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Breaking the Core Programme Barrier
Lorna DoddCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: [email protected]
Susan BoyleCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: [email protected]
Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013
Presentation Outline
BackgroundNew 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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Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013
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 ?
Catalogue which is located on
the library website http://www.ucd.ie/library
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.
You would find dictionaries
and encyclopaedias
in the ? Section
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.
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? _________
b. 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