Presented by Peter Hickey, Head of Client Services, University College Dublin Library, Dublin, Ireland at LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference), Manchester, England, March 25-27, 2013.
6. Library Strategy 2010-2014
The mission of UCD Library is to organise the University’s
information to inspire engagement and learning, to enable its use
in promoting research and innovation, and to contribute to the
preservation of Irish cultural heritage.
It is the vision of UCD Library to be the University’s centre for
information and knowledge management services and
expertise, creating dynamic environments that inspire
learning, catalyse innovation, and enable the creation of new
knowledge. UCD Library
UCD Library is the University’s organisational knowledge centre
and, as such, the heart of a dynamic knowledge enterprise and a
key to its success. In supporting the University’s mission, it also
embraces UCD’s core values of excellence (Ad Astra) and its
commitment to equity and fairness (Comhthrom Féinne).
12. Collection
Development
Information
services:
- Desk support
- Consultations
- Guides
Liaison with
Schools &
academics
New Skills
E-Learning
Social
media
Subject
Experti
se
Accreditation
s
Annual
reports
Promotions
Research Services:
Institutional Repository
Bibliometrics
G.I.S.
Datasets
15. College Liaison Librarian Role
College Relationship
• Develop and manage
• Advocate and promote
• Identify opportunities to collaborate
• Represent College/school
perspectives to help inform library
decision making
16. College Liaison Librarian Role
Teaching & Learning
• Develop Library strategy to support
university T&L agendas
• Develop, coordinate and deliver teaching
supports
• Develop resource toolkits and online
supports
• Develop specialist skills in thematic areas
• Develop expertise in best pedagogical
practice.
17. Lead Responsibilities
• Welcome &
Orientation
• PBL/EBL
• Learning Support
Menu
• Systematic &
Literature reviews
• E-Learning
• Reference
management
• Measurement &
Assessment
• Task & Finish
Projects
• Plagiarism
• Games for learning
• Learning journals,
social media
21. College breakdown
College Breakdown
250
200
150
All other Levels
100
UG
50
0
Agriculture, Arts & Celtic
Food Science
Studies
& Veterinary
Medicine
Business &
Law
Engineering
&
Architecture
Health
Sciences
Human
Sciences
Sciences
28. New
Shopping Basket
With whom?
Reusable learning
When?
objects
(tutorials, videos, guides
, games, quizzes, hando
Identify Need
Conversation with
uts, etc.)
Librarian
Target core modules
Samples
(Learning
objectives, assessment
ideas)
strategy
Which module?
Retrieving
When
Evaluating
Level
Communicating
Online
Self-directed
Mappingwhat Level?
At competencies
Learning Support Menu:
options for supporting
needs
Librarian
Expected Facilitated
Explicitly taught
Academic/Tutor Led
Encouraged
Required
Evaluated
Needs assessment
29. Learning
Learning Support Support Menu
Strategy
Learning
Support
Menu
Resources
Suite
Documents
Learning Needs
Retrieving
Evaluating
My students need to develop skills on
Avoiding
Plagiarism
Copyright
Compliance
Reference
Software
Citing
Sources
Bibliometrics
Susan Boyle 2013
Communicating
Writing a thesis
Research
Susan Boyle 2013
Repository
Writing an
assignment
30. Our Guiding Principles
a. Focus on programme
b. Engage with core modules only
c. A curriculum driven process
d. Focus on consultation over delivery
e. Focus on quality over quantity
f.
Encourage self directed learning
g. Develop measures to gauge learning
h. Support model which is flexible and
customisable
31. • Role of the professional Librarian
• Effectiveness of relationship role
• Concerns over workloads
• Loss of subject expertise
32. • Bringing five teams
together
• Office moves
• Timelines & prioritisation
• Managing Semester 1
• Relationship
responsibilities
• Lead Responsibilities
• New Service model
300 million campus development projectThe Times Higher Education World University Rankings show continued improvement in the position of University College Dublin and place the university at 108 for 2008. This represents a climb of 69 places since 2007 and a leap of 111 places since 2006.2010: Into top 100 at 94.2012:QS World University Rankings, UCD 131, up from 134 in 2011. 2012: Since breaking into the Top 100 in the world in 2010, UCD has seen a steady decline, from 94th to 159th, to this year’s rank of 187th.
Key observation is that we provide more support for the postgrad progs over undergrads.
2 trends which are interesting. Coorelation between information skills delivery and the professionally accreditated schools. (and potentially between site libraries and service)Health Med 53Nurs 99Sphpps 63ArchitectureVet
This is very interesting.13 hrs to second level. 165 hrs to undergrad and 316 to everything else.
98% surveyed worked with library staff because they wanted their students to be able to find, evaluate and use good quality sources in their assignments. 60% indicated that their module had explicit learning outcomes relating to information seeking and evaluation skills 88.6% felt that the intervention resulted in improvement in the quality of sources used by students in projects. 80.6% would like to be able to draw on a range of information literacy resources (tutorials, videos, etc) that they can use in their own teaching.