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Katherine Hanz, McGill University, Montreal, Canada katherine.hanz@mcgill.ca

What they don't know can help you Creating information sessions based on a pre-assessment of students' library knowledge . Katherine Hanz, McGill University, Montreal, Canada katherine.hanz@mcgill.ca Jessica Lange, McGill University, Montreal, Canada jessica.lange@mcgill.ca.

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Katherine Hanz, McGill University, Montreal, Canada katherine.hanz@mcgill.ca

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  1. What they don't know can help youCreating information sessions based on a pre-assessment of students' library knowledge Katherine Hanz, McGill University, Montreal, Canada katherine.hanz@mcgill.ca Jessica Lange, McGill University, Montreal, Canada jessica.lange@mcgill.ca

  2. Do you assess your students prior to library workshops?

  3. What do students want to know?

  4. Background on McGill

  5. Background on Libraries & IL @ McGill

  6. Our Pre-Assessment Activity

  7. Activity Challenges

  8. So what?

  9. Sample Population • 13 sections from 5 classes in the Faculty of Education and Continuing Education • 12 undergraduate and 1graduate class • Over 200 questions collected

  10. Methodology • Questions collected and entered into Excel • Each question assigned a number • Questions randomly sorted • Questions coded according to classification scheme • Questions analyzed by semester and month

  11. Classification Schemes

  12. Classification Scheme

  13. Results

  14. Overall question breakdown # of questions

  15. September vs. October %

  16. Fall vs. Winter %

  17. Observations

  18. Discussion

  19. Questions?

  20. Contact Katherine Hanz Liaison Librarian, Education Library & Curriculum Resources Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada katherine.hanz@mcgill.ca Jessica Lange Liaison Librarian, Howard Ross Library of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada jessica.lange@mcgill.ca

  21. Slide 6, 19, 20: by Klaus Fiedler, McGill University Slide 12 : Book crease by liza31337 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizadaly/2511734190/) Photo Credits Slide 1 &3: Questions Proposal by Eleaf, (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/2536358399/) Slide 5: A Lovely Field at McGill University by RecoilRick (http://www.flickr.com/photos/magneticmediafed/3756094077/) Slide 7-9: UF Chalkboard Green Chemistry Laboratory by cdsessums (http://www.flickr.com/photos/csessums/4423278525/) Slide 13: Score! by bigbirdz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbirdz/4352536575/) Slide 17: observation desk by lvvaldzenl (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46157135@N06/5482578577/sizes/m/in/photostream/)

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