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Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

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Page 1: Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

Enhancing Graduate Education:A Fresh Look at Library Engagement

Discovery & Access

Cecily MarcusKaren Williams

Page 2: Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

Afternoon Agenda

• Brief examples of outcomes from UMN studies (10 min.)

• Individuals at tables share examples of innovative work with graduate students; group brainstorms possibilities (35 min.)

• Discussion at table on how to address infrastructure & resources issues (35 min.)

• Tables share with large group (20 min.)

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Discover

Share Gather

Create

Primitives

Page 4: Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

Discover

Structured Finding

Serendipitous Finding

Primitives => Behaviors

Keeping Current

Collaborative Finding

Page 5: Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

Discover

Share Gather

Create

Structured Finding

Data Sharing

Reviewing & Rating

Writing Annotating

Rights

Publishing

Analyzing

Serendipitous Finding

Primitives => Behaviors

Keeping Current

Collaborative Finding

Collecting

Organizing

AcquiringTeaching

Describing

Page 6: Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement Discovery & Access Cecily Marcus Karen Williams

Discover

Share Gather

Create

Structured Finding

Data Sharing

Reviewing & Rating

Writing Annotating

Rights

Publishing

Analyzing

Serendipitous Finding

Primitives => Behaviors => H/SS Data

Keeping Current

Collaborative Finding

49% - Less than Effective at Keeping up with their Field.

87% - Draw on Literature from Multiple Fields

43% - Problem: Too Few Sources

85% - Important: Browsing Stacks

56% - Use Archival Research Methodologies

Collecting

Organizing

AcquiringTeaching

43% - Less than Effective Storing Notes/Drafts

73% - Would Use Assistance Organizing/Storing Materials

39% - Less than Adequate Methods for Organizing Materials

35% - Most Challenging: Acquiring Materials

37% - Have Unique Research Collection

52% - Collaborate with Colleagues at Other

Institutions

Faculty Rely on Colleagues’ Recommendations

67% - Seek Assistance with Presentations

68.5% - Faculty work Collaboratively

56%- Less than Effective: Disseminating Research

46% - Collaboration Obstacle: Distance

from Colleagues

60% - Share Source Materials via Hard-Copy

53% - Seek Assistance with Analysis or Synthesis of Sources

57% - Problem: Obscurity of Topic

Describing

76% - Share ideas via Emalior in Person

Lack of Knowledge: Campus Resources/Expertise

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Into the flow…

“Where attention is scarce, the library needs to provide services which save time, which are built around user workflow, and which are targeted and engaging . . . Aggregating resources may not be enough. They will be shaped and projected into user environments in ways that support learning and research objectives.

Lorcan Dempsey, Ariadne, 2006

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myLibrary:

Graduate Student – Physics Ph.D Degree Program

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myLibrary:

Professional Student – Occupational Therapy

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New / Innovative Ideas

• Share recent innovative work for graduate students at your institutions

• Brainstorm new ideas and solutions

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Considerations for New Efforts

• What are the characteristics of an ongoing capacity / commitment to assessing graduate students needs and designing spaces / tools / services that support them; and

• What are the relationships between these needs and those of other constituent groups.

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Considerations for New Efforts

• Choose one or two of your innovative ideas to work with and:– Identify key resources needed: staff, partners, technology, funding, knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes

– Begin to identify sources and strategies for gaining needed resources: retrain, reallocate, seek new funding, etc.

– Depending on what you identified in the step above, how to you begin to lay the groundwork for internal change?

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Discover

Share Gather

Create

Structured Finding

Data Sharing

Reviewing & Rating

Writing Annotating

Rights

Publishing

Analyzing

Serendipitous Finding

Primitives => Behaviors => H/SS Data

Keeping Current

Collaborative Finding

Current Awareness--RSS: TOC, MNCAT, Archives, UDC

Customized Search

Recommender System

Browsing Tool

Archives ID and Mining

Collecting

Organizing

AcquiringTeaching

Annotation Tools

Personal Info Mgmt. System, Citation Mgmt

Grants Manager, NetFiles, data curation

Integrated Request Processes

Digital Conservancy

Collaborative Tools and File Space

Social Networking

Course Support and Integration

Shared Group Info Mgmt. Tools

Copyright, Schol. Com.Tools

Feeds, Bookmarks, Object Sharing

Blogs, Wikis, Lists, Chat

Text, Stats, Geospatial, Design Analysis Tools

Scholar’s Horizon

Describing

Tagging, Social Bookmarking Tools

U Knowledge Map