elevating research librarianship to a new level, presented at liasa conference, oct 2011
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Elevating research librarianship to a new
level
Interest group open discussionSession 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Agenda• Introduction and overview of the RLC and US
Internship programme - Naomi Visser• Research support – Lucia Schoombee• Research support: the Arizona perspective – Fiona
Still – Drewett• Embedded librarianship - Linda Cartwright• Information Literacy from a research perspective
– Sunette Steynberg• Collection building – Marguerite Nel
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Introduction and overview of the RLC and US Internship
programme
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Naomi Visser, Stellenbosch UniversityInternship at Case Western Reserve University
Overview of the RLC
• Research Libraries Consortium, funded by
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• to improve dramatically the quality of library support
for research
• to enable the library sector to play its part in an
eventual upsurge in research productivity in SA
• Phase I (2006-2009): UCT, Wits, UKZN
• Phase II (2010-2012): SU, UP, Rhodes
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Overview of the RLC
Three interrelated components:
• A Research Commons
• The development of a sophisticated web-based
research portal
• Skills enhancement of mid-career subject-specialist
librarians at a residential Library Academy
programme, to enable them to improve their domain
expertise, research knowledge, and support skills
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011 Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
US Internship programme
• Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Nine universities (to learn about the practices of research librarians in
these environments) o University of Washington, Seattle
o Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
o University of California, Davis
o Duke University, North Carolina
o University of North Carolina
o Texas A & M
o University of Kansas
o Purdue University
o University of Arizona
• ACRL Conference, Philadelphia
• Mid-term meeting, New YorkThe 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011
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The culture of research in the USA
• Sound foundation at undergraduate level• Librarians trained at graduate level• Role of the ACRL
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Sound foundation at undergraduate level
• First-year seminars
• SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship) at Case Western Reserve Universityhttp://case.edu/sages/ProgramOverview.html
• Undergraduate Research Program and Seminar at University of Washington, Seattlehttp://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/index.html
• The Common ReadThe 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011
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Librarians trained at graduate level
• Professional librarians in the USA are required to have a master’s degree in Library and Information Science.
• Example: GSLIS in Urbana-Champaign• The university’s librarians are also GSLIS faculty• Graduate assistantships wherein students work
alongside librarians in an academic environment• The librarians make great mentors and often go
out of their way to help students grow as professionals
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Role of the ACRL• Association of College and Research Libraries• Division of the American Library Association• Professional association of academic librarians• Dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic
library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research.
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Research support
Lucia SchoombeeStellenbosch University
Internship at University of Washington
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Four institutions
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
University of Washington
University of
Illinois
Columbia University
Purdue University
Research support @ University of Washington
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University of Washington Research
CommonsoCollaborative environment oSupport all steps of the research process
oWorkshopsoPresentation opportunities
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Research support @ University of Illinois
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University of IllinoisScholarly Commons
• Data Services• Savvy Researcher workshops• Usability studies• Scholarly publishing• Digitisation• Digital Humanities
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Research support @ Purdue University
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Distributed Data Curation Center
(D2C2)• Data management• Information literacy• E-science research
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Research support @ Columbia University
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Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS)
Journal hosting Digital Repository Video Production Conference support Wikischolars
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Traditional library services
• Book deliveries• Loan privileges• Article requests• Interlibrary loans• Information literacy
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Information literacy from
a research perspective
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Sunette SteynbergUniversity of Pretoria
Internship at Purdue University
Overview
• Introduction• Definitions• Pedagogy of information literacy• Diverse learning styles• Collaborative activities• Suggestions for implementation
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Computer literacy
Computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving.
