EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Information Discovery and Retrieval

Understanding and Engaging the Net Generation

drupal — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:04:34 -0600

The University of Rochester Libraries undertook a two-year study of undergraduate students, focusing on how they do research. Anthropological methodologies, such as cultural probes, were used to construct a holistic picture of the lives of undergraduates. The study results have informed how we make decisions and effected changes to align our efforts with the needs and expectations of Net Generation undergraduates.

A Discussion on Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation User Values

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:38 -0500

Join this panel that continues the discussion addressed in a 2006 EDUCAUSE Quarterly article by McDonald and Thomas on the disconnects between library culture and millennial generation values. Panelists will cover three broad areas of demographics, design, and social outreach as related to the needs of the millennial library researcher.

Course Views: A Scalable Project to Connect Students to Library Resources

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

Libraries provide access to a wealth of information resources for students to learn outside the classroom. Unfortunately, these resources are not typically organized around student needs. We will describe a project in development to support student learning by providing course-centric views of library resources for all courses taught at North Carolina State University.

Immersive Marketing for Libraries: Alternate Reality Games and Library Orientations

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

Trinity University's Coates Library adapted an immersive marketing campaign strategy known as an alternate reality game when designing the library's 2006 new student orientation. Objectives emphasized critical thinking skills, orientation to the online and physical environments, interactions with librarians, and entertaining engagement.

The Tower of Google

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:42 -0500

Legend tells us that when humans attempted to scale the heavens by building the Tower of Babel, their language became so confounded they could no longer understand each other. Today, presidents, provosts, professors, parents, prospective students, and IT professionals speak different languages about technology. Each has different hopes--and fears--about technology's interaction with teaching and learning. How can we develop the skills needed to translate among these constituencies?

Information Literacy on a Shoestring

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:27 -0600

By modifying open-source materials and incorporating assessment through Blackboard, Concordia University incorporated information literacy into a required freshman course. Other than a minimum investment of time by the library and instructional design staff, the project required no additional financial investment by the university.

Beyond the Shelf: Providing Access to Historic Microfilmed Materials

drupal — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:10:00 -0500

An IMLS-supported project is creating a fully searchable, digital, page-image archive of rare, historic Kentuckiana books using a microfilm-to-digital methodology. The presenter will discuss how microfilm ensures preservation and the digital images ensure easy access and wide distribution. This hybrid, standards-based, nonproprietary approach can serve as a model for cost-effective access and preservation of published materials.

Problem-Based Learning: Teaching Critical Thinking in an Information Sciences and Technology Curriculum

drupal — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:08:50 -0500

A panel of university faculty and librarians involved in curriculum design and information literacy instruction will discuss their continuing investigation of problem-based learning as an approach to teaching critical thinking to prepare the modern student for a world that equates the terms "research" and "Web search."

Information Access for the Technologically Disinclined

drupal — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:37:24 -0500

UW-Madison's Web-based Query Library enables campus staff to easily access information, on their own schedules, without having to write queries. The Query Library, built on top of the university's data warehouse, contains end-user written and tested queries that broadly meet campus information needs around important business processes. This session was featured at CUMREC 2002.

Where Faculty and Students Really Go for Information: Results of the Digital Library Federation Study of the Academic Information Environment

drupal — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:47:40 -0500

This presentation will highlight a landmark DLF/Outsell study of information content preferences and behaviors of 3,200 students and faculty in higher education. The research provides insight into how student and faculty behaviors and preferences are affecting library use and the demand for information resources, and implications for libraries and information technologists.