Transcript WeTALC Reference Librarian`s Meeting, August 1

WeTALC
Reference Librarian’s Meeting
August 1, 2003
Jeanine Akers, Instructional
Service Librarian, U of M
Mary Ellen Pozzebon, Reference
& Instruction Librarian, JSCC
Information Literacy
Consortial Models
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Shared Values
Shared or Similar Resources
Shared or Similar Challenges
Varied and diverse abilities, ideas,
expertise
Shared Values:
Information Literacy
“Information Literacy is a set of abilities
requiring individuals to ‘recognize when
information is needed and have the ability
to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the
needed information.’”
Shared Values:
Guiding Principles
• ACRL Information Literacy Competency
Standards
• ACRL Guidelines for Instruction Programs
in Academic Libraries
• Institute for Information Literacy
Characteristics of Programs of Information
Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices
The ACRL
Competency Standards
Guidelines for Instruction Programs in
Academic Libraries
Characteristics of Programs of Information
Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline
Characteristics of Programs of Information
Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline
Common Tutorial Components
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Choosing and refining topics
Using reference materials
Using library catalogs
Using periodical indexes
Using the WWW
Creating search strategies
Evaluating information
Using information legally and ethically
Others?
Shared or Similar Challenges
• Many of us have distance education students who never
set foot in the physical library building
• Many of us are unable to reach all or even a majority of
our students via traditional bibliographic instruction
methods
• Many of our students would benefit from a self-paced
tutorial
• Many of us need to look at new ways of assessing our
students’ learning in regards to information literacy
• Many of us are overwhelmed by the idea of creating and
maintaining a web tutorial on our own (time, technology,
etc.)
Shared or Similar Resources
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Some of us share catalogs
TEL Databases
Reference Resources
Web Resources
Varied and Diverse Abilities,
Ideas, Expertise
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Varying technology skills
Varying writing strengths
Varying pedagogies
An automatic editorial board
Strength in numbers!
Cooperatively Created Tutorials
Process, Problems, Possibilities
• TILT
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
• Internet Navigator (course)
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/navigator/
• CSU Information Competence Project
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html
• ALICE (material repository)
http://alice.acaweb.org/
• Reports of projects currently underway in Illinois
and Rhode Island
• Possibility of upcoming TEL tutorials
Online Tutorial Technology
• Various software exists for developing
online tutorials
• ACRL’s internet Education project has
many good examples:
http://cooley.colgate.edu/etech/iep/
• Design can be as important as content in
getting your message across
Online Tutorial Technology
• Most tutorials use html, java scripts, and
various graphics, menus, and buttons
• A few good ones use Flash
• Assume different skills by the users; some
explain basic pc skills, some jump right
into advanced concepts and strategies
• Let’s look at a few examples:
• This tutorial provides some basic
instruction and just uses html
• This University library explains the use
of resources using Java Script
• This librarian has created a series of
instructional videos in various formats
• These two excellent plagiarism tutorials
use Flash and are very effective.
• http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/dou
glass/sal/plagiarism/intro.html
• http://library2.fairfield.edu/instr
uction/ramona/plugin.html
New Technologies
• There are some new tools in the shed.
• Today we’ll look at:
– Dreamweaver/Coursebuilder
– WebCT
– Camtasia/SnagIt
Dreamweaver/Coursebuilder
• Dreamweaver is part of the Macromedia
suite of web development software
http://www.macromedia.com/
• Coursebuilder is a free extension of
Dreamweaver
• Coursebuilder is a web based training
program
Dreamweaver/Coursebuilder
• Allows you to create tutorials with quizzes
and other interactions that are tracked and
compiled for grading
• Used with Macromedia’s other web
development tools, it can create effective
tutorials that do not require log-in
• This tutorial uses Coursebuilder to
provide a quiz at the end of the section
WebCT
• WebCT is used by many school to provide
instruction electronically
• WebCT course tools include
communication tools (discussion, mail,
chat), quizzes & results, syllabus, and
modules, among others
• Some libraries use WebCT to create
stand-alone courses
• This library is using WebCT to create
information competence modules and quizzes.
WebCT Course Features
• This course, at CSU, Sacramento
includes:
– Survey, pre-test, modules, post-test, quizzes
• Scores are reported to course instructor
and included in final grade
• A stand-alone course is in development,
reflecting the system’s emphasis on
information competence
Camtasia and SnagIt
• Camtasia is a tool to create PC video
presentations
www.techsmith.com
• Can be used to create video demonstrations
of search actions
• SnagIt allows you to incorporate screen shots
and other graphic material into your web
pages or power points
• Useful because they help reach visual and
auditory learners
Camtasia and SnagIt
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Good compression
Highly regarded for software training
Works with PC’s and Macintosh
Quality, clarity
Highly regarded as tool for streaming video
Works with Macromedia’s Flash
Output can be in several formats: AVI, Flash,
QuickTime and others
• This library has enhanced their tutorial
with Camtasia videos in RealPlayer format.
Access Issues
• Information literacy tutorials must address
issues of access to materials
• Issues are multi-faceted
– Shrinking materials budgets
– More reliance on various kinds of electronic
materials
– Retrieval options are more complicated
Access issues
• Number one reason that access issues
should be part of information literacy is
the prevalence of off-campus programs.
– RODP or other online programs
– Distance Centers
– Students in multiple categories
• Discussions about resources and access
to resources should be integrated.
Brainstorming
• What we would like to see
• Roles of each institution