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Searchpath @ Rutgers
Roberta Tipton, Rutgers University Libraries
Digital Resources and Librarians: Invention and Implementation
June 6, 2005
Thanks to Jeanne Boyle and Sam McDonald for their contributions to
this presentation.
What We Did
Adapted a tutorial created by Western Michigan University for use by students, faculty, and librarians at Rutgers University Rewrote content for our catalog, index, approaches Created backend for handling quizzes and
gathering statistics
Rutgers Context
2,500 faculty 50,000 students Located across New
Jersey at three main campuses
Growing number of off-campus and distance education students
87 librarians 17,000 students taught
in nearly 1,000 library instruction
sessions
Previous Experience with Systemwide Tutorials
eCollege tutorial Single person eCollege technical support
KnowledgeMaze Committee effort Never became interactive
Our Goals
Address information literacy competencies Serve students at all appropriate levels Increase effectiveness of librarian-led sessions Expand reach to students we currently do not
serve
The Players
Jeanne BoyleAssociate University Librarian
Administration liaison/Champion Administrative support License Image permissions
Instructional Services Committee
Instruction coordinators from every unit of Rutgers
Content Assessment plan Implementation
Sam McDonald, Webmaster
Feasibility studies Workspace Scheduling Coding Programming
Harry Glazer, Communications
Marketing plan Low-cost alternatives
Marilyn Wilt, Training
Will implement training for library staff
Administrative Planning Process
Strategic Plan for RUL Cabinet Strategy for Information Literacy A Learning Framework for Information
Literacy and Library Instruction Programs at Rutgers University Libraries
Information Literacy Initiative PlanningSpring Semester, 2004 Faculty Advisory Group Symposium
The “Make or Buy” Decision
Time Cost Chose TILT as adapted by Western Michigan
University Ended up “making” AND “buying”
Searchpath @ Western Michigan
Developed 2000-2001 Based on TILT Open publication
license Adopted by a growing
number of libraries
Zip file downloaded by Rutgers dated March 2003 800 files, 8 megabytes Old HTML No backend
Technical Changes
Pages re-coded to use style sheets Some tables retained Extraneous HTML discarded Flash to rebuild "Information Overload" and
"Thinkfast game"
Technical Changes
Backend created with PHP and MySQL to enable Page counting Records of quizzes JavaScript for quiz validation Server-side includes for easy management,
updating Future extendibility Email quiz results
Technical Issues and Challenges
Requirements Apache, PHP, MySQL installation, with mail host PHP programmer Database designer Flash editor and software XHTML, CSS, JavaScript skills
Converting quizzes from JavaScript to PHP
Marketing
Signature file Better Research, Better Papers, Better Grades! Try
Searchpath, our new online information literacy tutorial. Website news and placement Email to library personnel Ads in student newspapers Pens Notepads for department chairs Articles in Targum and Focus Word of mouth
What We Have Learned
Support from the top is essential Project management is key Open source is barely and rarely good enough Need to sell the product It’s a never ending story
Next Steps
iLink—New catalog version Assessment Market for fall Reports
Generate graphs for visually displaying usage Export for analysis with SPSS
NetID login vs.guests
Searchpath @ Rutgers
Better Research, Better Papers, Better Grades!
Questions?
Roberta Tipton tipton@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Resources
Searchpath http://searchpath.libraries.rutgers.edu/
A Bridge to the Future http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/about/
long_range_plan.shtml
Strategy for Information Literacy http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/groups/
instructional_services/reports/info_lit_strategy.shtml
Resources
A Learning Framework for Information Literacy and Library Instruction Programs at Rutgers University Libraries http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/groups/
instructional_services/reports/learning_frameworks.shtml
Information Literacy Initiative PlanningSpring Semester, 2004 http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/staff/groups/
instructional_services/reports/infolit-init-planning-sp04.shtml
Resources
Fowler, C.S. and Dupuis, E.A. What have we done? TILT’s impact on our instruction program. Reference Services Review, November 2000, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 343-349
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