1. Elevating research
librarianship to a new level
Interest group open discussion
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2. Agenda
• Introduction and overview of the RLC and US
Internship programme - Naomi Visser
• Research support – Lucia Schoombee
• Research support: the Arizona perspective – Fiona
Still – Drewett
• Embedded librarianship - Linda Cartwright
• Information Literacy from a research perspective –
Sunette Steynberg
• Collection building – Marguerite Nel
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3. Introduction and overview of the
RLC and US Internship programme
Naomi Visser, Stellenbosch University
Internship at Case Western Reserve University
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4. Overview of the RLC
• Research Libraries Consortium, funded by
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• to improve dramatically the quality of library support for
research
• to enable the library sector to play its part in an eventual
upsurge in research productivity in SA
• Phase I (2006-2009): UCT, Wits, UKZN
• Phase II (2010-2012): SU, UP, Rhodes
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5. Overview of the RLC
Three interrelated components:
• A Research Commons
• The development of a sophisticated web-based
research portal
• Skills enhancement of mid-career subject-specialist
librarians at a residential Library Academy
programme, to enable them to improve their domain
expertise, research knowledge, and support skills
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6. The 13th Annual LIASA
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8. US Internship programme
•
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Nine universities (to learn about the practices of research librarians in
these environments)
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University of Washington, Seattle
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Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
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University of California, Davis
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Duke University, North Carolina
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University of North Carolina
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Texas A & M
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University of Kansas
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Purdue University
o
University of Arizona
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ACRL Conference, Philadelphia
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Mid-term meeting, New York
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9. The culture of research
in the USA
• Sound foundation at undergraduate level
• Librarians trained at graduate level
• Role of the ACRL
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10. Sound foundation at
undergraduate level
• First-year seminars
• SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education
and Scholarship) at Case Western Reserve University
http://case.edu/sages/ProgramOverview.html
• Undergraduate Research Program and Seminar at
University of Washington, Seattle
http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students
/index.html
• The Common Read
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11. Librarians trained at
graduate level
• Professional librarians in the USA are required to
have a master‟s degree in Library and Information
Science.
• Example: GSLIS in Urbana-Champaign
• The university‟s librarians are also GSLIS faculty
• Graduate assistantships wherein students work
alongside librarians in an academic environment
• The librarians make great mentors and often go out
of their way to help students grow as professionals
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12. Role of the ACRL
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Association of College and Research Libraries
Division of the American Library Association
Professional association of academic librarians
Dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic
library and information professionals to serve the
information needs of the higher education
community and to improve learning, teaching, and
research.
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13. Research
support
Lucia Schoombee
Stellenbosch University
Internship at
University of Washington
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14. Four institutions
University of
Washington
Columbia
University
University
of Illinois
Purdue
University
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15. Research support @
University of Washington
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16. University of Washington
Research Commons
oCollaborative environment
oSupport all steps of the research
process
oWorkshops
oPresentation opportunities
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17. Research support @
University of Illinois
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18. University of Illinois
Scholarly Commons
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Data Services
Savvy Researcher workshops
Usability studies
Scholarly publishing
Digitisation
Digital Humanities
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19. Research support @
Purdue University
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20. Distributed Data Curation
Center (D2C2)
• Data management
• Information literacy
• E-science research
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21. Research support @
Columbia University
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22. Center for Digital Research and
Scholarship (CDRS)
 Journal hosting
 Digital Repository
 Video Production
 Conference support
 Wikischolars
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23. Traditional library
services
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Book deliveries
Loan privileges
Article requests
Interlibrary loans
Information literacy
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24. Information literacy from
a research perspective
Sunette Steynberg
University of Pretoria
Internship at Purdue University
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25. Overview
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Introduction
Definitions
Pedagogy of information literacy
Diverse learning styles
Collaborative activities
Suggestions for implementation
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26. Computer literacy
Computer literacy is defined as
the knowledge and ability to
use computers and related
technology efficiently, with a range
of skills covering levels from elementary
use to programming and advanced
problem solving.
