Transcript Scholarly Communication Transition

WHAT’S NEW AT THE LIBRARY
Wilmington University Library
We Help You Learn
WHAT’S NEW AT THE LIBRARY?
Are you new to the Library?
 Haven't been to the Library in the past 6
months?
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This session will bring you up to date with
everything you need to know about the
Library, our resources, and the services we
offer.
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR TODAY
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Library Cards
Student ID’s
 Faculty ID’s
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Information Literacy
What is it? Why is it important?
 Library Project & English 101
 Library Orientations for your courses
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New Databases, resources, & services
 Archives
 Upcoming events
 News
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THE LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
• Gateway to
information, services
& support.
•Quick links to get
you to where you
need to be.
Ask A Librarian
• Provides
information on how
to contact the
Library; includes
locations & phone
numbers, email
address, and shortly,
a live chat option.
LIBRARY SERVICES
•Information about
Library cards,
Interlibrary Loan
services, and links to
our catalog to renew
materials.
ID’S & LIBRARY BARCODES
Students no longer need to obtain a barcode
sticker from the library.
 All new ID Cards have the student’s ID
imprinted on the card as a barcode.
 NJ students and distance students may use
their Student ID number to request Library
materials
 Daily CAMS to SIRSI patron load assures
most current active students included in
Library system.
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LIBRARY CARDS FOR FACULTY
New procedures for your Library
Card/Faculty ID
No longer need to obtain a barcode
sticker from the Library. UIC is printing
the barcode on the ID
You can get your new ID today!
OFF CAMPUS ACCESS TO RESOURCES
• Logging into
WebCampus with
your Faculty
username and
password will
provide you with offcampus access to our
databases.
Research & Information Literacy
• The Wilmington
University Library
provides resources
and instruction to
assist students &
faculty with their
research.
WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY?
Information literacy is a set of abilities
that enables individuals to "recognize
when information is needed and have
the ability to locate, evaluate, and use
effectively the needed information."
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
American Library Association. 2006.http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html
WHY IS INFORMATION LITERACY IMPORTANT?
To identify when information is needed &
how to retrieve relevant information from a
variety of sources.
 Develop information gathering strategies
 Know how to evaluate information to make
sure it is reliable and accurate
 Use retrieved information to craft effective
research
 Present information clearly
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HOW DO STUDENTS BECOME INFORMATION LITERATE?
 Information
Literacy infused into the
curriculum
 Information Literacy Rubric
 Library orientations, one on one’s,
and tutorials
WHAT IS THE LIBRARY DOING TO PROMOTE
INFORMATION LITERACY?
English 101 Project converted to electronic
format and graded through a Blackboard quiz
 “BUILD” – (Begin Using Information
Literacy Daily) campaign
 Information Literacy Committee
 Take the free Information Literacy Tutorial
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
 Library instruction/orientations for your
classes and individual assistance.
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LIBRARY ORIENTATION & ASSESSMENT FOR
ENGLISH 101
HISTORY OF THE ENG101 LIBRARY PROJECT
Since 1995 the Eng 101 Library Orientation
and project has been a requirement for all
students enrolled in the course.
 The purpose of the orientation and
assessment are to provide students with a set
of skills necessary for gathering and
evaluating appropriate materials for their
research projects.
 Up to now, the assessment has been a thick,
paper-based project for students to complete
and then turn into the Library for a grade.
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REASON FOR CHANGE
With the addition of ENG 101 courses being
offered in the distance learning format, there
was a need to develop an assessment that
would be available to all of our students no
matter where – or how, they were taking the
course.
 In Spring 2008 the Library began piloting an
online version of the Library Assessment in
Blackboard. There are 7 instructors
participating at all of our campuses –
including 2 distance learning classes.
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ABOUT THE NEW ASSESSMENT
Students taking ENG101 on campus will still
be required to have a face-to-face Library
orientation. Following the orientation
students will then login to their ENG 101
course page in BB and complete the
assessment.
 To accommodate our Distance Learning
students, online tutorials have been provided
in the ENG101 course pages which contain
the same material covered in the F2F
orientation.
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WHAT ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THE LIBRARY
ASSESSMENT IN BLACKBOARD?
Students receive grades immediately upon
completion of assessment, feedback is
provided for incorrect answers, and the
assessment can be taken as many times as
necessary to achieve 80%.
 Grades are available to view in Blackboard.
 Streamlined and efficient process for
students, faculty, and Library.
