Providing Sequential and Developmental Library Training for Doctoral Students: A Case Study

1. Providing Sequential and Developmental Library Training for Doctoral Students: A Case Study Presented by: Johanna Tunon & Laura Ramirez

2. IL Challenges • Moving beyond one-shot library training • Not reaching the goals articulated in the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. • Classes offered online or at a distance • Doctoral students

3. The Setting: NSU • Nova Southeastern University (NSU) • Located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida • Pioneer in distance education • Working adults • Minorities • 7th largest not-for-profit university in USA

4. Fischler School of Education and Human Services • 4,212 doctoral (10,363 total Fischler grad. stud.) • 19% (821 students) -- SE Florida • 16% -- other parts of Florida

5. NSU’s EdD Students: USA • The other +2,700 attend classes elsewhere or online

6. International Sites for EdD Students International Sites for EdD Students • Bahamas • Jamaica • Dominican Republic • Belize • Costa Rica • Colombia • Venezuela • South Korea • Malaysia

7. Distance and Instructional Library Services:1990s

8. Distance and Instructional Library Services:21st Century

9. Library Training for EdD Students 1980s and 1990s – Information Retrieval Service Mid 1990s – started providing training at summer conferences Late 1990s -- piloted training at sites 2003 -- Doctoral Studies Orientation 2006 --Training in first research class 2008 -- ABD regional workshops

10. Training in First Year • Doctoral Studies Orientation • Library training in the first research class • Optional workshops and one-on-one consultations at Summer Conference in Orlando

11. Doctoral Studies Orientation • Hands-on training • Library services • Databases • APA

12. Moving Orientation Online

13. Summer Conference in Orlando • Optional training sessions • Individual consultations

14. Integrating Library Training • Training builds sequentially and developmentally throughout the course of the first year. • Library support services always available • Reference – in person, phone, email, online • Individual consultations for in-depth help

15. Problem #1 • Fall 2009: 37% or 1,565 of the doctoral students were finished with classes and were in the ABD (all but dissertation) stage • Students in continuing services did not have an effective or convenient method for staying up to date with library resources and services.

16. Literature Review:When ABD Students Are “Outside the Loop” • Assumption that doctoral students are self-directed learners /independent researchers • Doctoral students feel frustrated, disconnected, and isolated –particularly true of minority students • Same issues for students in nontraditional, field-based, and online programs • EdD students not adequately prepared to do literature reviews • doctoral students benefit from proactive institutional support • Type of training impacts types of sources used

17. An Example

18. ABD Regional Workshops • The two-day optional workshops -- “kick start” • Sessions on research process, IRB, SPSS, final review, APA, and library • ABD regional workshops offered in Las Vegas, Atlanta, Trenton, and Miami • Students still taking classes also opted to attend • The workshops were offered regionally in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Trenton

19. ABD Regional Workshop in Florida

20. Problem #2 • Economic downturn • Political changes in the Academic Research Center • New

21. Library Training for EdD Students 1980s and 1990s – Information Retrieval Service Mid 1990s – started providing training at summer conferences Late 1990s -- piloted training at sites 2003 -- Doctoral Studies Orientation 2006 --Training in first research class 2008 -- ABD regional workshops 2011 -- Blackboardsynchronous workshops