Untangling the Search Ecosystem: Understanding Librarian Relevancy Judgments to Improve Discovery Services

Posted on March 22, 2015March 22, 2015 by ltevents

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Kimberly Miller, Towson University David Dahl, University of Maryland

Description:
How would you evaluate search results if you didn’t know which discovery tool produced them? Librarians in this study did just that. Find out what happens to perceptions of relevancy when you strip away the interface and other identifying features. Learn how this methodology could help you compare multiple discovery tools or different potential customizations of the same tool. It’s a jungle out there! Stop guessing and start letting your data do the heavy-lifting.

Adaptable, Sustainable Information Literacy Assessment: Four Institutions Collaborate on an Information Literacy Assessment Tool

Posted on March 22, 2015March 22, 2015 by ltevents

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Nancy Goebel, Head Librarian, University of Alberta-Augustana Michelle Edwards Thomson, Librarian, Red Deer College’s Learning Commons

Description:
Recognizing a shared need to make evidence-based decisions about their information literacy programs, four post-secondary institutions of similar scope and size have designed a multi-phased, collaborative research project to investigate the information literacy (IL) skills of their students. This poster will highlight aspects of the collaboration that has resulted in a sustainable, cost-effective and adaptable information literacy assessment tool, and present initial findings on the nature of information literacy learning and teaching at our institutions.

You are a Scholar: Designing an Online Module for FYE Community Using the Draft ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

Posted on March 21, 2015March 21, 2015 by ltevents

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Lindsay O’Neill, Instructional Design Librarian, Cal State Fullerton Lettycia Terrones, Education Librarian, Cal State Fullerton

Description:
FYE students enroll in UNIV 100, which features an embedded IL component. Librarians redesigned the UNIV 100 information literacy assessment based on anticipated ACRL IL Frameworks to support university curricular goals. A flipped classroom format will be piloted using online modules to complement one-shot sessions. Built-in interactive activities will assess student mastery of specific IL learning outcomes. This IL assessment redesign has potential to be implemented and scalable in other student support programs.

Building Better Libraries for Graduate Students through Ethnographic Study

Posted on March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 by ltevents

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Rachel Besara, Florida State University Jessica Evans Brady, Harvard University (formerly of Florida State University)

Description:
This poster presents results from a study at a large, public research university that was completed to broaden the understanding of the contexts of graduate students’ preferences, habits, behaviors, and needs in order to better provide the spaces, services, and resources they need to be successful. Learn about different assessment methods employed, what user trends were revealed, and how those findings are being applied, with an emphasis on spaces.

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