Creation of an Instructional Module Highlighting Free Chemical Information Resources
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Creation of an Instructional Module Highlighting Free
Chemical Information Resources
Susan K. Cardinal, University of RochesterCarrie Newsom, University of Florida
ACS Meeting: March 26, 2007
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CINF Education Committee
ObjectiveProvide educational outreach to chemical
information users, of all degrees of experience, in all venues
• 8 academic librarians with consultants• Meet at each ACS National meetings
For history: “50 Years of Chemical Information in the American Chemical Society 1943-1993” by W. V. Metanomski
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The Need for Modular Instruction
• Low workshop attendance• “How Chemical Information is being taught”
survey results* • Target audience not at national meetings• Internet as communication tool• Constant turnover of volunteers
*For “How Chemical Information is being taught” see Chemical Information Instruction, 1984-2004: Who is Leading the Charge? by Jeremy Garritano and Bartow Culp. Poster for 2005 SLA meeting
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Module Topics
• Education Committee members and consultants suggested ~60 topics
• After prioritizing, the top 5 topics were:– Overview of the Chemical Literature– Affordable Resources– Finding Physical Properties– Teaching Chemical Information– SciFinder Scholar
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Vision for Affordable Resources Module
• Purpose– This module will highlight free resources
that may be used to teach aspects of chemical information literacy in accordance with the chemical information literacy guidelines
• Audience– Librarians and Chemistry Faculty who
teach Chemical Information
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Survey of Small College Chemical Information Instructors
• What support do small college librarians and chemistry faculty need?
• 12 questions• Used Survey Monkey• Distributed to Chminf-L, SLA DCHE.
NYSciLibs, word of mouth
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Survey Results
• 31 Responses, some faculty, mostly librarians
• Most respondents teach chemical information.– Knowledge– Resources– Skills– Databases
Percentage of respondents who teach chemical
information
94%
6%
YesNo
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61% have chemical information topics that they don’t teach because of lack of knowledge or resources.
Want to know more about:• expensive tools, • new online tools, • advanced searching techniques,• structure and substructure searching,• and much more
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Most useful topics to include
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Biographical information
Patents
Scientific communication
Safety
Background materials
Synthesis data
Finding journals
Spectra
Structure searching
Unique nature of the chemical lite rature
Ide ntifying articles
Property data
Average response (0 = not useful; 4 = most useful)
Inspiration for topics from "Ideal Chemical Information Curriculum" by Carol Carr and Arleen Somerville at the National Chemical Information Symposium, June 1994, University of Vermont
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Topics for us to consider
• Resources for Environmental Science, Physical Science, Biochemistry, Biomedical
• Tested problems for students• Chemical pricing• Encouraging students to use tutorials & help• Database comparison• Finding jobs, grants and funding• Rational for finding patents• Evaluation of information• Citation style
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Preferred Module Formats
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How respondents plan to use the module
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self education(yourself)
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Progress on Module
• Started with Sources for Finding Physical Properties
• PowerPoint slides and HTML• Post to the CINF Education Committee
website
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Evaluating Property Resources
• Where does the data come from? Authority? Accuracy?
• Contains– how many compounds?– how many types of properties? – properties that undergraduates need? Boiling point,
melting point, density, bond angle, etc.– valuable references?
• Ease of use/ setup?• Cost?• Accessibility?
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First Piece of Module Available
• URL: http://www.acscinf.org/html/educ.html
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Plans for Module
• Feedback from collaborators• Survey chemistry professors• Develop next segments• Enhance with sound (podcast) and
video (screencast) files?• Each module segment will take a short
time to for user to complete.• Periodic updates
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Google Groups and Docs
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Collaborators
• 18 volunteers including Robert Landolt• Encouraged to contact
– CUR, – 2YC3, – SOCED, – J Chem Ed, – CPT
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Acknowledgements
Co-author Carrie NewsomEd Committee MembersJudith CurranoGrace BaysingerJeremy GarritanoMeghan LaffertySong YuBruce Slutsky
For encouragementBob LandoltAdrienne KozlowskiArleen Somerville
For supportUniversity of RochesterUniversity of Florida