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So What do They Really Think? Student Perceptions of Libraries and Research #EasyBibEvents We’re starting right at 4pm, so if you don’t hear any audio, that’s why!
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So what, exactly, do students think about research, anyway? EasyBib’s information literacy librarians, Emily Gover and Caity Selleck, wanted to find out. We put a survey out there for our millions of EasyBib users, on topics like Wikipedia, plagiarism, and the technology they need to do their research. We’ve analyzed our 3,000 responses and compared them to what you, the librarian and educator, had to say. And after sorting through some "questionable responses," we found some pretty interesting results! Join us for a discussion of student perceptions of libraries and research and suggestions for what we can do to change them for the better!
Transcript of Perceptions of Libraries
So What do They Really Think?
Student Perceptions of
Libraries and Research
#EasyBibEvents
We’re starting right at 4pm, so if you don’t hear any
audio, that’s why!
Who We Are, What We Do
Wikipedia
Source: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age Project Information Literacy.
Over 95% of college students use
Google in course-related contexts
85% use Wikipedia
BREAKING NEWS?Students Use Google and
Wikipedia for Research
Most Popular Sources
Used in Student Writing(2010-2011)
1. Wikipedia (8%)
2. Yahoo! Answers (8%)
3. Answers.com (3%)
4. eNotes (3%)
5. SlideShare (2%)
Source: A Comparison of Internet Sources for Secondary and Higher Education Students.
10. The Washington Post9. CNN8. Answers.com7. Time Magazine 6. Associated Content (Yahoo! Voices)5. BBC News4. JSTOR3. YouTube2. The New York Times1. Wikipedia
Top 10 Sites Cited on EasyBib
Source: EasyBib user data.
Source: EasyBib Survey
Source: EasyBib Survey
Wikipedia:
So What Can We Do?
Educate
Encourage
Contribute
Source: Teaching Wikipedia as a Research Tool, Finding Dulcinea
The Library
Source: Brewton-Parker College Library
2010 OCLC study of college students' use of
electronic information sources found:
40% have never used their library's website
Of those who have not used it, 23% believe other websites
have better information (!)
College Library Web Site Use
Source: Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community, OCLC.
“Only 12% of teachers say their students
are ‘very likely’ to use printed books in
a research assignment.”
12%
Source: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World, Pew Internet 2012
Source: EasyBib Survey
Source: EasyBib Survey
The Library:
So What Can We Do?
Branding
Comfort
Relatability
Familiarity
Plagiarism
Source: blogs.orlandoweekly.com
Plagiarism
2011 Pew Research StudyCollege Presidents
• 55% reported an increase• 40% noticed neither an increase nor decrease• 2% noticed a decrease*
Of those who noticed an increase, 89% "believe that computers and the internet have played a major role in this trend."
*"No answer" responses not shown.
Source: "The Digital Revolution and Higher Education," Pew Research Center.
did not understand the need to cite a
source in instances other than direct
quotes (i.e., paraphrasing, summarizing)
25.4%
24%did not know when to cite
a source at all
Source: EasyBib Survey
Source: EasyBib Survey
Plagiarism:
So What Can We Do?
Education
Education
Education
Tools
Technology Used in Research
Source: http://gatorball.wordpress.com
of surveyed teachers said
“today’s digital technologies do
more to distract students than to help them academically.”
64%
Source: How Teens Do Research in the Digital World, Pew Internet 2012
Source: EasyBib Survey
Technology:
So What Can We Do?
Promote databases and
other library resources
Quality over quantity
Flip the classroom
Tools
What Are Your Strategies?
Source: http://thacolorgray.com
Thank You :)
Emily Gover
@Emily_EasyBib
Caity Selleck
[email protected]@Caity_EasyBib
easybib.com
researchready.com
EasyBib Librarians
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EasyBib Student Survey. June 2013. Raw data. Imagine Easy Solutions, LLC, New York, NY.
EasyBib User Data. Feb. 2012. Raw data. ImagineEasy Solutions, LLC, New York.
Finding Dulcinea. "Wikipedia In The Classroom." Teaching Wikipedia as a Research Tool. Dulcinea Media, Inc., 2013. Web.
10 Oct. 2013.
How Teens Do Research in the Digital World. Rep. Pew Research Center, College Board and the National Writing Project, 1
Nov. 2012. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.
Salisbury, Fiona, and Sharon Karasmanis. "Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition
from Secondaryto Tertiary Education." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 41.1 (2011): 43-58. Print.
The Sources in Student Writing – Secondary Education. Rep. Turnitin, Jan. 2013. Web. 17 Jan. 2013
De Rosa, Cathy, Joanne Cantrell, Matthew Carlson, Peggy Gallagher, Janet Hawk, and Charlotte Sturtz. Perceptions of
Libraries, 2010: Context and Community. Rep. Ed. Brad Gauder. OCLC, 2011. Web. 29 Mar. 2012.
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