Presented at LILAC 2019

1. Uncharted territory:
supporting a pilot cohort
of trainee nursing
associates
Tasha Cooper
Subject Support
Librarian
Alison McKay
Library Academic
Support
Coordinator
25 April 2019
Photo by Dany Goldraij on Unsplash

2. go.uwe.ac.uk/LILAC19
Go to the above URL
Thinking about why you came to today's session, choose
the area that interests you most.

3. Who was
involved?
What did
we try?
How did
we get to
where we
are now?
What have
we
learned?
Uncharted territory

4. Who were the students?
• Academic background
• Professional context
• Range of motivation
• Miscellaneous variation:
age, gender, language

5. Who were we?
Librarians
increasingly
teaching
2014 - 2017 April 2017
Recruitment of Library
Academic Support
Coordinators
TNA cohort 1
April 2018
TNA cohort 2
November 2018
Hybrid library team formed
TNA cohort 3
April 2019
Preparing for
TNA cohort 4

6. Our starting point
They were useful
but maybe make
them more fun?
More interactive!
Feel overwhelmed
with the amount
of information...
Feedback from the first cohort:
x5
x6
I was already aware of
this from previous studies
It was the one
thing I was most
worried about
Referencing:

7. Cohort
1
Librarian-led
tour and Q&A
Finding,
evaluating and
referencing
information
Academic writing
1: Planning and
note-taking
Academic writing 2:
Getting started with
critical writing
Cohort
2
Self-directed
treasure hunt
on Learnpads®
Academic
writing: analysis
of student
exemplars
Finding,
evaluating and
referencing
information
Exam and revision
techniques
Cohort
3
Self-directed quiz
Finding information
Accessing e-books
Academic
writing: analysis
of student
exemplars
Evaluating
information and
referencing
using Lego
Study techniques:
note-taking,
paraphrasing and
revision
Exam-focused
embedded
session
TNA teaching sessions

8. Where have we ended up?
• 96% felt more confident about evaluating a resource
• 88% felt more confident about avoiding plagiarism
• 92% felt more confident about writing a reference
using UWE Harvard
100%
said learning materials
were engaging and
useful
92% of
students felt more
confident about
referencing overall
"What would improve the
session?"
- Cake 
- Awesome session again
- Engaging and interactive
- All of it was useful

9. 1. The 'novelty factor'
• the students, the career pathway, the hybrid library team
• Bringing the fun into familiar
territory
• Stepping into new territory
Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash

10. 2. Informal needs analysis
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay

11. 3. Collaborative reflection
• Devoting time to: 'Shut up and reflect'
• Dealing with change
• Redefining boundaries
• Balancing risk inherent in novelty
Photo by Pepe Reyes on Unsplash

12. Lessons learned
1. Shut up and reflect sessions: assumption challenging and risk-taking
2. Seek out collaborators
3. Don’t be complacent about faculty liaison – keep pushing
4. Accept uncertainty in sessions - if you are asking students what they need...
5. Creating interactive sessions: push through pain barrier/cringe factor
6. If available, take any opportunity to develop pedagogical knowledge which
informs practice

13. Tasha Cooper
Subject Support Librarian
UWE Bristol
Email: tasha.cooper@uwe.ac.uk
Telephone: 0117 328814
Twitter: @UWELibrary
Alison McKay
Library Academic Support
Co-ordinator
UWE Bristol
Email: alison.mckay@uwe.ac.uk
Telephone: 0117 3284103
Twitter: @UWELibrary