Enhancing life-long learning, teaching and research through information resources and services

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Enhancing life-long learning, teaching and
research through information resources and
services
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Student learning at HE level how Libraries and
Learning Resources facilitate a smooth transition
from FE
Heather Parsonage Sharon Potter Liaison
Librarians
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The Academic Liaison Team (ALT)

• Professional team with specialist subject
  knowledge supporting students and staff in
  finding and using information resources
• 10 Liaison Librarians supporting 9 Academic
  Schools across 3 campuses
• Emphasis on information literacy support
• Expectation that all Liaison Librarians will
  complete the PGCHE
• Aligned to the NTU Learning and Teaching
  Enhancement Strategy

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The ALT and the wider NTU community
Academics
ALT
Students
Student Support Services
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Information literacy

• The Chartered Institute of Library and
  Information Professionals (CILIP) defines
  information literacy as
• "Knowing when and why you need information,
  where to find it, and how to evaluate,
  use and communicate it in an ethical manner". 
• Information literate people will demonstrate an
  awareness of how they gather, use, manage,
  synthesise and create information and data in an
  ethical manner and will have the information
  skills to do so effectively. SCONUL Seven
  Pillars of Information Literacy
• LLR aims to help students develop a critical,
  analytical and evaluative approach to information
  resources

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Information literacy teaching within the School
of Social Sciences

• What
• Using appropriate resources
• Types of information
• Evaluating information
• Ethical use of information
• Why
• Enable students to use the correct resources
• To identify good academic literature
• Critically evaluate information
• Use it ethically
• When
• Varies

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Collaboration
Referencing plagiarism
FdA / BA Youth Justice
S3 Learner Support Coordinator
BA Youth Justice Dissertation Module leader
BA Health and Social Care
FdA Youth Justice Study Skills Module leader
Discussions
Timing
Academic sources
Variety
Relevance
Team
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Is it successful?
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Information literacy and the Gateway Summer School

• 10 week summer school for ARES foundation degree
  students before they progress to the final year
  of the articulated honours degree
• Assessment - Dissertation proposal and scientific
  poster
• Successful transition? Academic staff concerns
  highlighted weak academic writing and information
  literacy skills
• Lack of academic rigour
• Lack of engagement with scientific literature
• Weak literature searching skills

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My involvement

• 90 minute library workshop
• Literature searching process
• Finding academic sources
• Referencing and RefWorks
• Student feedback from previous sessions
• A lot to take in I liked practical
• needs to be taken experience, not
• at own pace just talking

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Challenge and Response

• The challenge
• devise a session plan and supporting activities
  and materials that would further understanding of
  the literature searching process and be useful
  after the taught workshop
• My response
• Increased opportunities for student interaction
  and peer learning within the classroom e.g.
  Turning Point quiz
• Richer visual materials and interactive eLearning
  tools e.g. screencasts and Doing a literature
  search Prezi
• Inclusion of support materials within NOW
  learning rooms so students can access help 24/7
  and off-campus
• Greater promotion of follow up appointments

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Is it successful?

• Student feedback indicates
• Increased engagement with the subject material
• Favourable comparison to previous library
  sessions
• Screencasts and embedded subject guides most
  popular
• Too soon to see if it has an impact on the
  assessment and subsequent performance at BSc level

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Conclusion

• LLR takes transition very seriously
• Transition support not just for Welcome Week
• Build upon existing links
• Increase collaboration
• Aim is for ALL students to have information
  literacy support

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