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Adjunct Faculty Retreat - Library
This document outlines ways to incorporate the Mercer University Libraries into course design. It discusses faculty services, common issues with student papers, benefits of library assignments, information literacy standards, critical thinking, assignment resources, and tips for creating effective assignments. The librarian asks questions to discuss current and desired library involvement and addresses any questions from faculty.
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- 1. Incorporating the MercerUniversity Libraries into a Course Design Florence Tang Liaison to the College of Continuing and Professional Studies for the Atlanta Campus 678-547-6261 tang_fy@mercer.edu
- 2. Faculty servicesbasics What you do currently, what you would like to see changed Common issues with student papers? Why use library-related assignments? ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Critical thinking Resources Answer any questions you may have Outline / Agenda
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- 9. Discussion What doyou do currently do to incorporate the Mercer University Libraries into course design? What do you hope to achieve? How would you like the library to be involved? 9
- 10. Common issues withstudent papers? Non-academic sources The evidence does not support the claims / The sources are not relevant Not using anything resembling APA Style 6th ed. Include broken links to articles 10
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- 12. Enhance students’ criticalthinking skills Teach students to evaluate information Encourage active participation in learning Utilize technology to enhance understanding of topic Why Library-Related Assignments?
- 13. Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education 13 http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/rbms/images/ACRL_white.gif http://http://theturekclinic.com/assets/PlasticHolyGrail.jpg
- 14. 1. The informationliterate student determines the nature and extent of the information needed. 2. The information literate student accesses needed information effectively and efficiently. 3. The information literate student evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system. 4. The information literate student, individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose. 5. The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally. 14
- 15. Illustrate relevance– not just to course objectives but to life Show how information literacy can be a “marketable” skill in the workplace Provide clear, simple, written instructions to students (and to librarian if consulting with one) Allow students to explore their own interests Meet librarians (we don’t bite) and explain differences between public/academic libraries Creating Effective Library Assignments
- 16. Do Ask studentsopen-ended questions Schedule library instruction sessions as close to the point of students’ research need (well in advance as occasionally multiple classes need library instruction sessions at the same time). 16 Can Tell them their work should demonstrate critical thinking. Limit date range of acceptable sources Limit sources to original research vs. reviews
- 17. 17 Please don’t Assignscavenger hunt assignments Limit to print or digital format Expect students to reference primary research in a field that they cannot comprehend. Require the use of resources that Mercer Libraries do not have access to.
- 18. Critical Thinking Encourageactive reading. – What’s the point? What’s most/least helpful? Do you agree? Can they synthesize and use what they’ve read to form and support their own voice? Is the voice entirely that of the student’s or entirely that of the reading? Student peer review - students can be more discerning of missing information in their colleagues’ papers than in their own. 18
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- 20. Books includingeBooks (eBrary and eBooks on EBSCOhost) Databases (Magazines, Scholarly Journals, Newspapers, Multimedia, etc.) Websites Books or articles not at Mercer InterLibrary Loan (ILL) **You need your Mercer ID Number (MUID) to access many of these resources** Types of Resources
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- 26. PsycINFO SocINDEX Research Library Academic Search Complete JSTOR (interdisciplinary/archive) EndNote (citation management) ABI/INFORM (Business) Consumer Health Complete …And hundreds more… Familiarize yourself with available resources…
- 27. There arethousands of reputable websites with LOTS of great, often-updated information. Teach students to think critically and evaluate… Helpful websites… http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/2144933705/
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- 29. References Greenfield CommunityCollege. (nd). Creating Effective Library Assignments. Retrieved August 5, 2009, from http://www.gcc.mass.edu/library/faculty/assignments.html Norem, M. (nd). Library Assignments. Retrieved August 7, 2009, from http://oldnh.lonestar.edu/27606/ Wochna, L. (2009). Tips for Creating Library/Research Assignments. Retrieved August 5, 2009, from http://www.library.ohiou.edu/inst/creative.html
- 30. References Atwood, T. A.,& Crosetto, A. (2009). How to address “I've already written my paper, now I just need to find some sources”: Teaching personal voice through library instruction. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 16(4), 322-328. doi: 10.1080/10691310903355952 Hayes-Bohanan, P., & Spievak, E. (2008). You Can Lead Students to Sources, but Can You Make Them Think? College & Undergraduate Libraries, 15(1/2), 173-210. doi: 10.1080/10691310802177200 Mahaffy, M. (2006). Encouraging critical thinking in student library research: An application of national standards. College Teaching, 54(4), 324-327. http://proxy-s.mercer.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=fth&AN=23337669&site=ehost-live Miller, I. R. (2010). Turning the tables: A faculty-centered approach to integrating information literacy. Reference Services Review, 38(4), 647-662. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00907321011090782
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Editor's Notes
- #11 Do you students site Marie Claire and Vanity Fair? Or worse yet a Facebook infographic?“I've Already Written My Paper, Now I Just Need to Find Some Sources”The references are too specific or too broad in relation to their topic.“I need two articles. Any two under ten pages from this list of 1,862 will do.”Do your students not have consistency in their reference formats?As a librarian, I don’t often get to read student papers but earlier this year I served on the Cecil B. Day Campus Research Prize committee. Reading the submissions was very telling.
- #13 I’ve read in more than one article that faculty valued librarians’ technical skill.
- #14 It’s the Association of College and Research Libraries’ holy grail, but it does not have to be yours or CCPS’s.
- #17 It’s possible to teach critical thinking without telling your students that that’s what you’re teaching, but it’s not required to be a secret either.
- #18 Scavanger hunts are mechanical tasks and do not engage in higher level thinking. Students can too easily copy their answers from their classmates.One student removes the book and no one else can find the answer.Many students want to write papers about medical conditions that they or someone they know suffers from, but can they understand primary research on cell mutation?Do not give assignments requiring the Wharton Research Data Service which is a database Mercer does not have access to. Databases cannot be interlibrary loaned. Getting a trial for the same database each time a course is offered is unethical.
- #19 Is it a monologue, regurgitation, summary or something better?
- #22 The Swilley Librarians are very proud of their LibGuides. Each librarian creates their own webpages to guide students and faculty in library research for a particular subject area.You can get to them by clicking on Subjects Guides from the Swilley Library’s homepage.
- #23 Most of my LibGuides have a tab for “Looking for Journal Articles?”For each class that I give an instruction session for and have a syllabus for, I create a LibGuide.
- #24 I’ve heard that the best kept secret about libraries is instant messaging reference. If you use MSN, Yahoo! AOL or Google Hangouts for instant messaging you can add AskMercer as your friend or you can enter your question whenever you see one of these chat widgets, to chat with a librarian.
- #26 We have LibGuides for EndNote and Zotero.Raise your hand if you’ve used EndNote or Zotero before?Use citation managers to import references from databases or the library catalog and use them to create footnotes and bibliographies in approximate APA Style 6th ed., (or almost any other style).It’s not foolproof so students will still have to know APA Style to correct the software’s mistakes.