Assessment is the New Black: Evaluating the Growth of Student Research Skills
Kasia Leousis & Kristine Helbling
Why assess?
-we can learn about the impact that we have on our users
-in the moment assessment can provide immediate feedback
-allows you to change the direction while you have the student there
-assessment must be intentional
Using pre/post questions to do assessment
in pre questions found students use wikipedia and google. Used wikipedia in B.I. for students to find keywords to begin their research project.
Post questions - find out how their research process has changed since the B.I. session.
Have students recreate a search to see how they got the resource they have, the keywords they used, the process they took.
Tracking data
-presenter sat in on a class, and noted if they raised their hand
-question mark if the student asked questions
-wrote down if the student took notes
This started out as an assessment of the presenter, but then turned around and gave information about the student.
Develop a handout where they have to fill in blanks as you instruct them.
Analyzing an assignment
Look at the reference page to see what resources the students have found.
***This session has made me realize that I am already doing assessment with the information literacy sessions that I teach. I just need to keep a more formal track of the results that I find during these assessments.
Showing posts with label MOBIUS conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MOBIUS conference. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
2011 MOBIUS Conference Session 5
Teaching on the Edges: Finding Opportunities Outside the One-Shot
Kristine Helbling/Kasia Leousis
60 minutes = 45 minutes
20+20 Model (20 minutes of instruction/20 minutes of hands on)
Building blocks
-Communication, open lines of communication to help build relationships
-Relationships with students and faculty, be confident in yourself so faculty will be confident in you.
-student responsibility, there has to be buy-in from the students
Undergraduate Highlights
-Informal co-teaching
-Folders and videos-pre/post
Major and graduate highlights
-One-on-one research consultations (in lieu of group BI)
-Bibliography or single source share
-Project-based consultations
Require students to bring at least one resource with them to an appointment. It allows the librarian to see what the students know about research. It also gives you ready made keywords and citations to follow.
-Use your expertise
-exude confidence
-build trust
-relinquish control and coverage
***Good presentation, makes me think of new things to incorporate when working with my students.***
Kristine Helbling/Kasia Leousis
60 minutes = 45 minutes
20+20 Model (20 minutes of instruction/20 minutes of hands on)
Building blocks
-Communication, open lines of communication to help build relationships
-Relationships with students and faculty, be confident in yourself so faculty will be confident in you.
-student responsibility, there has to be buy-in from the students
Undergraduate Highlights
-Informal co-teaching
-Folders and videos-pre/post
Major and graduate highlights
-One-on-one research consultations (in lieu of group BI)
-Bibliography or single source share
-Project-based consultations
Require students to bring at least one resource with them to an appointment. It allows the librarian to see what the students know about research. It also gives you ready made keywords and citations to follow.
-Use your expertise
-exude confidence
-build trust
-relinquish control and coverage
***Good presentation, makes me think of new things to incorporate when working with my students.***
2011 MOBIUS Annual Conference - Session 2
Discovery Services Showdown
Alaina Culbertson & Emily Scharf
Web-scale discovery - the library version of google
But what about federated searching? With a discovery search, the information is pre-indexed which makes the results come back faster.
Features of discovery services
-facets on the side. There is a lot of difference limiting that can be done was a search is run
-will find all formats, books, ebooks, cd's, dvd's, etc.
Student percpetions of discovery services
-students like the one stop shop, searching in one place to find their research
-liked the limiters so that they can have some of the features of an advanced search without having to do an advanced search
With discovery services can do a search without having to login to a proxy server first, can wait until you click on a source.
MU Libraries has Summon
Drake University has EBSCO discovery service
Norwich University has WorldCat Local
All three of these does predictive searching, can help students search on subject headings when they wouldn't otherwise know what a subject heading is, and make their search more relevant to what they are looking for.
Discovery downsides
-cost
-search neutrality
-new features changes workflow
Discovery upsides
-streamlined services
-students can search everything in one place
-library catalogs are hard to use, discovery services are more user friendly
New and upcoming services
-Primo - positioning themselves as the most neutral
-Purpoogle
-Meresco
-Vufind
***I know that we have discussed discovery services in our library faculty meetings, but it was in a pie in the sky kind of way. I think that this is what the future is, the way that libraries need to go. For us the cost will need to come down. This was a good presentation.***
Alaina Culbertson & Emily Scharf
Web-scale discovery - the library version of google
But what about federated searching? With a discovery search, the information is pre-indexed which makes the results come back faster.
