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Creating Subject Guides for the 21st Century
1. CREATING SUBJECT
ST
GUIDES FOR THE 21
CENTURY LIBRARY:
PATHWAYS TO LEARNING
presented by Buffy J. Hamilton
ALA TechSource
October 30, 2013
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Original photograph by Buffy J. Hamilton
3. Topics
Defining Subject Guides
and Why Learners Need
Them
Basic Design Principles
Content for Your Subject
Guide
Platforms for Creating
Subject Guides
Future Directions for
Subject Guides
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4. Subject Guides: Helping Learners
Navigate Worlds of Information
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5. Defining the Subject
Guide
A set of resources designed to help patrons
fully research and explore a topic
May include traditional and emerging
forms of authoritative information sources
Dynamic and organic
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7. Lists
Learning
Tool
Minimal Context,
Informational,
Consumption Oriented
Contextualized by
Research Models,
Learner Mental
Models, Meaning
Making w/ Information
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Sinkinson, C., Alexander, S., Hicks, A., & Kahn, M. (2012). Guiding Design: Exposing Librarian and Student Mental Models of Research Guides. Portal: Libraries & The
Academy, 12(1), 63-84.
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10. “We can no longer be content to
train students to understand the
difference between peer-reviewed
journals and popular magazines,
to appreciate the value of books,
newspapers and reference
sources, and to understand how to
evaluate garden variety web sites.”
Source: http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/
Laura B. Cohen
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11. what is authority?
who decides what
counts as
authority?
who are the
experts?
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13. a focus on knowing how and
when a particular
information source
is the right fit
for an information seeking
task
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14. “The conversation has moved
away from using tools to find
information… and now seems to
be more along the lines of finding
(and building) tools that students
can use to analyze, synthesize,
and share information. It’s the
changing role of librarians?”
Brian Mathews
Associate Dean for Learning and Outreach, Virginia Tech
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Source: “The-3-Click-Dilemma: Are library databases nearing the tipping point of obsolescence?” August 20, 2013 http://bit.ly/14YCadM
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15. subject guides can be a medium
collaboration and cultivating
partnerships for learning
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17. “embrace the
potentials and
challenges of this
[participatory]
emerging culture
not as a
replacement for
existing print
practices but as
an expansion of
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Source: http://henryjenkins.org/2010/02/learning_in_a_participatory_cu.html
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18. AASL Standards for 21st Century
Learners
1.2.2 Demonstrate confidence and self-direction by
making independent choices in the selection of resources
and information.
3.1 Participate and collaborate as members of a social
and intellectual network of learners.
3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to
organize and display knowledge and understanding in
ways that others can view, use, and assess.
4.1.6 Organize personal knowledge in a way that can be
called upon easily.
4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to gather
and share information.
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22. 2. Have you observed your
patrons (students, instructors,
adults) utilizing any of these
resources in their research?
Group Poll
1. Do you incorporate social
media networks and
information streams
(emerging forms of
authority) into your research
guides?
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33. Build
Learn
Mathews, Brian. "CHANGE NEEDS A BRAND: Don't Fear Labels, Leverage Them." Web log post. The Ubiquitous Librarian. The Chronicle of
Higher Education, 25 Apr. 2013. Web. 02 May 2013. <http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/04/25/change-needs-abrand-dont-fear-labels-leverage-them/>.
Assess
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34. A Carousal tour
of Tools and
Strategies for
contemporary
subject guides
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Q&A
Q&A
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91. threads to weave
together the
fabric of contemporary
subject guides
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92. Platforms/Tools for Housing Subject
Guides
Library website created with traditional web authoring
platforms
Subscription or open source subject guide services
Blogs
Wikis
Social Bookmarking Services
Free Sources: Netvibes, Live Binders, Symbaloo,
Scoop.it
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93. Points of Consideration
When Choosing a Subject
Guide Platform
Cost:
Free vs. Paid
Technical Support
In-House Expertise Needed to Support
the Platform
Ease of Replicating Content
Types of Embed Code Supported
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94. Points of Consideration When
Choosing a Subject Guide
Platform
Ability for
multiple users to manipulate the
guides and/or tools for creating the guides
Is content sharable within a community?
