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Presentation by Michelle Dalton, Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library, at IFLA Information Literacy satellite meeting held in Limerick, Ireland on August 14th, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Image: Richard Lee https://www.flickr.com/photos/70109407@N00/2097402250/
snakes
or
ladders?
ladders?
libguides
ucd library
michelle dalton ucd library
@mishdalton or
evaluating
at
project team: ros pan & josh clark
(outreach) julia barrett, jane nolan &
michael ladisch (research services)
jennifer collery, lorna dodd & michelle dalton
(client services)
academic-led
librarian-led
online
self-directed
self-directed
retrieving
online
self-directed
online
libguides
subject guides
one year subscription
limited range of guides
live date: may 2013
scope of the pilot
project phases
preparation design content
management promotion evaluation
1 2 3
4 5 6
content
3
a first principles approach
“They are not designed to serve either
the experienced scholar or the
reference librarian.
They are for beginners who seek instruction in gathering the
fundamental literature of a field new to them in every respect”.
(Stevens et al., 1973, p. 41)
“it’s not information overload, it’s filter
failure”
clay shirky (2008)
introductory level
integrated with existing
offerings
self-directed ‘take away’
solution
the content
evaluation
6
preference for using the open
web
lack of awareness of their existence
perception they ‘don’t need them’
why students don’t use subject guides
(ouellelte, 2011)
evaluation process start may 13
semester 1 nov/dec 13 end of pilot feb 14
ongoing feedback from academic staff & library staff
qualitative feedback from
students via face to face survey
quantitative analysis of
usage stats & analytics
student feedback
very low awareness of guides (18%) referencing information identified as particularly helpful
“it covers everything you need“
“having everything in one place”
“useful, pretty inclusive”
Map Collections 9260
Theses Information 2815
Bibliometrics 1681
English, Drama & Film 1269
Economics 750
Sociology 708
Languages, Literatures & Linguistics 648
History & Archives 484
Applied Social Science 451
Politics & International Relations 445
quantitative data top ten guides by usage from sept-13 to feb-14
guide level usage: sociology most students don’t explore libguides in fine detail:
sociology libguide, views by page, feb 2014
Page Name Views
Journal Articles & Databases 157
Introduction 152
Books & Websites 27
Datasets & Statistics 27
Newspapers & Sociology 13
Government & EU Information 12
Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism 12 400
link level usage: sociology
sociology libguide, clicks per link, feb 2014
Name Click-throughs
Sociological Abstracts 121
JSTOR 45
Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI) 17
Social Sciences Full Text 14
Applied Social Science Index & Abstracts 6
Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) 3
Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) 3
google analytics
Region Sessions New Users Pgs/Session
Ireland 1714 1196 2.59 United States 140 135 1.85 United Kingdom 118 112 1.94 Australia 31 28 1.45 Canada 23 23 1.96 France 9 8 3.33 India 9 9 1.67 Spain 7 7 1.43 Philippines 7 7 1.14 Brazil 6 6 1.50 Total 2165 1628 2.43
890 (52%) from UCD campus ethernet
all libguides, feb 2014 data: josh clark, ucd library
increase visibility & promotion
further extend as cms for all elearning
supports
mainstream to all subject areas
the outcome
collaboration with academic staff
think of the end user
my five ‘take aways’
avoid information overload
promote via f-to-f instruction
integration with other supports
Image: Druyts.t http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snakes_and_ladders2.JPG
thank you
http://libguides.ucd.ie
project team: ros pan & josh clark (outreach) julia barrett, jane nolan & michael ladisch (research services) jennifer collery, lorna dodd & michelle dalton (client services)
read the paper: http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5653
michelle dalton ucd library
t @mishdalton