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salemstatelibrary/5574952718/sizes/m/in/photostreamhttp://cache2.artprintimages. com/p/MED 67/6724/ 6HTA100Z/art-print/jack-ziegler-my-hands-as-you-can-see-are-tiny-and-made-of-porcelain-so-let-s-be-caref-new-yorker-cartoon.jpghttp://magicalteaching.com/2012/10/23/letter-to-a-new-teacher/http://mauer.wikispaces.com/Librarians+Resources
Questions?