The document discusses two projects that information specialists at Laurea University of Applied Sciences collaborated on: an electronic nursing documentation project (eNNI) with a local hospital, and Researchers' Night, an EU-funded project. For eNNI, the information specialist worked with nurses and lecturers to plan workshops where students learned about scientific information retrieval and how to apply it in a healthcare setting. This represented a new role for the information specialist outside the library. For Researchers' Night, the information specialist helped tourism students create an event space and information corner in the library about tourism research. Both projects strengthened partnerships between the university and working life and raised the profile of the library.

1. INFORMATION SPECIALIST INFLUENCES
WHEN COLLABORATING IN PROJECTS
IFLA Helsinki,
Finland, 15.8.2012
Information specialists
Erja Huovila and Kaisa Puttonen

2. Laurea University of Applied Sciences
 7 units – 7 libraries in the Greater Helsinki Region
 7500 students, staff 500, multidisciplinary
 Learning by Developing (LbD) pedagogy
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

3. IFLA Helsinki, Finland, 15.8.2012

4. Participation in projects:
Electronic documentation of nursing
care (eNNI)
Researchers’ Night (RN)
 Step outside comfort zone
 Equal partnership outside library in wider networks
 Expertise acknowledged -> co-operation continues
 Update own skills to working life needs
 Image of the library changed
IFLA Helsinki, Finland, 15.8.2012

5. eNNI
Electronic Documentation of Nursing Care (eNNI)
 R&D Project for Creation of Nursing Informatics
Competence in cooperation between education and
working life
National project
Lohja Hospital Area & Laurea Lohja
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

6. What did we do?
 Preparation with regional group
 Special development planner of hospitals, lecturers and
information specialist planned project and workshops
Working life environment, scientific knowledge
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012
STUDENTS
Pretask, workshops,
independent work
NURSES AND
STUDENTS
workshops

7. How was this project different? (1)
 Collaboration
 planning together in staff meetings
guiding students together in computer class
 critical evaluation of information in workshops
 feedback discussion in the regional group
 Finding out professional information use and
needs from hospital staff
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

8. Information retrieval:
 Found scientific information
communicated to hospital wards
 Peer-to peer learning with
nurses -> searches together,
sharing, convey to wards
 Information specialist, lecturer
and nurses shared expertise
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012
How was this project different? (2)

9. eNNI results and impact (1)
 Lecturers and information specialist
both involved in development work
 Recognizing relevant scientific
information and its importance in working life
 Students and nurses experienced equality
 Nurses updated their information retrieval skills
 IL classes support true working life info needs
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

10. eNNI
results and
impact (2)
Dissemination:
 Idea of collaborating disseminated
 Libraries encouraged to
participate in working life projects
in a new role
 Model of collaborating introduced
in Denmark
 Teaching IL in working life
environment in hospital premises
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

11. EU-project Researchers’ Night
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012
 Collaboration tourism students, lecturers,
information specialist, working life
 Integration to studies and Laurea project team
 Library responsible for
 student project: EU-corner ”Tourism is research too”
 program in library premises
 Working life contacts:
 European Information Centre
 Finnish Tourist Board

12. Researchs’ Night
results, impact
 Positive image of Laurea Library: social media
(students blog post), visibility (stand with
students, take a brake-theme in library premises)
 Intermediary between working life and lecturers,
co-operation continues
 Study points for compulsory course
 Updating skills on EU-information databases and
websites, both staff and students
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

13. The core
 New professional role
 Equal partnership
 Sharing expertise
 Working life information needs
 New library image
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

14. More
 Puttonen, K. & Huovila, E. 2011. Collaborative IL –
learning with users. Signum 2011 (3), 12 – 14.
 Learning by Developing (LbD) Strategy. 2011. [Vantaa]:
Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
 Ahonen, O. & Ora-Hyytiäinen, E. 2009. Learning
Together in Developing Process. ECER. The European
Conference on Educational Research 2009 , Vienna,
Austria, 25 - 26 September 2009.
 Matilainen, R. & Rönnberg, M. 2011. Fun for the whole
family in a scientific way. Laurea Library blog.
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012

15. Thank you!
erja.huovila@laurea.fi
kaisa.puttonen@laurea.fi
IFLA Helsinki, Finland,
15.8.2012