1 / 12

Welcome!

Approaches to library & LRC induction webinar. Welcome!. Please confirm you can hear ok in the Public Chat (right of hand-side of screen) and introduce yourself. Taking part. Please ask questions or make comments in the public chat window, or ask for the microphone

dingbang-lio
Download Presentation

Welcome!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Approaches to library & LRC induction webinar Welcome! Please confirm you can hear ok in the Public Chat (right of hand-side of screen) and introduce yourself

  2. Taking part... • Please ask questions or make comments in the public chat window, or ask for the microphone • You can share resources using the wiki or post web links in the public chat • Any problems - please leave and re-join the session, this will solve most issues

  3. Visit the session Wiki: http://bit.ly/brvjlD

  4. Introducing Induction “An initial experience, an exposure that introduces one to something previously mysterious or unknown” (Webster’s International Dictionary)

  5. RSC Y-H Survey findings

  6. RSC Y-HSurvey findings N.B. Numbers in parentheses denote how many respondents stated that they had used each particular method of promotion.

  7. If you could name one thing that has worked really well with your own library inductions, what would it be? • Increase audience participation • Use of games • Variety • Differentiation • Dedicated classroom • Smaller groups • Keep inductions short

  8. Have you tried anything new in the last year? • Using the voting system - works really well! • Drop-in surgery – dedicated time slot each week which staff and students can attend • In the process of developing an online induction video • Creating an online induction review and learner satisfaction assessment questionnaire. • Quiz involving DDC cards • Skills Fairs • Use a timed activity to find specified resources

  9. Staff induction • What makes a good staff induction? • What information are you trying to convey? • How do you promote these sessions to staff, or are they compulsory? • Is a one-to-one session best? • Is any staff induction (for LRC/library) material available online? Masniza Sore, Northampton College masniza.sore@northamptoncollege.ac.uk

  10. Student induction • What makes a good student induction? • What information are you trying to convey? • How do you promote these sessions, or are they compulsory? • What activities are you using to make inductions more engaging and fun? • Can technology help? • Can existing students be used in some way? Emma Green, Walsall College egreen@walsallcollege.ac.uk

  11. Induction in HE • How does/should and induction to HE students differ? • Can the partner university (if there is one) be involved in some way? Jo Alcock, University of Wolverhampton j.alcock@wlv.ac.uk

  12. Video/virtual induction • Can a video or virtual induction replace face-to-face? • What resources have you developed? • What are the problems with this approach? • Can this approach save you time? Caroline Rushton, Stoke on Trent College crush1sc@stokecoll.ac.uk

More Related