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Collaboration Between Academics And Librarians: The Case Of The Durban University Of Technology, David Thomas, Mousin Omar Saib

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The concept of information literacy is not a new one but it has attracted increased attention as a result of the digital information explosion. At the Durban University of Technology Library, Information literacy (IL) is offered in various forms by librarians. Unfortunately it has not enjoyed the accreditation or value that it deserves across all academic disciplines. There have however been a few success stories that have proven that IL contributes productively to the holistic development of learners. One such success story is the collaboration between the Library and the Industrial Engineering Department in embedding Information literacy into the curriculum. …

New Trends In Tracking Research Output, Collaboration And Performance, Melissa Badenhorst, Philip J. Purnell

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The unprecedented volume of research output combined with fierce competition for grant funding and the implications of successful awards has emphasised the importance of careful analysis of research data. Especially in today’s economic climate, strategists and policy makers are under pressure to show the impact of funded research and to justify their decisions by demonstrating the return on investment of specific projects, researchers and their institutions. This requires a significant objective component to research evaluation using a variety of selected indicators and comparisons against national, regional or global benchmarks. This paper will take a practical approach using case studies to …

Adding Pearls Onto The String” A Case Study Of Collaboration Providing Library Services To Nursing Students At The Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (Cput), Siviwe Bangani, Petro Coreejes-Brink, Michiel E. Moll

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Due to the restructuring of the higher education landscape in South Africa resulting from the new constitution adopted in 1994, a particular relationship has arisen regarding the training of nurses in the Western Cape. This relationship has resulted in collaboration with regard to the initial training of nurses being developed between the Western Cape College of Nursing (WCCN), a body of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Starting in 2006, the initial collaboration saw all staff at the Nico Malan campus of WCCN in Athlone, at that stage their only campus, …

Blended Learning In Information Literacy Education. How To Make The Resources Stretch?, Marja Talikka, Iris Tahvanainen, Hanna Varri

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Many small university libraries struggle with lack of resources for teaching information literacy (IL) skills to the students. There is not enough time or personnel to reach all the students in need of IL education. On the other hand, the faculties expect students to use high quality academic information sources while writing their papers. However, the teachers have neither time nor knowledge to instruct their students in information retrieval.

The paper describes one solution model to the problem. In the Lappeenranta University of Technology the library personnel have created an IL education package which requires few resources but works well …

A Year From Now You Will Wish You Had Started Today - Redefining Strategy And Organization For Library Automation And Content, Daniel Forsman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

There is a need for a new breed of organization and strategy in a changed landscape for library systems, acquisitions and discovery. This paper presents Chalmers library re-organization and strategic viewpoint on library systems, acquisitions, collection development and development methodology based on a complete overhaul of those areas to prepare us for a changed paradigm of how library systems and media is delivered to our organization and users.

Software and Data as a Service has changed the infrastructure for library automation and content delivery. Media and systems are merging in the Cloud, with vendor promise of lower total cost of …

Special Interest Group, Caroline Leiss

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Using Contemporary Practice-Based Approaches To Generate Data For Guiding The Design Of Information Literacy Learning Environments - A Preliminary Study Of Engineering Students, Antti M. Rousi, Virpi Palmgren, Kirsi Heino

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Abstract

Introduction. This preliminary study examines the application of contemporary practice-based approaches to generate data for guiding the design of information literacy learning environments.

Method. This preliminary study was conducted by interviewing three engineering students who were participating at the Tools for master’s thesis course arranged by Aalto University Library’s Otaniemi Campus Library. The interview’s structure was two-fold, as it first sketched out the participant’s master’s thesis practices through Schatzki’s site ontology and secondly examined the perceived value of different information literacy learning tasks on the latter.

Results. The master’s thesis practices of the interviewees were networked …

A Joint Library Of Two Universities Case: Lappeenranta Academic Library, Ulla Ohvo, Iris Tahvanainen, Marja Talikka

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The number of universities and universities of applied sciences has been cut down in Finland. This process will be the future trend. Different levels of collaborative work is going on in order to find new forms of organizing library services. In 2011 Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) set up a joint library, Lappeenranta Academic Library (LAL). Arrangements and planning were carried out in 1,5 yrs. The project was many-sided as a joint library was to be created, not to merge two universities. The Academic Library is a part of LUT organization and the …

An Exploratory Framework For A Study On Designing A Research Focused Advanced Information Literacy Program For Engineering Postgraduates, Karien Du Bruyn

