Kathleen Stacy, Instruction Librarian, Montgomery College
Chad Soeninger, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Ohio University
3:15-4:00pm
Kathleen: How Basic is Basic?
- Rosy future is… now
- working toward integrated infro literacy
- one-shot presentation is flawed but still the reality for many academic libraries
- Definition
- One shot
- a single presentation, usually less than an hour, to a college class
- conductd by a librarian at the request of a professor
- may or may not be tied into an assignment
- We can’t cover everything
- too much information available to present
- have to choose carefully
- it’s all about what you leave out
- Successful one shots
- clear objectives
- often overlooked
- task based
- trangible results
- tied to a task
- students walk away with something
- have to apply skills immediately
- include hands-on time
- a nod to short attention spans
- learn by doing
- time for individual questions
- time to accomplish the task
- what to include in presentation
- lots of how, some what, minimal why
- the smallest number of steps to perform the task
- get the students through a task successfully, then add the why
- What to leave out
- advanced features
- advanced searches
- boolean
- evaluation of resources and results
- personal information about instructor
- jargon
- The humble handout
- low tech but effective
- to take away, inplace of note taking
- first steps only
- contact info for more help
- 1 side, lots of white space
- Hands-on time
- need to actually try it, even briefly
- time needed to complete a task
- may be squandered
Chad: Wikis in the Classroom – Powerful Tools for Library Instruction
- Library instruction goals
- teach tools to accomplish a project
- teach research/information literacy concepts
- begin a relationship and dialogue between the librariarn and the students
- Library instruction challenges
- 50 minute class length
- 15-20 classes per quarter
- college of business has 1700 students
- penetration of library instruction in the curriculum is spotty
- I’m only one person
- More challenges
- instruction early in quarter may not be relevant later
- variety of projects means instruction must be scalable
- location of instruction may vary
- class requests may be spur of the moment
- Traditional research guides
- pathfinder
- popular method for disseminating library information
- rarely used
- limitations of research guides
- redundancy
- no interlinking
- multiple edits of the same content
- not searchable
- no way to measure use
- timely updates are difficult (yearly)
- What’s a Wiki?
- editable Web site, by a community of users
- Wikipedia is best exmple
- srength of the resource is often dependent on the strength of the community
- The Biz Wiki
- www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki
- organized by topic
- interlinked
- editable
- scalable
- How to use the resource
- Teaching with a wiki
- wikis make excellent teaching tools
- replace class handouts
- examples
- doing business in another county
- industry research basics
- Biz Wiki content
- point to the best tools with “nugets” of information literacy concepts
- content can be a guide for general or more specific tpoics
- wikis support keyword to subject heading concepts
- Wikis are flexible
- learning raises more questions
- wikis offer the flexability to address questions when needed
- content is easy to edit/update
- new/updated content is available immediately
- Wikis are fast
- example: ref question via IM
- same question previously from e-mail
- turned e-mail answer into wiki article
- sent wiki page as IM answer
- Wiki build community
- frequent updates create dialog
- wikis have feedback mechanisms
- potential for building/strengthening community of researchers
- Why a wiki
- fast
- scalable
- can make librarian’s job easier
