Information rich or poor?

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Information rich or poor?

• Susan McCourt
• DISS Teaching, Liaison Consultancy (TLC) Team
• http//www.abdn.ac.uk/teachingandlearning

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Information provision

• Year 1 students can be overwhelmed by amount
  available
• Chunk it up!
• Introduce them to what they need
• Aimed at course work
• Course texts
• Heavy Demand
• 3 day loan items

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Services

• Heavy demand can book ahead
• Long opening hours (but not 24/7)
• QML bookable and non-bookable PCs (but never
  enough!)
• Laptop borrowing
• Study space

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Support

• Helpful staff
• Instructional sessions
• threaded with course work
• marked exercises
• One-to-one help/instruction
• Help desk (IT Library topics)
• Fact sheets

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What do you expect of Year 1 students?
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At the moment

• Chemistry, Engineering and Physics
• Library induction
• Library catalogue
• Borrowing
• Web searching, bibliographies, plagiarism (not
  Chemistry)
• Linked to course work
• Marked exercises
• Not sophisticated/complicated
• sessions to build skills/confidence and provide
  building block for Year 2/3/4 sessions

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In the future?

• Extend disciplinary coverage
• Involvement in course induction
• Go beyond the basics
• Electronic books - ebrary
• Offer ad hoc sessions
• Just let us know what you need
• s.mccourt_at_abdn.ac.uk, QML Floor 2, x3287
• http//www.abdn.ac.uk/teachingandlearning

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