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Liaison and information literacy at Monash University Gippsland Library

Presented by Debbie Leatham and Myles Strous

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Victorian Campuses

• Overseas campus libraries in South Africa and Malaysia

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Structure of liaison teamsBy faculty • Art and design• Arts• Business and economics• Education• Engineering• Information technology• Law• Medicine• Pharmacy• Science

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Structure of liaison teams

Librarians and learning skills advisers with subject or discipline responsibilities work in faculty teams to ensure a consistent standard of service is offered across all branches and to all students where ever they may be located.

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Gippsland liaison librariansMalcolm Home• Applied science and engineering• Art and design• EducationJane Purton• Humanities/Communications/Social Sciences• PsychologyKay Steel• Business and EconomicsMyles Strous• Computing and Information technology• Medicine• NursingSupported by two Reference Librarians, Debbie and Xandria

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Hargrave-Andrew Library

In contrast at Hargrave-Andrew Library

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Role of liaison librarians• Conduct workshops on finding/using library resources

and collections (information literacy or information research skills)

• Provide guidance in the most efficient use of the library’s resources and services; citing and referencing

• Are available for individual consultations by appointment (postgraduates, research students, academics)

• Select resources which the Library purchases for the use of students and staff (catalogues, reading lists, GOBI)

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Role of liaison librarians

• Trialling of new databases and providing feedback

• Readings and reserve

Reading List search

• Data management

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How does liaison happen?

• Emails, phone calls and Get help from Monash University Library

• Formal meetings, faculty meetings

• Informal meeting – corridors, café, dropping into the office, information desk

• “Conversations with the library”

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Information research skills

Traditionally

• Library tours to new students

• Attending lectures to give a 5 minute library promotional presentation

• Demonstrating databases

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Information research skills

Now that universities have identified a range of attributes that graduate students should obtain – information literacy and learning skills among them, a greater opportunity for librarians, learning skills advisers and academics to collaborate.

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Information research skills

Today endeavour to embed information research skills into the curriculum.

Caulfield currently doing this with Bus/Eco model.

BusEco information literacy programs 2009, Monash University Library

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Information research skills

At Gippsland best to say that classes are organised to coincide with a particular assignment and a presentation is prepared to align with the assignment topic.

Timely and flexible

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Information research skills

In 2006 commenced LLL with Librarians working with Language and Learning team – timely support that combined library skills and academic skills.

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Learning skills

In 2007 the Language and learning units were absorbed into all the Monash Libraries and become known as Learning skills.

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Learning skills

Learning skills advisers can assist students with

• Academic English• Study methods and exam preparation• Effective listening and note-taking• Problem-solving and critical thinking

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Learning skills

• Reading strategies

• Essay, report and thesis writing

• Writing for research projects

• Oral communication and presentation

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Information research and learning skills

Increasingly at Gippsland more teamwork between the librarians and learning skills advisers in presenting combined sessions.

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2009 so far

Orientation

• Introduction to essay writing

• Referencing and plagiarism

• Notetaking for lectures

• Reading and notetaking

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2009 so far

• Databases classes

• Endnote

• Critical thinking and appraisal

• Survival week

• English language bridging program

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Coordination

• Information Literacy Librarian

• Learning skills manager

• E-learning co-ordinator

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Questions