graduate instructor orientation to the psu libraries 2012

STUDENTS, THE LIBRARY AND RESEARCH:ENGLISH 15 AND INFORMATION LITERACY

Presented by Anne Behler, Library Learning Services

Welcome to the University Libraries Information Literacy and your students Library Learning Services Media Commons & Multimedia Services Library Services Especially for YOU New Resources for you and your

students

Information Literacy

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”

Source: ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (http://bit.ly/ILStandards)

New Literacies…

…new forms of research and rhetoric

Digital Literacy Visual Literacy Media Literacy Technology Literacy

English 15 parallels

Students able to employ “elements of the writing process (planning, inventing, arranging, drafting, revising, editing)”

Students develop ability to “evaluate the quality of others' arguments and to develop and articulate your own position clearly, thoughtfully, persuasively, and even eloquently”

Students “will also gain an appreciation of how visual and material elements operate in the act of persuasion”

Information Literacy Challenges for our Students

From Topic to Research Question Doing Research: The Google/Wikipedia

question Understanding Context Copyright and Citation

Library Learning Services

Assignment-based library instruction

Annual Open House Research Project

Calculator Instruction Resources

Page One-on-one

appointments with your students

Online interaction:

http://tinyurl.com/english015

Research Instruction for your Students

Goals for English 15 instruction: Understanding of importance of library

resources and research to academic work Familiarity with finding books and articles,

whether print or electronic Evaluation of Web sources, and how they fit

into research Identification of Librarian as resource

Research Instruction – When & How to Book

Request your session now Bring students “just in time”

They already have their assignment They have chosen a topic

To Request: http://tinyurl.com/library-class-reservation

Open House – Sept. 12 & 13

Open House! – student feedback “I was always a little intimidated by the

size of the libraries but this tour really helped me to find out where to go for various services and help.”

“I really like this open house, it really helped me get to know the libraries at Penn State. I will definitely be using a lot of the resources here in the future.”

“I found this open house to be very helpful in just getting over my anxiety to enter such a huge library. I know I won't be afraid to come in now.”

Research Project Calculator

simple, step-by-step model for navigating the research process

enter a due date for a research assignment and get steps for completing it

steps can be emailed as reminders make notes, share assignment with others assists with time management and

information literacy

Research Project Calculator cont.

Access the calculator: tinyurl.com/researchprojectcalculator

Or, on Libraries' homepage under 'Research’

Support for Multimedia Assignments Knowledge Commons

Media Commons http://mediacommons.psu.edu/ Group Study Rooms with MediaScape

Commons Services All lending services, including

Laptops Peripherals and chargers iPads

Media Technology Support Services (MTSS) Equipment loans - www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss

Library Services just for YOU! Library Instruction Resource Page

http://tinyurl.com/engl015-options Citation Management Tools – Zotero, Endnote,

Mendeley http://tinyurl.com/citationseminars

Research Guide for Literature: Texts and Criticism: http://tinyurl.com/englishliterature

Document Delivery of Articles owned by PSU and other Libraries http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/ill.html

Bill Brockman, Paterno Family Librarian for Literature (uxb5@psu.edu)

Questions?

Contact us! Anne Behler, Information

Literacy Librarian, Liaison to English 015: behler@psu.edu

Bill Brockman, Paterno Family Librarian for Literature: uxb5@psu.edu

Library Learning Services: ul-instruct@lists.psu.edu

814-865-9257