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27. Information literacy
Recognize when information is needed
Have the ability to locate information
The ability to evaluate the information
The ability to incorporate information into
a personal knowledge base
• The ability to integrate and use
information effectively and ethically
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Association of College and Research librarians (ACRL)
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28. Pedagogy of Information literacy
Type of instruction
Integrated IL within ongoing coursework
Information technology and media resources
Diverse learning styles
Collaborative and experiential learning
activities
• Critical thinking and reflection
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29. Collaborative activities
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Human boolean
Voting
Cephalonian
Cell phones
Assessment: the one minute paper
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30. Suggestions for
implementation
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Short „How do I‟s‟
Researcher savvy workshops
Use flat screens for training videos
Teach Information literacy in 1 hour
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31. “This
is what I want for my students –
for them to become habitual askers of
questions, seekers of new
knowledge, critical thinkers, and
informed decision makers.”
Hinchliffe, Lisa J 2001, „Information literacy as a way of life‟, Research
strategies, 18(2), pp. 95-96.
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32. Collection building
Marguerite Nel, University of Pretoria
Internship at the University of California, Davis
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33. Introduction
“The planned purchase of materials in various formats
to match the instructional and research needs of the campus
within the current fiscal environment and
resource sharing opportunities
The heart of a library is its collections:
The buildings house them;
the library personnel acquire and manage them
and teach users how best to access and use them.”
University of Colorado at Boulder
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34. Collection development to
support researchers
• Massive technological changes in the area of
research, knowledge production, publishing and
communication
• Researchers need to have access to all the
information sources that support their information
needs
• Collection development and management
activities should recognise and accommodate
diversity and change
• Need to consider the information universe from the
perspective of our users (researchers)
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35. Challenges
• Users needs (physical space, immediate and
unlimited access)
• Interdisciplinary research
• Need to preserve non-print materials
• Management and collection of grey literature
• Special collections and archives
• eScience
• Data management and preservation
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36. Solution?
• Need to promote and exploit
the resources which are
available, making them
accessible to users
• Potential offered by
technology and collaboration
“A digital library, a collection of information that is both digitized and
organized, gives us powers we never had with traditional libraries.”
(Lesk, 1997)
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37. Electronic Books
• Provide multimedia information, full-text searching, reference
linking, flexibility in searching and browsing, selection of
different types of fonts, portability, and interoperability on a
variety of devices
• Highlight, annotate, underline and bookmark
• Access
• Cost effective
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38. University of California Libraries Academic e-Book
Usage Survey & Springer e-Book Pilot Project
http://www.cdlib.org/services/uxdesign/docs/2011/academic_ebook_usage_survey.pdf
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
68%
67%
57%
55%
Use of e-Books according to
university status
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
68%
57% 57% 54%
47%
Use of e-Books according to
discipline
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39. Preferred e-book functionalities
• Ability to search within and across e-book content
• Annotating and highlighting
• Ability to download the entire e-book to a device for
later use
• “The dedicated e-book reader, such as the
Kindle, and mobile devices, such as the iPhone, offer
significant advantage over the personal computer as
well as the print book for a noteworthy number of
respondents...”
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40. Institutional repositories
• Special collections
• Archives
• Research objects
• Grey literature
• Research output
(peer-reviewed papers, e-prints, theses,
reports, conference papers,
working papers)
• Open Access
“Librarians are way too focused on published material:
they should leave that to the Amazons and
concentrate on the hard stuff.”
(Online Computer Library Center, 2004)
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41. eScience and Research data
“…envisioning how scientific research will be conducted in a
(possibly very near) future…
It will evolve around several aspects among which are:
An explosion of data, which will reside online.
It will need to be stored, preserved, managed and accessed
as needed from any place,
at any time, by anyone
… new communication possibilities through powerful grid networks
… interconnectedness and collaboration among researchers…” (ACRL, 2011)
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42. Purdue’s 3 steps to data management
Understand the stages
researchers are going
through with data
Negotiation
(data curation)
Ingest the data
Raw data
Process
Analyze
Experimental
data for
publication
Present at
conference
Send in for
publication
Publish
•
Lifecycle
Sharing
Dissemina
tion
IP/
copyright
Repository
requirements
• Institutional Repositories
• Part of a research article
• Data supplement
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Abstract in
database

43. Conclusion
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
That show, contain and nourish all the world.
- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
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44. Conclusion
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