putting the library into focus: writing a chapter for an edited collection
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Presented with Terry BarrettTRANSCRIPT
PUTTING THE LIBRARY
INTO FOCUS
Writing a chapter for an edited
collection
Lorna Dodd
Liaison Librarian
UCD James Joyce Library
716 7074
Dr. Terry Barrett
Lecturer in Educational
Development
UCD Teaching & Learning
716 2837
Phase 1: Idea Generation
• Enquiry & Problem Based Learning Project at University College Dublin
• University of Limerick
• Centre for Excellence in Enquiry Based Learning at The University of Manchester
• ProBell, the Finnish PBL network
Phase 1:Idea Generation
• Our problem:
“How do we write a book for PBL practitioners that focuses on PBL practice but
is also informed by research and theory?”
Phase 1:Idea Generation & Building Relationships
• Why have Lorna involved in the book?
Phase 2:Book Proposal Generation
• Why did you decide to have a chapter on information literacy in the book?
• What was the added value of having a librarian working with the editors at this stage?
Phase 3:Finalizing the Book Proposal
• What did you get out of this stage, which included a writers retreat with book contributors?
Phase 4:Writing the Chapter
• How did you find working with your co-author (Eeva-lissa)?
• Why did you decided to use our chapter as the sample chapter to send to the publishers with the book proposal?
Phase 5:Peer-reviewing, revising & editing chapters
• How did you find the experience of face-to-face peer review group?
• What did you learn from writing your first book chapter?
Phase 6:Book Launch & Celebrations
Phase 7:Continuing to work together
• Lorna facilitating information literacy sessions and clinics for PG Dip in University Teaching & Learning
• Developing new relationships with other contributors• Both on FACiLiTATE steering committee – organizing
first Irish PBL conference www.facilitate.ie • Terry encourages academics to work with Librarians
from the very beginning of PBL initiative• Lorna wrote chapter for Barrett, T & Cashman, D (eds)
‘A practitioners Guide to Enquiry & Problem-Based Learning’ www.ucd.ie/t4cms/ucdtli0041.pdf ‘Integrating Information Literacy in EBL & PBL’