Library collaboration with Departments Department of Town and Regional Planning and the University Library

Background: Library General student dissatisfaction with Library Closure of smaller libraries with opening of IC Need to support MA programmes/research Audit of student study skills showed students lacked basic information literacy Changing student expectations Net generation; ‘on demand’ culture

General student dissatisfaction with Library

Closure of smaller libraries with opening of IC

Need to support MA programmes/research

Audit of student study skills showed students lacked basic information literacy

Changing student expectations

Net generation; ‘on demand’ culture

Background: TRP Recognising and communicating the importance of IL for staff and students IL goals resonated with growing concern about poor standards of referencing, information handling and writing skills Making effective use of existing library resources Dialogue over conflicting demands Online tutorials, benchmarking, help with activities and assessments From GPL to IC

Recognising and communicating the importance of IL for staff and students

IL goals resonated with growing concern about poor standards of referencing, information handling and writing skills

Making effective use of existing library resources

Dialogue over conflicting demands

Online tutorials, benchmarking, help with activities and assessments

From GPL to IC

Online resources support L&T Change the nature of the class activity with “guaranteed” availability Integrate resources with online/f2f discussion Support research-led teaching through critical analysis of key articles Integrate with multimedia & Web resources Balance between providing access and ensuring students become information literate

Change the nature of the class activity with “guaranteed” availability

Integrate resources with online/f2f discussion

Support research-led teaching through critical analysis of key articles

Integrate with multimedia & Web resources

Balance between providing access and ensuring students become information literate

New Partnership Targeted Action: Resource Lists

Information Literacy Strategy Back to basics Setting out expectations at each level based on the ‘7 pillars’ Analysing what is already being done Identifying gaps in provision Strengthening learning outcomes and assessment criteria Developing targeted activities (and related assessments) for learning and teaching around IL at each level – online and face-to-face

Back to basics

Setting out expectations at each level based on the ‘7 pillars’

Analysing what is already being done

Identifying gaps in provision

Strengthening learning outcomes and assessment criteria

Developing targeted activities (and related assessments) for learning and teaching around IL at each level – online and face-to-face

Information tutorials

TRP DLTAS Information Literate graduates Developing independent learners and research-led teaching Embedding Information Literacy into TRP thinking (an explicit Information Literacy Strategy) Effective use of existing high quality learning and information resources Close liaison over customising further material

Information Literate graduates

Developing independent learners and research-led teaching

Embedding Information Literacy into TRP thinking (an explicit Information Literacy Strategy)

Effective use of existing high quality learning and information resources

Close liaison over customising further material

Areas of Support What are you doing to support your students? What do you expect from your students? Is it different between different departments? What support do you need to do more? Integrated library materials into WebCT Making the transition to the Information Commons Develop and/or customise Information Skills tutorials Assess students’ information literacy Develop benchmarks and/or IL strategy

What are you doing to support your students?

What do you expect from your students? Is it different between different departments?

What support do you need to do more?

Integrated library materials into WebCT

Making the transition to the Information Commons

Develop and/or customise Information Skills tutorials

Assess students’ information literacy

Develop benchmarks and/or IL strategy

Resource List Death and Burial in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England (AAP387)

Questions? Contact details Lyn Parker l.a.parker@ sheffield .ac. uk Tel: 27363 Clare Scott [email_address] Tel: 27284

Contact details

Lyn Parker

l.a.parker@ sheffield .ac. uk

Tel: 27363

Clare Scott

[email_address]

Tel: 27284