Features of discovery services
-facets on the side. There is a lot of difference limiting that can be done was a search is run
-will find all formats, books, ebooks, cd's, dvd's, etc.
Student percpetions of discovery services
-students like the one stop shop, searching in one place to find their research
-liked the limiters so that they can have some of the features of an advanced search without having to do an advanced search
With discovery services can do a search without having to login to a proxy server first, can wait until you click on a source.
MU Libraries has Summon
Drake University has EBSCO discovery service
Norwich University has WorldCat Local
All three of these does predictive searching, can help students search on subject headings when they wouldn't otherwise know what a subject heading is, and make their search more relevant to what they are looking for.
Discovery downsides
-cost
-search neutrality
-new features changes workflow
Discovery upsides
-streamlined services
-students can search everything in one place
-library catalogs are hard to use, discovery services are more user friendly
New and upcoming services
-Primo - positioning themselves as the most neutral
-Purpoogle
-Meresco
-Vufind
***I know that we have discussed discovery services in our library faculty meetings, but it was in a pie in the sky kind of way. I think that this is what the future is, the way that libraries need to go. For us the cost will need to come down. This was a good presentation.***
2011 MOBIUS Annual Conference Session 1
E-books and Audiobooks and Overdrive, Oh My.
Michael Washburn, Missouri River Regional Library
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
In January 2011 Kindle ebooks surpassed the paperbook sales on Amazon.
Current Trends
-Kindle
-Nook
-iPad
All of these are dedicated ereaders, hopefully as this continues to grow there will become a universal reader.
Adding to the mess of having difference dedicated ereaders, is digital rights management. It can be challenging licensing ebooks that patrons check-out from the library
Digital Rights Management allows the company an assurance and security that only one person can check-out a book and read it at a time. This cuts down on piracy, but it can also mean barriers for people who are trying to access the ebooks legally.
Future Trends
-Limits to checkouts/use
--Purchasing a license rather than a book. HarperCollins requires libraries to repurchase an ebook after 26 check-outs.
-Libraries in a holding pattern
-Changes to the business of publishing
--Authors are publishing directly to Kindle, rather than going the normal route
-E-Textbooks (Nook Study)
--Can rent them for 60 or 90 days, KNO-textbook application for the iPad, Released June 4th
Missouri Libraries 2 Go - consortium for libraries that provide audiobooks and eBooksto their patrons.
Can possibly create a perception of patrons that have devices and those that do not have the devices. At this time while some libraries provide ereaders, but there is a licensing issue because the ereaders are supposed to be a one use, one person item.
Overdrive is a free software that allows patrons to download ebooks and e-audiobooks that are available from libraries. Overdrive currently does not work with Kindle, but they have recently come to an agreement with Amazon.
***This session was great. It really made me think about some options that need to be discussed with my faculty and the support of their online courses. I am currently purchasing ebooks, but only through NetLibrary because of us having an account with them. I think that we are missing the big picture when it comes to ebooks and we need (meaning I need) to start branching out.***
Michael Washburn, Missouri River Regional Library
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
In January 2011 Kindle ebooks surpassed the paperbook sales on Amazon.
Current Trends
-Kindle
-Nook
-iPad
All of these are dedicated ereaders, hopefully as this continues to grow there will become a universal reader.
Adding to the mess of having difference dedicated ereaders, is digital rights management. It can be challenging licensing ebooks that patrons check-out from the library
Digital Rights Management allows the company an assurance and security that only one person can check-out a book and read it at a time. This cuts down on piracy, but it can also mean barriers for people who are trying to access the ebooks legally.
Future Trends
-Limits to checkouts/use
--Purchasing a license rather than a book. HarperCollins requires libraries to repurchase an ebook after 26 check-outs.
-Libraries in a holding pattern
-Changes to the business of publishing
--Authors are publishing directly to Kindle, rather than going the normal route
-E-Textbooks (Nook Study)
--Can rent them for 60 or 90 days, KNO-textbook application for the iPad, Released June 4th
Missouri Libraries 2 Go - consortium for libraries that provide audiobooks and eBooksto their patrons.
