Transcript Librarian/Faculty Partnerships for Information Literacy in Online

Librarian/Faculty
Partnerships for Information
Literacy in Online Instruction
Connie Ury
Patricia Wyatt
Gary Ury
Northwest Missouri State University
Traditional Venues of
Library Instruction
 Reference
Desk
 In-class Instruction
Broad Definition of
Distance Education
 “Characterized
by the separation, in time or place,
between instructor and student”
(Boettcher qtd. in O’Hanlon, 2001)
Role of the Librarian
in Online Education
 Teach
research process
 Facilitate database access & use
 Model effective search strategies
 Demonstrate evaluation of information sources
The Challenge
 Creating
and providing instruction in a format
that is convenient & accessible 24/7
 Reaching students who have no need to enter
the library
The Environment & Our Plan
 50
% of faculty at Northwest use courseware
 Northwest librarians contact faculty with
classes that include a research component
 interact
with students online
 provide online library instruction
Impact of Initiative
 2500+
students use online tutorials for gen.
ed. classes
 Online Tutorials:
Freshman Seminar
 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
 English Composition
 Using Computers

Impact of Initiative
 3026+
students in upper level classes
 37+ separate contacts
 Links in class Web Sites or Online Interaction:
Reading in Secondary School
Computers, Society, & Social Values
Methods in Ed. Research
MIS Decision Support Systems
Telecommunications Networks
Social Studies in Elementary School
Org. & Adm. of Fam. & Cons. Sci.
Parties & Interest Groups
Advanced Child Psychology
Multiculturalism in Education
Types of Interaction
 Directions
for Using Specific Databases
 Research Guides
 Lists of Evaluated Web Sites
 Links to Online Reference Services
 E-Mail
a Question
 Online Research Consultations via E-Mail
 Threaded
Discussions—Using Computers
Demo Types of Interaction
 Threaded
discussion—Using Computers Fall
2002
 Research strategies & database
recommendations—MIS/DSS Fall 2002
 Links to recommended Web sites—
Multiculturalism—Spring 2003
Online vs. Traditional
Library Instruction
 Time
lag in feedback
 Students must plan ahead
 Communication written
 Students who refuse to participate
 Labor intensive
 Group work more difficult
 Individual contact possible
How Online Library Instruction
Impacts Quality of Student Research
 Sources
are of higher quality & larger variety
 Less faculty time required forming search
strategies
 Stronger research support