Presented at LILAC 2016

1. A Bespoke Pilot Library Programme for International
Students Attending WIT in Collaboration with the
International Office
Across the Borders
Claire Kennedy & Delia Foley, Waterford Institute of Technology
Libraries
LILAC 2016

3. In 2015 International Students came from…
Saudi
Arabia

4. Enrolled in…
Undergrad
Undergraduate

5. Meeting the International Relations Officer in the initial
stages of planning the programme was really important in
order to find out more about the international student cohort

6. Challenging Times Students coming from different education
systems often find the transition difficult and can experience
‘library shock’ (Bullingham & Lahlafi, 2012).

9. Good Advice We followed recommendations from research
and tips from colleagues to inform our pedagogical approach
when teaching international students.

10. The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy
Core Model For Higher Education

11. Session 1:
Highlighting
library resources
Session 2:
Developing a
search strategy
Session 2:
Applying the
CRAAP Test
Session 3:
Paraphrasing
activity
The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy
Core Model For Higher Education
Session 2:
Accessing
journal articles
Session 3:
Citing sources

12. Session 1
• Searching for
Books and eBooks
• Introduction to
Journal Articles

13. Session 2
• Developing a Search Strategy
• MultiSearch: Finding Journal
Articles
• Evaluating Information

14. Session 3
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Referencing your Work

15. The training was really helpful!!! I'm in
love with the library services!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student
Feedback
100% would
recommend to
other international
students
The library training was
practical and useful for
my level
Strongly Agree 52%
Agree 48%

16. Flyers
Posters
Library Desks

17. Effective Promotion The majority of participants who attended
the programme did so because of direct contact by the
International Relations Officer with course leaders and students.

18. Lessons for the Future

19. Claire Kennedy
ckennedy@wit.ie
051 834113
Delia Foley
dfoley@wit.ie
051 302837
Contact Details

20. WIT Libraries Learning

21. References
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Slide 6: Bullingham, L. and Lahlafi, A. (2012) ‘"Library shock" - the
expectations and realities of library and information literacy skills for
international students’, Student Engagement and Experience Journal,
1(3), pp. 1-15. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7190/seej.v1i3.53
Slides 9 & 10: www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/coremodel.pdf
Slide 10: CRAAP Test - Adapted from
http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
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