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Efforts to improve information literacy levels in academic institutions are often focused on undergraduate students, and mostly address the improvement of information retrieval skills. This practice is also evident in information literacy programs offered for postgraduate researchers, if offered at all. Although there have been radical transformations in scholarly communication and practice in recent years, there is still an assumption among many that researchers on postgraduate level are sufficiently information literate to deal with the new challenges. A gradual awareness of the unique needs of postgraduate researchers in a dynamic and demanding academic environment is, however, developing. Literature in this …

Blended Learning In Library And Information Science (Lis) Education And Training, Mogie Rajkoomar

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Educators and students have a vital role to play as being in control of the education process. Introducing blended learning could be one of the means of improving the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. Blended learning has become an emerging and prominent delivery mechanism and approach to course design in higher education. The core interest in blended learning lies in the need to provide more engaged learning experiences with recognizing the potential of the Internet and Information and communications technology. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have had a profound impact in the Library and Information Science (LIS) …

Doing It Together: Effective Collaboration In Scientific And Technological University Libraries, Nikki Crowster, Karin De Jager, Mary Nassimbeni

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The authors were approached by CHEC with a request to design and facilitate a learning event for the Consortium, consisting of a programme that would expose mid-career librarians to the principles and practice of research librarianship. It had to be specifically intended to enhance librarians’ understanding of the research process and to encourage their willingness and ability to support research in their own libraries. In planning the intervention, the aim was to maintain a balance between theoretical input and opportunities for workshop activities, taking into account both inputs from specialists in the higher education sector and the research landscape, and …

Web 2.0 On Academic Libraries In Southeast Asia, Nor Hazidah Awang, Mohd Ismail Abidin

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The presence on Web 2.0 has significantly changed the role of the library and the way librarians interact with their users. Depending on the needs of the library, different Web 2.0 applications are used for different purposes and definitely will bring different impact on the users. For instance, streaming media such as YouTube has been the most popular video-sharing application that allows users to post personally developed videos/recordings or video tutorials to train users how to use library resources and access various services in their library. Whereas, social media such as Facebook is commonly used to interact with users, sharing …

International Collaboration For Quality: A Case Study Of Fostering Collaboration Across An International Network Of University Libraries Through An Activity Based Benchmarking Project, Howard Amos, Simon Hart

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The risks in collaborating are high, but the rewards can be significant. Like any business investment, collaboration requires considered planning, clear communication and careful relationship management. The reward of working with others outside of traditional boundaries offers great potential for realising innovation beyond what one party can achieve alone. In a climate of competition for local and national resources, sharing on an international level offers great potential for harnessing collaborative activity.

This paper outlines the initial stages of establishing collaboration across an international network of university libraries through an activity-based benchmarking project. The Matariki Network of Universities includes: Dartmouth College, …

Transliteracy, Elearning And Nonverbal Communication, Lost In Translation?, Werner Van Wyk, Lisa Thompson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Owing to changes in the areas of technology, research, teaching, learning, communication and more, libraries are required to change as well, so they can provide in the evolving needs of their customers (ACRL, 2006; Thomas et al. 2007). Amongst these changes, a need for a “new” type of literacy has arisen, that of transliteracy, which according to Thomas et al. (2007), can be defined as: “the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks”. In return, this need has …

Ilibrary - An Interactive Information System For The Improvement Of Virtual Library Services, Alfredo Azmitia, Frank Seeliger, Janett Mohnke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In this paper, the iLibrary system is introduced, which has been integrated and tested at the library of the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Wildau. The goal of this project is to develop an interactive information system for the improvement of virtual library services within the university’s library and in this manner make users more aware of all the benefits the library provides. The system concentrates mainly on the development and implementation of new software applications for devices such as smartphones, tablets and a multi-touch screen, as well as introducing new back-end applications for the improvement of existing services …

An Evaluation Of A Collaborative, Blended Learning Course For Staff At Monash University Library, Steven Yates, Lisa Smith

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Monash University Library contributes to learning and teaching within the curriculum through its information research and learning skills programs. The Library is aligned with the University’s digital education strategic goals; and thus considers the development and delivery of e-learning resources for blended and online learning environments an important strategic undertaking. With complex and dispersed Library, faculty and cross-campus activities, increasing e-learning staff development opportunities is challenging. This paper reports on the second iteration of a blended learning staff development course designed and conducted by the Library. A pragmatic approach was taken, using predominantly social constructivist learning and a mixed methods …

Library Building Renovations – Crucial Collaborations, Jc Henning

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper shares how important cross-sectional collaboration is to ensuring the successful planning of academic library buildings and facilities. The focus is on the nature of collaboration with internal stakeholders in the various stages of the process. It highlights the purpose of the collaboration in and at each stage, lists the relevant stakeholders and their roles, highlights the challenges and ultimately concludes with the benefits of the collaboration.

