Breaking the Core Programme Barrier

Lorna DoddCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: Lorna.dodd@ucd.ie

Susan BoyleCollege Liaison LibrarianUCD Libraryemail: Susan.Boyle@ucd.ie

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Presentation Outline

Background

New strategy going forward

Arts and Science programmes

Captain’s Log reflections

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

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

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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…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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Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!Just like Captain Kirk… We got lucky!

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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!

PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC

ENQUIRY

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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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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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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YouTube Tutorial

Mythbusters Quiz

Mythbusters Quiz

INTRODUCTION TO ARTS

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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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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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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Preparation Material

Preparation Material

To find out if we have a book in UCD library

you would search the ?

Cataloguewhich is located on the library website

http://www.ucd.ie/library

Matching Pairs Game

In class activities

You would find

dictionaries

and

encyclopaedias

in the ? Section

Matching Pairs Game

In class activities

Paraphrasing Activity

Paraphrasing Activity

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, _____________

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

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

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Benefits

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

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New Worlds

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?

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Challenges

for the future