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More than a Citation Manager Zotero for scalable embedded librarianship and instructional assessment Rebecca Kuglitsch University of Colorado Boulder ECIL 2014 Pecha Kucha
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Page 1: More than a Citation Manager: Zotero for scalable embedded librarianship and instructional assessment

More than a Citation Manager

Zotero for scalable embedded librarianship and instructional assessment

Rebecca KuglitschUniversity of Colorado BoulderECIL 2014 Pecha Kucha

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Citation management

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What do students learn & apply from instruction sessions?

And how can Zotero help us track & assess this?

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What do students think about Zotero as a communication method?

Does a librarian in that space work for them?

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Why embed?

• Longer term contact with students

• Reinforce concepts of information literacy

• Authentic, point of need instruction

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Why use Zotero to embed?

• Low time cost

• Communication via a tool valuable for its own sake

• Circumvents institutional barriers to librarian presences in course management systems

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Why use Zotero for assessment?

• Formative assessment throughout the course

• Summative assessment at the end of the course

• Quick, easy ways to visualize source information

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Case study instruction outcomes

Use Zotero to manage resources effectively

Use a wide range of appropriate sources

Efficiently obtain resources

Understand that research is iterative

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Setting Up

Group Library collection members: Students, instructor, librarian

Subfolder for each student project

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Tools for assessment

• Snapshot of research at a particular moment• Sort and order sources within a folder• Zotero’s Timeline• Export to Excel• Paper Machines

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Quick snapshotUse Zotero to manage resources effectively

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Sort & order sources

Use a wide range of appropriate resourcesEfficiently obtain resources

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Zotero timeline

Use a wide range of appropriate resourcesUnderstand that research is iterative

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Export collection to .csv>Open in spreadsheet software>Explore

Zotero to Excel

Use a wide range of appropriate resources

Efficiently obtain resources

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Paper Machines pluginUse a wide range of appropriate resources

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“It is helpful to look at what other students have to say.”

“…having librarian/instructor access would be super helpful rather than having to deal with emails, etc.”

Collaboration

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“It would be really useful to work directly through zotero rather than through email :)”

Efficiency

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“It might depend on whether I have met the people who are commenting.”

“I might want a folder that only I have access to, but group folders

are useful for sharing info”

Privacy

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Changing Instruction

• Focus on public/private capacities of Zotero

• Schedule second session earlier to reinforce idea of iterative research

• Earlier instruction on finding data, government reports and grey literature


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