The specific relationships and agreements with internal stakeholders such as library staff, students, academics, Information and Communication Technology, Procurement and University Estates are presented. The paper briefly refers to collaboration with external …

“Just Because You Have A License Doesn’T Mean You Know How To Drive!” Tackling The Gap Between Lis Qualification And Professional Capacity, Sagren Moodley, Patricia Gierke, Pam Govender, David Thomas

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The role of the Staff Training and Development Committee of the Durban University of Technology Library is to facilitate both general and specific on-the-job-training for all library staff. The members of this Committee have been involved in training and development of library staff; LIS students and also other library professionals for many years. This exposure has highlighted a number of challenges both within the DUT Library and the LIS sector workplace, generally.

One of major concerns is that the gap between academic qualification and professional skills needed in the workplace is increasing; this can be attributed to the pace at …

Making The Link: The Library’S Role In Facilitating Research Collaboration, Lucia Schoombee, Pieter Du Plessis

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Collaboration is emerging as an important factor in the advancement of science and scientific output. Paying heed to this development, libraries face the challenge of providing services to facilitate collaboration amongst researchers which will ultimately result in increased research output.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the opportunity for, and realisation of, library services which facilitate research collaboration as a means of addressing institutional goals to increase research output at Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service (SULIS).

Design/methodology/approach—The paper describes services and solutions explored by SULIS to support the growing trend of research collaboration. The paper looks …

Why I Don't Use The Library, Johannes C. Cronje

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

I am a user. I was your user. Now I am just a user - of information. You never see me, you never hear from me, yet I am there. Am I there because of you, or am I there in spite of you? I am a rated researcher. I am a prolific supervisor of postgraduate students. I am a contemporary academic. Yet you never see me in the library. It is because of you - but are you to be thanked, or to be blamed?

This talk will take a light-hearted look at the way in which contemporary information …

University Libraries And Public Libraries: Collaborate To Provide Access To Information For All, Maria Heijne

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

University libraries all over the world have managed to acquire access to large databases of scientific information. And many have set up repositories as ‘green road open access’ to assure free access to their own published academic output. And in order to pave the way for ‘golden road open access’ in the longer term.

How could these efforts also be profitable for public libraries? Many of them are targeting their services to new user groups. Like professionals in many disciplines, who would be very interested to be able to get access to academic information via the public library?

And even …

Power And Politics In A Changing Scholarly Communication Landscape, Laura Czerniewicz

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Scholarship in transition: mapping the changing ecology

The entire scholarship ecology has been changing shape as scholarly practices become digitally-mediated as a norm, and as openness in the higher education terrain becomes more mainstream. Every dimension of traditional scholarly cycles are affected: the conceptualisation of research, data collection and data analysis, the publishing and sharing of findings, as well as the translation of findings through teaching and engaged scholarship. In a context where communication is visible, content now intrinsically includes communication; expectations are for two-way interaction, new relationships are formed and old ones change shape with emergent roles and activities …

Collaboration Through Partnership At Unisa Library: Extending Library Services To Students Wherever They Are.., Buhle Mbambo-Thata

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

UNISA Library service is a network of libraries that spreads across all provinces of South Africa, and a campus in Akaki, Ethiopia. The vision of UNISA “Towards the Africa UNISA the African University in service to humanity” inspires the UNISA Library services to go beyond the network of UNISA libraries, reaching students wherever they are. In line with UNISA motto “learn wherever you are”, UNISA library services responded by extending its services to students so that they can learn wherever they were with both digital and print content. The library has set up tears of collaboration that extends …

How Effective National And Transnational Collaborations Are Managed:, Siv Vangen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Purdue E-Pubs: Free Online Access To Transportation Research, Charles Watkinson, David Scherer

Purdue Road School

Purdue e-Pubs is a free service provided by the Purdue Libraries offering access to some of the best transportation research. This session reviews the partnership with JTRP/INDOT to archive and disseminate technical reports, Purdue Road School presentations, and affiliated reports.

Partner Your Way To Success: Advancing Consortia Opportunities In The Volunteer State, Theresa Liedtka, Deanne Luck, Mary Ellen Pozzebon

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.