Can possibly create a perception of patrons that have devices and those that do not have the devices. At this time while some libraries provide ereaders, but there is a licensing issue because the ereaders are supposed to be a one use, one person item.
Overdrive is a free software that allows patrons to download ebooks and e-audiobooks that are available from libraries. Overdrive currently does not work with Kindle, but they have recently come to an agreement with Amazon.
***This session was great. It really made me think about some options that need to be discussed with my faculty and the support of their online courses. I am currently purchasing ebooks, but only through NetLibrary because of us having an account with them. I think that we are missing the big picture when it comes to ebooks and we need (meaning I need) to start branching out.***
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Mobius Conference - LibGuides
Second session getting ready to start. This one is about LibGuides presented by: first Rebecca Power anbd Chris LaBeau from UMKC, second Jaleh Fazelian and Melissa Vetter both from Washing University in St. Louis and Rick Dyson from Missouri Western State University . Several presenters from Wash U today.
LibGuide - predesigned website librarians can update easily can include RSS feeds, embedded chats, Delicious tag clouds, embedded video, student feedback, polls, etc.
Chris LeBeau - uses LibGuides first as classroom instruction and then for reference help. Students know what content they want, but not necessarily a specific item. Uses tabs on her libguide for organization purposes. Presenter is giving good information, but really specific to what she is doing - business resources. Study - average student only asks .1 question in class, teachers only ask 3 questions. On a one to one basis students will ask far more questions. On her libguide gives an area a way for students to ask questions after the class.
***Good idea to use for my bibliographic instruction classes.***
This presenter created a Q&A page with questions asked after the class.
Rebecca Power - Embedding the library, can embed a LibGuides widget into Blackboard.
***This is something that I would love to do to give students more information about the library and librarian. Students could have this at home when they are doing research. I am still thinking that I would like to go to their classes so they can see the "face" of the library. But what a great way to connect to the students where they are.***
Jaleh Fazelian and Melissa Vetter - Assessing LibGuides. Are students and faculty really using them? They compared their web based guides to their LibGuides. The overall usage of LibGuides increased exponentially in a year's time. Why? Link to guides better situated on newly redesigned home page, promotion of LibGuides, push to advertise in all areas, links in email signatures. Besides looking at stats, interviewed faculty and grad and undergrad students to see how they liked/used the guides.
Best quote from Jaleh Fazelian "It's not about what we [librarians] want, it is about what they [students] want." Amen sister.
Rick Dyson - started LibGuides in 2007, uses it for subject guides and course guides. What else can they be used for? Currently they have over 40 public guides. Non-traditional guides include special collections, library documents, faculty services, and guidelines for library exhibits.
***side not to my Bolivar colleagues, would be good to have one for the Author Series. ***
Private guides include policy and procedures for staff. Staff can not only access but have write access.
***So my question is with the way he is describing it, how is it different from a wiki? I'm thinking money.***
Rick has a libguide for his presentation found at http://libguides.missouriwestern.edu/mobiuspre
***I really think that this presentation would be better if they could have divded out the information instead of trying to put all this info into one presentation. Five different presenters from three different schools, all talking about something different. The only similarity is that they are talking about LibGuides.***
LibGuide - predesigned website librarians can update easily can include RSS feeds, embedded chats, Delicious tag clouds, embedded video, student feedback, polls, etc.
Chris LeBeau - uses LibGuides first as classroom instruction and then for reference help. Students know what content they want, but not necessarily a specific item. Uses tabs on her libguide for organization purposes. Presenter is giving good information, but really specific to what she is doing - business resources. Study - average student only asks .1 question in class, teachers only ask 3 questions. On a one to one basis students will ask far more questions. On her libguide gives an area a way for students to ask questions after the class.
***Good idea to use for my bibliographic instruction classes.***
This presenter created a Q&A page with questions asked after the class.
Rebecca Power - Embedding the library, can embed a LibGuides widget into Blackboard.