Does the platform generate a mobile version
or have an app?
Is the guide searchable?
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124. • Mental Models Research
Informing Design
• User Experience
• Responsive Design
• Participatory
Technologies for CoCreated Content
Future
Directions/Trends/
Research
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Sinkinson, C., Alexander, S., Hicks, A., & Kahn, M. (2012). Guiding Design: Exposing Librarian and Student Mental Models of Research
Guides. Portal: Libraries & The Academy, 12(1), 63-84.
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126. Participatory sites of
culture…
artistic expression and civic
Engagement
Strong support for Creating and
sharing
Fluidity in the roles of novices and
experts
Members feel a sense of
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Q&A
Q&A
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130. Works Cited
Drexler, Wendy. "The Networked Student Model for Construction of Personal Learning Environments: Balancing Teacher Control and Student
Autonomy." Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 26.3 (2010): 369-85. AJET 26(3) Drexler (2010) - The Networked Student Model
for Construction of Personal Learning Environments: Balancing Teacher Control and Student Autonomy. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/drexler.html>.
Drexler, Wendy. "Personal Learning Environments: Student Processes and Decisions." Web log post. N.p., 12 Jan. 2010. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
<http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/2010/01/personal-learning-environments-student.html>.
Greenhow, C. (2009). Social Scholarship: Applying Social Networking Technologies to Research Practices. Knowledge Quest, 37(4), 42-47.
Jenkins, Henry. "Learning in a Participatory Culture: A Conversation About New Media and Education (Part Three)." Web log post. N.p., 12 Feb.
2010. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. <http://henryjenkins.org/2010/02/learning_in_a_participatory_cu.html>.
Mathews, Brian. "CHANGE NEEDS A BRAND: Don't Fear Labels, Leverage Them." Web log post. N.p., 25 Apr. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
<http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/04/25/change-needs-a-brand-dont-fear-labels-leverage-them/>.
Mathews, Brian. "Curating Learning Experiences: A Future Role For Librarians?" Web log post. N.p., 5 Sept. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
<http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/09/05/curating-learning-experiences-a-future-role-for-librarians/>.
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131. Works Cited
Mathews, Brian. "Database vs. Database vs. Web-Scale Discovery Service: Further Thoughts on Search Failure (or: More Clicks than
Necessary?) (or: Info-pushers vs. Pedagogical Partners)." Web log post. N.p., 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
<http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/08/21/database-vs-database-vs-web-scale-discovery-servicefurther-thoughts-on-search-failure-or-more-clicks-than-necessary/>.
Mathews, Brian. "The-3-Click-Dilemma: Are Library Databases Nearing the Tipping Point of Obsolescence?" Web log post. N.p., 20
Aug. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. <http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/08/20/the-3-click-dilemma-arelibrary-databases-nearing-the-tipping-point-of-obsolescence/>.
Mitchell, Amy, Jocelyn Kiley, Jeffrey Gottfried, and Emily Guskin. "The Role of News on Facebook." Pew Research Centers
Journalism Project RSS. N.p., 24 Oct. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. <http://www.journalism.org/2013/10/24/the-role-of-news-onfacebook/>.
Sinkinson, C., Alexander, S., Hicks, A., & Kahn, M. (2012). Guiding Design: Exposing Librarian and Student Mental Models of
Research Guides. Portal: Libraries & The Academy, 12(1), 63-84.
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Editor's Notes
scaffold learners’ efforts to construct personal learning networks and environments for organizing, managing, and publishing information and original content
Understanding by Design
Individual and collective outcomes of learning/ goals that are measurable in quantitative and qualitative ways
