Title: Wheres the Librarian Shes on Blackboard Using Blackboard to supplement or transfer facetoface Librar
1Wheres the Librarian? Shes on
Blackboard!Using Blackboard to supplement or
transfer face-to-face Library Instruction Online
at SUNY New Paltz
- Valerie Mittenberg, Coordinator of Reference
Services - mittenbv_at_newpaltz.edu
- Megan Coder, Information Access Team Leader
- coderm_at_newpaltz.edu
- Susan Kraat, Coodinator of Instruction
- kraats_at_newpaltz.edu
2The Bb Librarian service is not only a practical
alternative to many of the embedded librarian
strategies, including co-teaching, learning
communities, and collaboration (Frazier Young
Ferrier-Vincent Wijaysundara and others). The
service philosophically and pedagogically
strengthens the connections between IL
instruction and reference/ research services.
Chesnut, Mary Todd, et al. "Value-Added Library
Resources Services Through Blackboard."
Kentucky Libraries 73.1 (Winter 2009) 6-12.
3Bb is the course management system at NP
- Used for On-Site Online Courses
4Composition I II
- Composition Program in 2003 - 2005
- Created Tests, Tutorials, Guides
- Discontinued - but experience demonstrated
potential for utilizing Bb for library
instruction
5IL, STL, and Composition
- Building Partnerships IL a requirement first in
Composition II (with related research assignment)
and later in Composition I (no assignment) - comes to New Paltz!!!
6Inspiration
- A Pre-Library Quiz on Bb to assess IL skills
prior to the mandatory library session, using
Blackboard - AND a Post-Library Quiz to find out what they
learned - Issues?
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11The Control Panel
- Teaching librarians as well as the instructor of
record - One librarian? More?
- Which librarian? How many sections?
- Relationship w/English Faculty
12Sneaky Librarians? What Next?
13STL Student Assistance Webpage
Tutorials, guides, forms, videos, links, etc.
14Blackboard Collaboration between Art Faculty
the Library Liaison
- Participate on Bb with 5 instructors
- Art Criticism (undergraduate general education
course in Art Ed dept.) Online course - Research in Art Education (graduate course)
- Online Course
- Arts of Japan (undergraduate Art History course)
- Not Online
15Art Criticism Library Instruction
- Face-to-Face
- Course Instructor Librarian communicate
- Librarian designs instructional session, guides,
exercise - Librarian conducts session in library classroom
distributes guides, demos searches, gives
exercise - completed in class - Librarian available for face-to-face
consultations, by appointment and email
- Online
- Course Instructor Librarian communicate
- Librarian designs Bb Library Content Area for the
Course Instructors course Area. - Online students view Library Content Area
guides, video tutorials, exercises, complete
exercise created using the Bb Test Manager - Librarians Content Area includes introductory
announcements, inviting research consultations
via E-mail
16Teaching Tools
- Files for Guides Exercises
- Videos to demo database research process
- Links to Resource Page
- Announcements for Information
- Test Manager for Exercises
- Surveys for feedback
17Exercise PDF File
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19Lets Take a Look!
- My Blackboard Course Site
- Art Criticism
- Arts of Japan
20Video Screen Capture Tutorials
- Art AbstractsChoose Art Education Databases
Using Art Databases - STL video tutorials
21Surveys
- 'Arts of Japan' Library Questionnaire
- 48 responses (1 Sophomore, 25 Juniors, 22
Seniors)
22Arts of Japan Library Questionnaire
23Arts of Japan Library Questionnaire
- Although no student contacted the librarian for
help with the Art Research Tutorial Exercise,
33 students indicated that they did learn
something new.
24Arts of Japan Library Questionnaire
Art Abstracts Video
- 27 students watched the Art Abstracts video
- 19 students thought the video was helpful
- The video is useful for newer students. I
already know how to use these system. The video
would be great for newer non- experience user.
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26Arts of Japan Library Questionnaire
Comments
Was a nice balance between finding things easily
and having to look around quite a bit.
Useful. this is really helpful that i can
search more information about this class. i
can't learn when someone dictates to me i need to
been shown privately in a one on one session or i
get lost. By this point I'm comfortable doing
research on my own and would probably not need
another in-person library session, but the
library sessions that I took when I first started
doing research at NP were very helpful.
27Arts of Japan Library Questionnaire
Comments
I thought it was great! If in person or online
at your own pace and time I truly thought the
tutorial was effective. its always fun to
learn new things, helps me better understand how
to go about looking for certain things Not
sure what to say... Its a great sources for all
student. I have used this service several times.
This isn't my first time to use this blackboard
under Library. the school databases are really
bad. I dont get why we have to use them, i can
never get good information from them, sometimes i
have to stretch out info so it looks better. Why
cant anyhting have a layout like wikipedia. even
though it is not a scholoraly website, the layout
of information is way more productive. Get your
information and get out.
28Critical Issues
- Face-to-Face Online similar issues
- Course-related vs. Integrated dependent upon
partnership between course instructor
librarian -
- Librarian Access to Control Panel
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- Assessment
- Online asynchronous communication
29The Future
- Continue to develop partnerships
- Revisit Composition IL program?
- Other Issues?
- Questions?