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Strategic Proposal: an embedded Information Literacy curriculum
Clare Scott, Faculty Librarian for Arts & HumanitiesAmy Collins, Liaison Librarian
Contents
• Why did we need embedded IL curriculum?
• How did it come about?• Putting a curriculum together• Making it happen• Taking it forward
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Geronimo! Here come the Librarians
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The Library Information Literacy Session!
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My research is really important...I’ll just call the Library about my referencing session next week....
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Dealing with academics... It’s like ‘herding cats’
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French and English want me to do 11am on the 10th...Music and German have double-booked me too!!!
Me too – a clash between Philosophy and History. No notice to think of a good IBL session either!!!
How it came about?
• Strategy • Discussion paper at Faculty Learning and Teaching
committee• Buy-in from Director of Learning and Teaching• Selling points: contact hours & consistency of student
experience
• Aims• Improving students searching and referencing
skills • Having an impact on actual student assignments• Making the Library’s intervention real and
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The proposal
• An IL curriculum: learning objectives at each stage: induction, L1 and L3
• Learning objectives based on ANCIL• Focus on departmental needs within this
framework
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• Presented at Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee
• Positive response• Recommendations approved• Official approval gave us lever to take
forwardhttp://www.rickross.com/ricks-picks-guarantee/
Strategic support gave us a very good response from Faculty Directors of
Learning and Teaching
Meetings gave us in-depth insight into:• particular issues of each discipline • the assignment• the skills required.
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On being fully embeddedInstead of… We got…
Stats!
• Induction L1: • 855 students seen across 10
departments• Slots 10-30 minutes
• Information Literacy L1 students: • Delivered direct to 549 students• Indirect impact on 92 students through
PGR tutors
Philosophy
• They did all they could…
But it wasn’t enough…
Taking it forward
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• Working with the faculty to evaluate the individual sessions
• Getting student feedback• Getting staff feedback about our
impact on assignment marks• Planning for next year – using an
Action Research Model
Action Research Model: our pedagogical approach
PlanAct
ObserveTalk to Faculty
Reflect
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Questions?
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