2. Welcome
09:30-10:00 Introductions and overview of MDX
10:00-10:30 Tour
10:30-11.00 Coffee/Tea
11:00-13:00 The winner takes it all
13:00-14:00 Dinner
14:00-16:00 Information Literacy skills for A&D students
16:00-16:30 Questions/close
3. Middlesex University
• 34,000 students worldwide
• 6 Schools
• Art and Design
• Business
• Health and Education
• Law
• Media and Performing Arts
• Science and Technology
And the Institute of Work Based Learning
4. Library and Student Support
• Converged service
• Liaison Librarians, Copyright , Bibs and LDU
• 18.12 FTE Liaison Librarians
• Supported by
• 1 FTE Remote Support Coordinator
• 3 FTE assistants
13. Björn Again
• Less is more
• Cloning
• Discussion
• Learning by doing
• Learners, not the taught
• Games
http://advedupsyfall09.wikispaces.com/Sara+Woodard
14. The name of the game
• Fun
• Quick
• Simple
• Easy
• Need or objective
Adapted from Susan Boyle, Lilac 2011
15. I have a dream
Move from
“ …lifting and transporting textual substance from
one location, the library, to another, their
teacher’s briefcases.”
To
“…searching, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing,
selecting, rejecting…”
Kleine 1987
18. Initial mapping of Library workshops
Problem solving
Application of IT
Communication
and literacy
•What is Learning Resources?
•Thinking about resources
•Understanding reading lists
•Evaluation
•Searching resources
•Plagiarism
•Search strategy
19. Where we are now
Problem solving
Application of IT
Communication and
literacy
Team working
Self-management
Application of
numeracy
•Thinking about resources
•Evaluation
•Searching resources
•Search strategy
•Group work
•Managing search and results
•Understanding Dewey
22. Books
What are they:
A written or printed work of fiction or fact.
May be electronic.
Good for:
Clear overview.
Not so good for:
Up to date information.
23. Web page
What are they:
An information resource which can be easily created by
anyone on any topic.
Electronic.
Good for:
Very up to date information.
Not so good for:
Accurate and reliable information.
24. Newspaper
What are they:
A regular publication containing current events,
informative articles, diverse features and advertising.
May be electronic.
Good for:
Daily information.
Not so good for:
Balanced and well researched information.
25. Journal
What are they:
A regular publication containing articles on a particular
academic subject.
Presents new research.
Good for:
Latest research, critically reviewed by experts.
Not so good for:
Broad overview of a subject.
26. Popular (trade) journal
What are they:
A regular publication containing new products plus
information for a business sector.
Good for:
Latest product news.
Not so good for:
Detailed and objective reports.
27. Find out more
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
30. Finding resources
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon
Select Summon and search
for information for your project
31. Google vs Summon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuiislife/3450743002/
Google
• Familiar and easy to use
• Finds too much information
• Fast results
• Access from any computer
• Access to some books and journals
• Designed to sell you things
• Search results sponsored
• Searches for info from any source
• Pay for academic information
Summon
• Easy to use
• Finds lots of academic info
• Fast results
• Access from any computer
• Access to lots of books and journals
• Designed to find you information
• Search results by relevance
• Searches quality resources
• Free access to full text
33. Evaluating information
Imagine you are writing an essay on ‘Network Security’.
Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and
consider the following:
• Which items are the most relevant to your essay?
• Which items would be no use?
• Which item has the most academic authority?
• Which items might have bias?
• Which item is the most current?
36. 004.19 PRE
Books are arranged…..
Computing
Design
Design
Animals
Animals
Computing
History
History
History
004.19 ABE 004.19 CR0 004.19 PRE
37. Take a chance on me
Marks Attendees Non-attendees
Commonest mark 65% 50%
Highest mark 90% 75%
Lowest mark 40% 40%
Bibliography
commonest mark
7/10 5/10
•Survey of CCM2426 students
•66 attendees, 22 non-attendees
38. “If you put me to the test, if
you let me try………”
Search tools used Attendees Non-attendees
Google 68% 63%
Wikipedia 38% 27%
Summon 68% 40%
Library catalogue 30% 59%
Evaluation criteria Attendees Non-attendees
Current 89% 59%
Relevant 76% 59%
Academic authority 67% 41%
Easy to read 24% 45%
39. On and on and on
•Roll-out framework
•Develop activities
•Improve attendance
•Revalidation
•Moodle
40. The winner takes it all
• Successful collaboration
• Changes have worked
• Teaching is more fun
• Impact…
...Library training gets you better marks!
42. When all is said and done
• Boyle, S. (2011) Using games to enhance information literacy
sessions, Presented at LILAC 2011.
http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/boyle-using-games-to-
enchance-information-literacy
• Kleine, M. (1987), What is it we do when we write articles like this
one-Or how can we get students to join us?, Writing Instructor 6,
151.
• Markless, S., (2010), Teaching information literacy in HE: What?
Where? How?, presented at King’s College London, 9/12/10.
[Notes taken at the event.]
http://bit.ly/OurGames
