Presented at LILAC 2013 with Susan Boyle

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

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

3.  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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About UCD

4. Background: Past Approach
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Adhoc approach to Information
Literacy Instruction
Driven by individual demand
Duplication across modules
Gaps across programmes
Uneven spread across disciplines
Unsustainable

5. Strategy Going Forward
2010-2014 UCD Library
Strategic Plan
Programme approach to
Information Literacy
Identify needs, provide
variety of methods
Self-directed, Online,
Academic/Tutor led,
Librarian Facilitated
Easier to deliver in
single subject and small
programmes
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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)
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8. Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013
Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!

9. Boyle & Dodd: LILAC 2013
 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
Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!

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. To find out if we have
a book in UCD library
you would search the ?
Catalogue
which is located on the library website
http://www.ucd.ie/library
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities

24. You would find
dictionaries
and
encyclopaedias
in the ? Section
Matching Pairs Game
In class activities

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
 Very smooth
 Approx. 1,600
students
 Library tutorial most
positively received
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Principles of Scientific Enquiry
 Approx. 370 students
 Loss of momentum
with staff changes

30.  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
Captain’s Log
Benefits

31.  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
Captain’s Log
New Worlds

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