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Leveraging Research Results for Change CARLI Annual Meeting, 11/1/13

Leveraging Research Results for Change CARLI Annual Meeting, 11/1/13. Lynda M. Duke Associate Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development Professor, The Ames Library. Why Was the Project Successful?. Invested significant resources Generated data specific to IWU

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Leveraging Research Results for Change CARLI Annual Meeting, 11/1/13

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  1. Leveraging Research Results for ChangeCARLI Annual Meeting, 11/1/13 Lynda M. Duke Associate Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development Professor, The Ames Library

  2. Why Was the Project Successful? • Invested significant resources • Generated data specific to IWU • Relevant to teaching faculty • High profile dissemination • Administrators understood the value

  3. Specific Changes • Reference Desk / Terminology • MegaSearch • Catalog changes: DVDs • Online journals/Print journal space • Weeding • Writing Center

  4. Faculty Focus • Focus on building faculty relationships • Shift from outreach/marketing to students • Content of research sessions • From “how-to” to “concepts” • Increase in research sessions

  5. Discipline Specific Focus • Hispanic Studies 280 • Gateway for majors/minors • Course description • Multiple sessions • Course packet/exercises/pre, mid, post-testing • Specific information literacy outcomes • Departmental politics

  6. Mellon Grant – Info Lit & Writing • Support for: • Immersion programs/conferences • Speakers • Numerical literacy • Curriculum mapping / instructional design • Integrating information literacy into assignments • Internal grants for teaching/library faculty • Revised/new assignments • Revised courses • New courses

  7. Further Research • Confirmed the need for ongoing data collection • Observations / Focus Groups / Surveys • Writing/Research link • how do students actually compose essays as they seek information.

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