Extending the One-Shot Instructional Session with Customized Research LibGuides

1. Extending the One-Shot Instructional Session with Customized Research LibGuides LOEX of the West June 12, 2010 Eleonora Dubicki Monmouth University Library edubicki@monmouth.edu

3. Librarian/Faculty Collaboration • Class assignments • Research sources • Library instructional sessions • Customized research LibGuides

4. Request for Instruction • Social Work Research Methods • Fall 2009 – 26 undergraduate students • Spring 2010 – 21 graduate students The assignment:  write a literature review for a research paper; find primary academic resources; find statistics to support existence of a problem.    Please include the following reference materials: Articles, Scholarly Journals, Citation Styles: APA.

5. Instructional Session • Developing search strategies • Keywords • Accessing appropriate materials • Library resources • Internet • Evaluating sources • Citing materials • Support materials for class • Handout customized Research LibGuide

6. What are LibGuides? • A Web 2.0 publishing platform offered by Springshare • Librarians provide content/ Springshare provides storage Benefits: • Streamline research guides • Highlight library resources and credible websites for course topics • Incorporate visuals, media, RSS feeds, and tutorials • Provide contact info for additional help • Help patrons become power searchers • Track usage – guide, page & link level • Quick updates of contents

7. LibGuides as an Instructional Tool • Course-specific LibGuides • Email students one hour before class with link to LibGuide • Students use LibGuide during instructional session • Keyword exercise, then practice search strategies • Work through each page of guide • Demonstrate key sources • Review citation formats • Students asked to provide feedback on LibGuide • Revisions to guides– adding sources • Continued use of LibGuides after instructional session

8. New LibGuide Before and After Old Handout http://guides.monmouth.edu/SW507

9. 1689 Has Social Work Research Methods Libguide been Used? YES! 4/6/10 Papers due May April March 11/30/09 Papers Due February 2/9/09 Instruction January December November October 10/5/09 Instruction

10. Usage Pattern for Class 1) Introduction to LibGuide 2) Gathering statistics 3) Literature review 4) Citations Used for other classes???

12. Student Feedback This information is helpful, because now I am better equipped to navigate through the research without spending more time trying to get to the source in the area of social work. Thanks for everyone's help. This page is awesome! It makes researching so much easier. • Survey Feedback – 42 responses • Was this information helpful? – Yes 100% No 0% • How useful was this page? 1 (low)- 5 (high) avg 4.8

13. Faculty Feedback This is a rather unique tool - it saves the students time in knowing where to start their research and it makes the library interface much more user friendly. Statistics are always troublesome to find, this really identifies some of the key sources they can use and is a real time-saver. The web site is an excellent source for the students. Thank you for taking the initiative and designing it for us.

14. Next Steps • Library will continue to promote LibGuides • Newsletter, targeted emails • Word-of-mouth promotion • Create customized guides for classes or assignments • Embed LibGuides into course management system • Assessment • Level of usage of guides • Impact on students’ quality of work

15. Questions/Comments? EleonoraDubicki edubicki@monmouth.edu

16. Have the Guides been Used? YES! 19879 April 2/3/10 presentation to MU faculty March February January December November October September August July

17. Most Popular Guides

18. Guide Usage Totals