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Oxford University Library Services

Oxford University Library Services. Welcome Session for Graduate Trainees 08-09 Emma Sullivan, Staff Development Librarian. Programme. 1.30 Welcome/Introductions 1.45 Group Feedback 2.15 Introduction to … Oxford and Its Libraries Graduate Trainee Programme/Year

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Oxford University Library Services

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  1. Oxford University Library Services Welcome Session for Graduate Trainees 08-09 Emma Sullivan, Staff Development Librarian

  2. Programme • 1.30 Welcome/Introductions • 1.45 Group Feedback • 2.15 Introduction to … Oxford and Its Libraries Graduate Trainee Programme/Year • 3.00 Cake Break and Projects • 3.30 Learning Effectively • 4.30 Final Thoughts • 4.55 END

  3. Who Are You? • Name • Where are you working? • What were you doing before? • What is your greatest skill?

  4. Group Feedback 5 groups … 10 minutes …discuss! • Hopes • Concerns • Questions

  5. History • Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is My Light) • Oldest University in English speaking world • 800 year old tradition of discovery & invention • First University Library founded 1320 in the Church • Bodleian Library founded 400 years ago • Collegiate university: 39 colleges (+6 halls) • Colleges select/admit; housing; libraries; sports/social/pastoral care; tutorials/welfare • University organises course content; lectures/seminars; sets exams; awards degrees • Also a town with its own industrial heritage!

  6. Oxford University Colleges Departments Academic Services and University Collections

  7. Library Land

  8. Subject Approach

  9. Thomas Bodley’s Vision • Bodleian refounded 1602 • Access to Collections: Bodley’s “Republic of Letters” • Legal deposit privilege since 1610 • 60% of Bodleian readers not members of Oxford University

  10. Statistics • Largest integrated library system in any academic institution in the UK, and one of the largest in the world • 38,000 current users (University card) • 11 million items (increasing by >350,000 items per annum) • 158 miles of materials • 581 (FTE) staff

  11. Change Themes Economic Political Social Technological

  12. Trainee experience • Daily work in your library • Reader Services Work • Technical Services Work • Projects • Don’t be afraid to ask or use your initiative!

  13. Trainee experience • Projects • Think about in Michaelmas Term • Project Showcase • OWL • Non-library specific projects

  14. Trainee experience • Training Programme • Every Wednesday afternoon • Talks, Visits, IT Training • Attendance and feedback • Extra experiences

  15. Trainee experience • Applying to Library School • Deadlines are quite early • AHRC Funding • Provide help and advice

  16. Trainee experience • Feedback • End of term review • End of year review • Meeting supervisor • Do talk to Staff Development • Advice from last year’s trainees

  17. Time for …

  18. Learning Styles Which is your preference?

  19. How To Learn Effectively • To discover your learning style: • Look at learning in general • Learn about the learning cycle • Do questionnaire • Look at different preferences • How knowing your preferences helps you and others

  20. Learning Theory • Honey and Mumford • 4 years in the late 70’s looking at learning style preferences of managers • Published the Manual of Learning Styles in 1982

  21. What is learning? OED states: “ To acquire knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an art, etc.) as a result of study, experience, or teaching. Const. from, of (arch.), at (a person). Also, to commit to memory (passages of prose or verse), esp. in phrases to learn by heart, by rote”.

  22. The Learning Cycle

  23. What happens when the learning cycle goes wrong? Distortions: • Addicted to the experience • Analysis to paralysis • Quick fix • Jumping to conclusions

  24. A Starting Point Various factors influence learning: • The learner • Your situation • Subject matter • Methods used

  25. Now for the science bit…

  26. Different Styles Activist Pragmatist Reflector Theorist

  27. Like to learn from: New experiences Here and now In at the deep end Involved with others Find learning hard if: Passive role Repetition Instructions Detail Activists

  28. Like to learn from: Rumination Stand back Painstaking research Own time Find learning hard if: Forced into limelight Action and no plan Insufficient info Spontaneity Reflectors

  29. Like to learn from: Logic Inter-relationships Question basics Complexity Find learning hard if: Feelings Hotchpotch of methods Banal/Shallow Out of tune with colleagues Theorists

  30. Like to learn from: Practical learning Link between learning and problem Chance to implement skills End product Find learning hard if: No immediate need Not realistic Round in circles Political obstacles Pragmatists

  31. How can we learn better? • Learning preferences are not fixed • Need to be a good all rounder to learn well • Play to your strengths • Strengthening your least favourite styles • Learning log

  32. How does this help me and others? • Optimise your learning • Become a better learner • Find a suitable job • Relationships • Manager • Team work • Presentations

  33. Final Thoughts • Background to the university • Background to the programme and what to expect • Background to learning effectively • Enjoy your time here • Questions?

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