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Information literacy• Recognize when information is needed• Have the ability to locate information• The ability to evaluate the information• The ability to incorporate information
into a personal knowledge base• The ability to integrate and use
information effectively and ethically
Association of College and Research librarians (ACRL)
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Pedagogy of Information literacy
• Type of instruction • Integrated IL within ongoing coursework • Information technology and media
resources• Diverse learning styles• Collaborative and experiential learning
activities• Critical thinking and reflection
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Collaborative activities
• Human boolean• Voting• Cephalonian• Cell phones• Assessment: the one minute paper
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Suggestions for implementation
• Short ‘How do I’s’• Researcher savvy workshops• Use flat screens for training videos• Teach Information literacy in 1 hour
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“This is what I want for my students – for them to become habitual askers of questions, seekers of new knowledge, critical thinkers, and informed decision makers.”
Hinchliffe, Lisa J 2001, ‘Information literacy as a way of life’, Research strategies, 18(2), pp. 95-96.
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Collection buildingMarguerite Nel, University of Pretoria
Internship at the University of California, Davis
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Introduction
“The planned purchase of materials in various formats to match the instructional and research needs of the campus
within the current fiscal environment and resource sharing opportunities
The heart of a library is its collections: The buildings house them;
the library personnel acquire and manage them and teach users how best to access and use them.”
University of Colorado at BoulderThe 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October
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Collection development to support researchers
• Massive technological changes in the area of research, knowledge production, publishing and communication
• Researchers need to have access to all the information sources that support their information needs
• Collection development and management activities should recognise and accommodate diversity and change
• Need to consider the information universe from the perspective of our users (researchers)
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Challenges• Users needs (physical space, immediate and
unlimited access)• Interdisciplinary research• Need to preserve non-print materials• Management and collection of grey literature• Special collections and archives• eScience• Data management and preservation
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Solution?
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011
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• Need to promote and exploit the resources which are available, making them accessible to users
• Potential offered by technology and collaboration
“A digital library, a collection of information that is both digitized andorganized, gives us powers we never had with traditional libraries.”
(Lesk, 1997)
Electronic Books
• Provide multimedia information, full-text searching, reference linking, flexibility in searching and browsing,
selection of different types of fonts, portability, and interoperability on a variety of devices
• Highlight, annotate, underline and bookmark• Access
• Cost effective
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University of California Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey & Springer e-Book
Pilot Projecthttp://www.cdlib.org/services/uxdesign/docs/2011/academic_ebook_usage_survey.pdf
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Use of e-Books according to discipline
Preferred e-book functionalities
• Ability to search within and across e-book content • Annotating and highlighting • Ability to download the entire e-book to a device for
later use • “The dedicated e-book reader, such as the Kindle,
and mobile devices, such as the iPhone, offer significant advantage over the personal computer as well as the print book for a noteworthy number of respondents...”
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Institutional repositories
• Special collections• Archives• Research objects• Grey literature• Research output (peer-reviewed papers, e-prints, theses, reports, conference papers, working papers)• Open Access
“Librarians are way too focused on published material: they should leave that to the Amazons and
concentrate on the hard stuff.”(Online Computer Library Center, 2004)The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011
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eScience and Research data
“…envisioning how scientific research will be conducted in a (possibly very near) future…
It will evolve around several aspects among which are:An explosion of data, which will reside online.
It will need to be stored, preserved, managed and accessed as needed from any place,
at any time, by anyone… new communication possibilities through powerful grid networks
… interconnectedness and collaboration among researchers…” (ACRL, 2011)
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
Purdue’s 3 steps to data
management
Understand the stages
researchers are going through
with data
• Negotiation
(data curation)
• Institutional Repositories• Part of a research article• Data supplement
Ingest the data
Raw data Process Analyze Experimental data for
publication
Present at
conference
Send in for
publication
Publish
Abstract in
database
Lifecycle SharingDissemin
ation
IP/copyrigh
t
Repository require-
ments
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Conclusion
The 13th Annual LIASA Conference, East London International Convention Centre (ELICC) , 3 – 7 October 2011Session 6 Parallel Session H: RETIG
They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world.- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
Conclusion
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