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Breaking the Core Programme Barrier
Lorna DoddCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: [email protected]
Susan BoyleCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: [email protected]
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Presentation Outline
Background
New strategy going forward
Arts and Science programmes
Captain’s Log reflections
Largest University in Ireland
Approx. 22,000 undergraduates
Seven Colleges
Arts, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering,
Law, Business, Nursing, Medicine, Health,
Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture
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About UCD
Background: Past Approach
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Adhoc approach to Information
Literacy Instruction
Driven by individual demand
Duplication across modules
Gaps across programmes
Uneven spread across disciplines
Unsustainable
Strategy Going Forward
2010-2014 UCD Library Strategic Plan
Programme approach to Information Literacy
Identify needs, provide variety of methods
Self-directed, Online, Academic/Tutor led, Librarian Facilitated
Easier to deliver in single subject and small
programmes
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…Arts & Science
Large multi-disciplinary programmes
No place where all students are together
Some engagement dependent on
individual academics
Some students get duplication while other get nothing
(Dodd, L. & Kendlin, V., 2010)
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Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
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University making a shift in approach to
multi-disciplinary programmes
Trying to create an identity around Arts
Learn how work though a scientific problem
Shared goals:
Development key skills required for success
in university including retrieving,
understanding and communicating
appropriate information
Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC
ENQUIRY
Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Pilot 2010/2011
Approx. 70 students
Module descriptor:
“identify a scientific problem,
research the literature and
produce a review”
Created by key academic –
now Registrar
Academic approached
Library
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Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Distress Call:
First year students need to know how to find books and journal articles; how to evaluate information; how to avoid plagiarism
Our Mission:
Create a workshop/lecture and accompanying materials
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Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Mission Details
Students work in small groups with an
academic
Choose their own scientific problem
Year 1 ran 2 workshops (35 in each class)
Year 2 change in module coordinator
Lecture for 300+ students
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YouTube Tutorial
Mythbusters Quiz
Mythbusters Quiz
INTRODUCTION TO ARTS
Introduction to Arts
Pilot 2011/2012
Approx. 350 students
Module descriptor:
“identify and develop the skills
and resources which will
maximize their success at
university”
Academic staff partnered with
UCD Teaching & Learning
Palgrave Skills4Study online
module and textbook
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Introduction to Arts
Distress Call:
Academic staff and UCD Teaching & Learning
Shortfall in Palgrave Skills4Study
Our Mission:
Create an online tutorial, supporting materials and peer learning activities to be delivered by tutors
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Introduction to Arts
Mission Details
Tutorial delivered by tutors
Tutors trained by Library staff
Students must prepare for tutorial
Students must demonstrate they have
prepared through activities
Tutorial in low-tech environment
Must cover basic Library skills and
information on plagiarism
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Preparation Material
Preparation Material
To find out if we have a book in UCD library
you would search the ?
Cataloguewhich is located on the library website
http://www.ucd.ie/library
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities
You would find
dictionaries
and
encyclopaedias
in the ? Section
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities
Paraphrasing Activity
Paraphrasing Activity
Library Quiz
1. From the Library video, “Finding a book in the Library”:
a. Many books on your reading list are located in the SLC. What does SLC stand for? _________
a. Using your student card, you can borrow a book using the _________ _________ machine
2. Plagiarism is using the ideas and words of someone else as your
own, without citing the original work. True or False
3. When compiling your reference list/bibliography what information
do you have to include. Fill in the blanks below:
Author , Date, ________, Place of publication, _____________
Intro to Arts
Very smooth
Approx. 1,600
students
Library tutorial most
positively received
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Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Approx. 370 students
Loss of momentum
with staff changes
Reaching all first year arts
and science students for
the first time
Effective use of Library time
Library part of University
shift in approach to large
multi-disciplinary
programmes
Recognition of Library’s role
in developing key skills
Captain’s Log
Benefits
Model rolling out to other
programmes: Social
Sciences & Nursing
Library needs to identify
other similar opportunities
Library remains the only
common player: could we
instigate cooperation and
coordination across all
disciplines
Captain’s Log
New Worlds
Key to first years: How
do we build in
subsequent years in
each programme?
How do we measure the
impact on students’ skill
development?
Modules stay, academics
change: How do we
manage legacy?
Captain’s Log
Challenges
for the future