1. Breaking the Core Programme Barrier
Lorna Dodd Susan Boyle
College Liaison Librarian College Liaison Librarian
UCD Library UCD Library
email: Lorna.dodd@ucd.ie email: Susan.Boyle@ucd.ie

2. Presentation Outline
Background
New strategy going forward
Arts and Science programmes
Captain’s Log reflections
Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013

3. About UCD
 Largest University in Ireland
 Approx. 22,000 undergraduates
 Seven Colleges
 Arts, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering,
Law, Business, Nursing, Medicine, Health,
Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture
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4. Background: Past Approach
Adhoc approach to Information
Literacy Instruction
Driven by individual demand
Duplication across modules
Gaps across programmes
Uneven spread across disciplines
Unsustainable
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5. Strategy Going Forward
2010-2014 UCD Library Programme approach to
Strategic Plan Information Literacy
Identify needs, provide
variety of methods Easier to deliver in
Self-directed, Online, single subject and small
Academic/Tutor led, programmes
Librarian Facilitated
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6. Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013

7. …Arts & Science
 Large multi-disciplinary
programmes
 No place where all
students are together
 Some engagement
dependent on individual
academics
 Some students get
duplication while other
get nothing
(Dodd, L. & Kendlin, V., 2010)
Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013

8. Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
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9. Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!
 University making a shift in approach to
multi-disciplinary programmes
 Trying to create an identity around Arts
 Learn how work though a scientific problem
 Shared goals:
 Development key skills required for success
in university including retrieving,
understanding and communicating
appropriate information
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10. PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC
ENQUIRY

11. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
 Pilot 2010/2011
 Approx. 70 students
 Module descriptor:
“identify a scientific problem,
research the literature and
produce a review”
 Created by key academic –
now Registrar
 Academic approached
Library
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12. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Distress Call:
 First year students need to know how to find books
and journal articles; how to evaluate information;
how to avoid plagiarism
Our Mission:
 Create a workshop/lecture and accompanying
materials
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13. Principles of Scientific Enquiry
Mission Details
 Students work in small groups with an
academic
 Choose their own scientific problem
 Year 1 ran 2 workshops (35 in each class)
 Year 2 change in module coordinator
 Lecture for 300+ students
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14. YouTube Tutorial

15. Mythbusters Quiz

16. Mythbusters Quiz

17. INTRODUCTION TO ARTS

18. Introduction to Arts
 Pilot 2011/2012
 Approx. 350 students
 Module descriptor:
“identify and develop the skills
and resources which will
maximize their success at
university”
 Academic staff partnered with
UCD Teaching & Learning
 Palgrave Skills4Study online
module and textbook
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19. Introduction to Arts
Distress Call:
 Academic staff and UCD Teaching & Learning
 Shortfall in Palgrave Skills4Study
Our Mission:
 Create an online tutorial, supporting materials and
peer learning activities to be delivered by tutors
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20. Introduction to Arts
Mission Details
 Tutorial delivered by tutors
 Tutors trained by Library staff
 Students must prepare for tutorial
 Students must demonstrate they have
prepared through activities
 Tutorial in low-tech environment
 Must cover basic Library skills and
information on plagiarism
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21. Preparation Material

22. Preparation Material

23. In class activities
Matching Pairs Game
Catalogue
which is located on the library website
To find out if we have
a book in UCD library http://www.ucd.ie/library
you would search the ?
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy
for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.

24. In class activities
Matching Pairs Game
You would find
dictionaries
and
encyclopaedias
in the ? Section
Boyle Susan (2012 Using Games as treatments and creative triggers: a promising strategy
for information literacy. In Information Literacy beyond library 2.0.

25. Paraphrasing Activity

26. Paraphrasing Activity

27. Library Quiz
1. From the Library video, “Finding a book in the Library”:
a. Many books on your reading list are located in the SLC. What does
SLC stand for? _________
a. Using your student card, you can borrow a book using the
_________ _________ machine
2. Plagiarism is using the ideas and words of someone else as your
own, without citing the original work. True or False
3. When compiling your reference list/bibliography what information
do you have to include. Fill in the blanks below:
Author , Date, ________, Place of publication, _____________

28. Intro to Arts Principles of Scientific Enquiry
 Very smooth  Approx. 370 students
 Approx. 1,600  Loss of momentum
students with staff changes
 Library tutorial most
positively received
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30. Captain’s Log
Benefits
 Reaching all first year arts
and science students for
the first time
 Effective use of Library time
 Library part of University
shift in approach to large
multi-disciplinary
programmes
 Recognition of Library’s role
in developing key skills

31. Captain’s Log
New Worlds
 Model rolling out to other
programmes: Social
Sciences & Nursing
 Library needs to identify
other similar opportunities
 Library remains the only
common player: could we
instigate cooperation and
coordination across all
disciplines

32. Captain’s Log
Challenges
 Key to first years: How
do we build in for the future
subsequent years in
each programme?
 How do we measure the
impact on students’ skill
development?
 Modules stay, academics
change: How do we
manage legacy?