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PhD on Track: from project to reality

This project focused on PhD students' information behavior and their perceived needs, developing online modules, and testing different strategies for literature searching. The project aimed to provide practical examples and improve information management for knowledge creation among PhD candidates.

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PhD on Track: from project to reality

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  1. PhD on Track:from project to reality Gunhild Austrheim Erasmus Staff Mobility Week, Bergen 9-13 May 2016

  2. Information Management for Knowledge Creation (2010 – 2013) • A study on PhD students’ information behavior and their perceived needs • Developing and testing online modules • Project partners: The universitylibraries in Oslo, Bergen and Aalborg and thelibraries at The Norwegian School ofEconomics and Bergen University College • Partlyfunded by the National Library of Norway Gullbekk, E., Rullestad, T., & Torras i Calvo, M.-C. (ed.) (2012). PhD candidates and the research process: The library's contribution. (Vol. 8). Oslo: Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo.

  3. PhD candidates and the research process • Litteratur review • 55 unique studies included • Focus group study • 3 focus groups with phd students • 2 focus groups with supervisors • Oslo, Bergen og Ålborg

  4. “I would like to see some practical examples of search strategies carried out. If you can follow the search strategies, you can apply your own strategy according to the strategy that you can see as an example. That would be really helpful. And it should be a real strategy, not a hypothetical example but an example that is complex. “ phd-kandidat, p.79 Gullbekk, E., Rullestad, T., & Torras i Calvo, M.-C. (2012). Ph.d.-kandidater og forskningsprosessen. Bibliotekets bidrag. Oslo: Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo.

  5. Testing – What’s in it for me? • Focus group interviews with phd students and supervisors (2011) • Testing with wireframes (2012) • Usability testing (2012/2013) • Personas and expert evaluation (2012/2013)

  6. Running the site • Editorial team • Annual meetings and workshops • Editorial meetings on Skype

  7. Developments since launch • My Content • Collect material from the website for personal use • Systematic Review Searching • Completely revised

  8. User surveys • School of Dentistry in Oslo 2014 • Reading a journal article critically and effectively • Finding literature and organizing your references • Make yourself heard (SNL) • Manage your academic career • Focus groups • Faculty of Humanities in Bergen 2015 • Literature review • EndNote • Discipline-based searching • Publishing • Survey

  9. Further development • Personalization • Strengthening the relevance for humanities phd students • Marketing • Redesign • Apply for more funding

  10. Thank you for your attention!

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