***This is something that I would love to do to give students more information about the library and librarian. Students could have this at home when they are doing research. I am still thinking that I would like to go to their classes so they can see the "face" of the library. But what a great way to connect to the students where they are.***
Jaleh Fazelian and Melissa Vetter - Assessing LibGuides. Are students and faculty really using them? They compared their web based guides to their LibGuides. The overall usage of LibGuides increased exponentially in a year's time. Why? Link to guides better situated on newly redesigned home page, promotion of LibGuides, push to advertise in all areas, links in email signatures. Besides looking at stats, interviewed faculty and grad and undergrad students to see how they liked/used the guides.
Best quote from Jaleh Fazelian "It's not about what we [librarians] want, it is about what they [students] want." Amen sister.
Rick Dyson - started LibGuides in 2007, uses it for subject guides and course guides. What else can they be used for? Currently they have over 40 public guides. Non-traditional guides include special collections, library documents, faculty services, and guidelines for library exhibits.
***side not to my Bolivar colleagues, would be good to have one for the Author Series. ***
Private guides include policy and procedures for staff. Staff can not only access but have write access.
***So my question is with the way he is describing it, how is it different from a wiki? I'm thinking money.***
Rick has a libguide for his presentation found at http://libguides.missouriwestern.edu/mobiuspre
***I really think that this presentation would be better if they could have divded out the information instead of trying to put all this info into one presentation. Five different presenters from three different schools, all talking about something different. The only similarity is that they are talking about LibGuides.***
Mobius Conference - Embedded Librarian
I am sitting at the first session entitle the Embedded Librarian - hoping to learn new and great things. The speaker is Brian Vetruba, Catalog librarian from Washington University in St. Louis. Right now technical difficulties with the presentation.
Presentation started - via webcast
Started in 2006 holding "office hours" - Official office hours at Main Library underutilized office located off-campus. Departmental lectures and social events became "office hours"
Becoming Embedded
-Regular office hours in convenient setting
-Problem was finding space and computer could use
-2 to 2.5 hours a week in the Dept.
Advertise and Be Visible
-Email, newsletter, signs
-Don't stay put in your office
-Strategically walk the halls
-Strike up conversations with faculty and students
Informal conversations can be productive
Results--Personal touch back into librarianship
***My thoughts is that this is a great idea when you are at a large university, you really need to have that interaction with the faculty and students to find their needs. I was hoping for more information on how to do this virtually which he has not discussed.***
Benefits
-Convenience
-being seen will prompt questions
-good pr for library
-market other services
-collegiality with faculty
Drawbacks/Challenges
-commitment of time
-no print resources available
-space at dept.'s whim
***I'm still thinking that there is a better way to do outreach to other dept.'s and students. In our world of the social web, it would be better to hold virtual office hours. I understand wanting to be "seen" but why not "go" where the students are...Facebook, MySpace, chat, etc. Just saying.***
Suggestions
-have relationship established with dept. beforehand
-walk the halls, meet people
***Presenter is good, but the presentation was not really what I expected. In other words there was good information, but really nothing pertained to what I would be doing in my job.***
Presentation started - via webcast
Started in 2006 holding "office hours" - Official office hours at Main Library underutilized office located off-campus. Departmental lectures and social events became "office hours"
Becoming Embedded
-Regular office hours in convenient setting
-Problem was finding space and computer could use
-2 to 2.5 hours a week in the Dept.
Advertise and Be Visible
-Email, newsletter, signs
-Don't stay put in your office
-Strategically walk the halls
-Strike up conversations with faculty and students
Informal conversations can be productive
Results--Personal touch back into librarianship
***My thoughts is that this is a great idea when you are at a large university, you really need to have that interaction with the faculty and students to find their needs. I was hoping for more information on how to do this virtually which he has not discussed.***
Benefits
-Convenience
-being seen will prompt questions
-good pr for library
-market other services
-collegiality with faculty
Drawbacks/Challenges
-commitment of time
-no print resources available
-space at dept.'s whim
***I'm still thinking that there is a better way to do outreach to other dept.'s and students. In our world of the social web, it would be better to hold virtual office hours. I understand wanting to be "seen" but why not "go" where the students are...Facebook, MySpace, chat, etc. Just saying.***
Suggestions
-have relationship established with dept. beforehand
-walk the halls, meet people
***Presenter is good, but the presentation was not really what I expected. In other words there was good information, but really nothing pertained to what I would be doing in my job.***
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