Collaborating with Faculty to Develop a New Model of Library Instruction
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With limited personnel, time, and resources, the MSU Library needed to get creative in our response to a growing number of instruction requests for a specific class. Hear how the library collaborated with faculty and instructors from that course to develop a new approach. See an overview of our new model to offer instructor training sessions on how to teach research in the classroom, which ultimately expanded our library instructional reach.
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Collaborating with Faculty to Develop a New Model of Library Instruction
- 1. COLLABORATING WITH FACULTY TO DEVELOP A NEW MODEL OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION JACQUELINE FRANK INSTRUCTION & ACCESSIBILITY LIBRARIAN TAYLOR MOORMAN RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN 1
- 2. OUTLINE Library background with Writing 101 Previous Instruction Model Brainstorming a new approach to Library Instruction Implementation Wrap Up Takeaways What's next? Questions & Feedback 2
- 3. BACKGROUND Instruction Model for Survey Courses Library integration with: US 101,BGEN 104 US101 evolution Previously: taught each section of US101 in person The Challenge: teaching in person was becoming unsustainable Fall 2020: 31 sections, 3.5 FT Librarians Spring 2021: Embed online modules created by the library 3
- 4. BACKGROUND Writing 101 at MSU-Bozeman Fall 2021 82 total sections 16 official Library Instruction requests; 1 hour instruction, 1 hour prep for each request 4.5 FTE librarians The Challenge Sustaining individual instructor requests in Fall 2021 Inconsistency across sections; some got instruction, some didn’t The solution Integrate Library Instruction in ALL Writ 101 courses Spring 2022 57 sections 26 instructors 4
- 5. LIVE POLL: What types of instruction does your library offer? POSSIBLE ANSWERS: ONE-SHOT INSTRUCTION SESSIONS, ONLINE MODULES, CHAT, EMAIL, SCHEDULE RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS, INSTRUCTOR TRAINING SESSIONS, SOMETHING ELSE 5
- 6. INAUGRAL MEETING WITH WRIT 101 Met Writ 101 Program Director November 18, 2021 Offered the US 101 model with embedded research tutorials The Challenge Preference for in-person/librarian-led modalities Time to ITERATE. 6
- 7. BRAINSTORMING A NEW APPROACH 7 From 2018....but basically still our process.
- 8. THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS Reached out via email again Initial meetings to develop new approach The challenge: avoid using modules only, which was the only option previously proposed Our Solution: Instructor Training Series With topics from our Library Instruction Sessions and the needs of Writ 101 meeting for in-depth Instructor Training workshops 8
- 9. TOPICS FOR INSTRUCTOR TRAININGS Outlined topics Kick-off session – overview of new approach & upcoming training topics Teaching Research in the Classroom Topic Selection, Keywords, & Searching the Databases Evaluating Sources News & Journalism Scheduled dates for the training sessions In-person modality with recordings to be shared virtually 9
- 10. IMPLEMENTING THE NEW APPROACH Divvy-up and complete the work 2-month turn-around time! Communication Lead 1 librarian Lead on email communications, scheduling training, etc. Developing & Delivering Training Sessions 3 librarians 1-2 topics/lesson plans each Created lesson plans Take lead on teaching Instructor Training session on that topic Included lesson plans, suggested modules, etc. on LibGuide 10
- 11. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 11 Robust Writ 101 LibGuide Lesson Plans Activities Worksheets Tutorials Modules/Videos
- 12. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Padlet 12
- 13. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Word Cloud 13 From the recording shared with all Writ 101 instructors
- 14. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Wheel of Names 14 SPIN FOR A HEALTHY BREAK 1. HYDRATE 2. REST YOUR EYES 3. STRETCH 4. TAKE A BREATH 5. SNACK TIME!
- 15. HOW IT WENT From Writ 101 Instructors' Perspective 23 responses (26 instructors in the program) Qualtrics Results: 15 I learned something new that will be helpful in developing my course(s). 35% Strongly agree 52% Agree I will apply the techniques and/or information I learned in my courses. 39% Strongly agree 52% Agree
- 16. HOW IT WENT From Writ 101 Instructors' Perspective Instructor Quote: "Getting more familiar with the resources available here and feeling more comfortable navigating them myself allows me to feel more comfortable using them in my classroom. I'm also so grateful for the lesson plans and online tutorials, which I've been using religiously since finding them." 16
- 17. WRAP UP Takeaways & benefits of new model: Increased our instructional reach with small & limited team New assessment opportunities Learn from other instructors during the training sessions Next steps: modify the training series (and accompanying lesson plans, activities, etc.) to target online courses and online instruction specifically; offer another round of campus-wide instructor training series on Teaching Research in the Online Classroom 17
- 18. CHAT QUESTION: Have you done something like this at your library? Do you think it would work on your campus? PLEASE POST YOUR ANSWER IN THE CHAT 18
- 19. Questions? Jacqueline Frank • jacqueline.frank@montana.edu Taylor Moorman •taylor.moorman@montana.edu 19
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- Jacquie: All freshman take one survey course their first year, and there are a small handful of survey courses students choose from. The library was already working with two of the courses with the most students and sections, including University Studies 101, and BGEN101 for business majors. For example, we used to go into each section of US101 in person to teach a research section, but that became unsustainable with a small team of librarians. For example, in fall 2020, we tought over 31 sections with only the equivalent of 3.5 Full time librarians, So in spring 2021, the library worked with the US101 program to identify and create online research modules that the course instructors now embed and integrate in the course, which we have done each semester since. 16 official requests averages to 21 hours of instruction with 21 hours of prep....just for Writ 101. 5 librarians managing the Writ 101 classes: 2 TT, 3 NTT with one part-time Challenges: Requests coming in with not much turnaround, coordinating scheduling, consistency across instruction and sharing our instructional knowledge; modalities (in-person, online, hybrid) reach; not all sections can be reached with our current staffing IDEA! Using US 101 model to integrate library instruction in all courses. Let's set up a meeting!
- Jacquie: And then a similar challenge arose with the WRIT 101 course. The library had tried to establish a partnership similar to our partnership with US101, but it hadn’t gotten off the ground, so to speak. So in Fall 2021, the library received at least 16 official library instruction requests, just for writ 101 sections. Even though the reqeusts were all similar, they each took on average about 1 hour of instruction time and 1 hour of prep time, with only the equivalent of 4.5 full time librarians, 3 NTT and 2 TT. Again, this was not sustainable for our small team, considering there were 82 sections and we could have received even more requests, and it was not offering a consistent approach to the students across those sections – some got library instruction, and some didn’t. Therefore, we reached out the WRIT 101 program leaders again, asking if we could find a way to integrate library instruction into all sections of writ 101 courses, starting in the Spring 2022 which had 57 sections and 26 different instructors. Challenges: Requests coming in with not much turnaround, coordinating scheduling, consistency across instruction and sharing our instructional knowledge; modalities (in-person, online, hybrid) reach; not all sections can be reached with our current staffing IDEA! Using US 101 model to integrate library instruction in all courses. Let's set up a meeting!
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