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June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
No Credit? No Money? No Problem!
Brian T. Gallagher
Amanda Izenstark
Jim Kinnie
University of Rhode Island Library
Using a Forum to Pique Students’ Information Literacy Awareness and Raise the Profile of Your Library
(On Nearly Zero Dollars)
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Forum: Some Background
Three Forums (Fora?) so far: Consumer Power in the Information Age Title Deleted: Censorship in the Arts, Academia,
and Politics Is That a Fact? Fact Checking in the Media
Panel presentations and discussions with local people from outside the library
Intended to help students understand real world uses of IL
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Why Hold a Forum?
Proves that real people need to find, evaluate, and use information!
Shows relevance of IL topics to students’ real lives and fosters lifelong learning.
Supports ACRL Information Literacy Standards #3 “…evaluates information and its sources critically…” #5 “…understands many of the economic, legal, and social
issues surrounding the use of information…” Shows the library’s vitality and increases the
library’s visibility on campus!
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
What Students Have Said
“Now I probably will not believe the first thing I read or see on television instead I will maybe check many sources…”
“This forum really opened my eyes and got me on my guard to question even the most credible sources.”
“The forum on censorship in the arts, academia, and politics was a very enlightening experience. It made me realize how censorship can be faced in every aspect of life.”
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Techniques for Motivating a Diverse Student Population
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First Things First
Why should students care if they don’t think it relates to them?
Select topics of current note, that have an impact on their lives, now and in the future.
Enlist good speakers!
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The Topics
Information literacy for daily life
File sharing Copyright Plagiarism Identity theft Information aggregation RFID
Fact checking Free speech /
censorship Preservation Filtering Digital divide Media consolidation FOIA / Open Records And so on...
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Speakers
Friends and family in fields where info lit is necessary to success
Contacts within the institution: faculty and adjuncts who want to boost their CVs
Contacts in the wider world: local names and faces, colleagues of faculty
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
If You Plan It, Will They Come?
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Course or No Course?
IL course = captive audience!
No course? Partner and promote the event with friendly faculty in related disciplines.
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Collaborating with Faculty
Some faculty will be very open -- even excited -- about the opportunity to link course content to daily life and lifelong learning!
Those faculty could use this as a teaching moment, requesting a response paper on the forum.
(Certainly, you all know at least a couple of these..?)
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Timing, Timing, Timing!
Consider break schedules: not too close to break, as students may be leave early...
And they may not be back on the Monday after break, either!
Avoid midterms, finals, sporting events, previously scheduled event series, etc.
Thursday night? Might be party night!
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Essentials
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How Big Does This Have To Be?
Completely scalable!
Targeted for students in one class (15-50)
Coordinated for multiple sections or multiple classes (50+)
Open to anyone (100+)
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Space
Can be held in an average classroom
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Space
Can be held in a large meeting room
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
The Space
Can be held in an auditorium
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Money?! What Money???
Family can be cheap! Consider small bribes.
Friends and others may be bought with the promise of dinner out and that line they can add to their CVs.
Once you’ve done it a few times, your institution may pony up. Use the foot-in-the-door technique!
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Money?! What Money???
Library discretionary funds…
Investigate institutional grants or sources for visiting speakers.
Don’t be afraid to ask!
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Getting the Word Out
Assign one person as the press contact to facilitate communication.
Create a press release to distribute to your institution’s news office and the press.
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Getting the Word Out: On Campus Create fliers and programs to distribute to
departments
Contact your college or university newspaper
Provide an abstract and press release content to your Webmaster -- it’ll make it easier to cut and paste info into a template for your institution’s web site.
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Getting the Word Out: On Campus
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Getting the Word Out: On Campus
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Getting the Word Out: Beyond...
Fax or mail your press release! Unsolicited email might get deleted…
And try any personal contacts you might have at local media outlets!
Send fliers to other area libraries / consortia(academic and public)
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Getting the Word Out: Beyond...
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Technology: It Always Works During Rehearsal If using a room elsewhere, preview and test
the in-house equipment thoroughly. Arrange for wireless mics, test them, and
bring extra batteries. If you can, BYO laptop and cables.
Don’t forget bottled water for the speakers!
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Finally, the Word on the Street
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
Finally, the Word on the Street
“This presentation also made me realize the importance of checking my own sources when I write a paper or do another project.”
“This will affect the way I search items on the Internet in a big way. I will no longer just assume something is a good source because it is about the subject I typed in to research.”
June 10, 2005NELIG Annual Program
No Credit? No Money? No Problem!
Brian T. Gallagher btg@uri.edu
Amanda Izenstark amanda@uri.edu
Jim Kinnie jkinnie@uri.edu
University of Rhode Island Library
Using a Forum to Pique Students’ Information Literacy Awareness and Raise the Profile of Your Library
(On Nearly Zero Dollars)
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