 Up-to-date with current trends in technology
and education.
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QUESTIONS?
INTERESTED IN A LIBRARY ORIENTATION FOR YOUR
COURSE?
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To download the “Request for Library
Assistance” form or to obtain more
information about Library Services for
Faculty, please visit:
http://www.wilmu.edu/library/facultyservi
ces.html
FACULTY SERVICES
REQUEST FOR LIBRARY ASSISTANCE
CONTACT INFORMATION
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If you wish to schedule a Library Orientation Session for one of your
classes please contact (depending on site location):
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Main Campus, New Castle:
James Bradley
Instruction Librarian
302-356-6872
[email protected]
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All Site Locations &
Adrienne Johnson
and Distance Learning
Outreach Librarian
(Wilson Graduate Center, Dover,
302-295-1177
Georgetown, Rehoboth, & New Jersey )
[email protected]
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
• Access to all of the
Library Databases
from on or offcampus.
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ELECTRONIC HOLDINGS
Total Unique Titles 25,191
Over 30 Different Databases
WHAT IS A LIBRARY DATABASE?
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A library database is an online resource
subscribed to by the Library.
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These databases contain citations to articles
and, in some cases, full-text articles and
information from print sources such as
magazines, newspapers, journals, and
reference books.
WHAT IS A LIBRARY DATABASE?
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There are two different types of databases to
which the Library subscribes: Article
Databases & Reference Databases.
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These databases may be multidisciplinary or
subject-specific.
WHAT IS AN ARTICLE DATABASE?
An article database enables you to search
through thousands of sources on a particular
topic. Some of the articles retrieved will be
Full Text, which means you can read,
download, or print the entire article
immediately. Other items retrieved may only
provide an abstract, or summary of the
article, and a citation, which lets you know
where/how you can find a print version of
the article.
WHAT IS A REFERENCE DATABASE?
Reference Databases provide reference
information (facts, statistics, background
information) from many different print
sources. For example, we subscribe to
Encyclopedia Britannica Online, which is an
online version of the 29-volume set of print
encyclopedias.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING A LIBRARY
DATABASE AND THE INTERNET?
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Searching the Internet is like sticking your
hand in a "grab bag" of information – what
you get may or may not be reliable.
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Library Databases are online information
services provided to you by the Wilmington
University Library - materials come from
publishers, so they have been checked for
accuracy and reliability.
NEW DATABASES
 Summer
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& Fall Semesters
Business Source Premier
Computers & Applied Sciences
Mergent Online
Opposing Viewpoints
Value Line Research Center
Mental Measurements Yearbook & Tests
in Print
NEW DATABASES
 Spring
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Access Science
Annual Reviews
Choice Reviews
Humanities International Complete
PsychBooks
Sage Premier
 Trial
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Semester
Subscription
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
(through EBSCO)
ACCESS SCIENCE
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Access Science: Over 8,500 online articles the
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th
edition
Research Updates from the McGraw-HillYearbooks of
Science & Technology
110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary
of Scientific and Technical Terms
15,000 illustrations and graphics, and bibliographies
containing more than 28,000 literature citations
Content contributed by more than 5000 researchers,
including 36 Nobel Prize winners
Biographies of more than 2,000 well-known scientists
from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific
Biography®
The latest news in science and technology from
Science News® and ScienCentral® videos
ANNUAL REVIEWS
• Full text access
to annual reviews
in Clinical
Psychology, Law
& Social Sciences,
Psychology, &
Sociology
HUMANITIES INTERNATIONAL COMPLETE
Full text of hundreds of journals, books, &
other sources from around the world.
 Over 670 journals full text.
 Indexes for over 2000 titles.
 Covers all aspects of the humanities.
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PSYCBOOKS
Full text in PDF of 1,436 scholarly books and
22,263 chapters
 715 books published by APA, including 100
out-of-print books from 1950–2002
 721 classic resources in psychology
 Exclusive electronic release of the
APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of
Psychology; more than 1,500 authored entries
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SAGE PREMIER
15 Print SAGE Titles = $8,751
 452 Electronic SAGE Titles = $10,291
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Access to SAGE’s 452 titles.
 Backfile access to 1999 while subscription is
maintained.
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CHOICE REVIEWS ONLINE
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACCESS LIBRARY ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
“SerialsSolutions”
database to locate
titles available full
text, electronically
through the
Wilmington
University Library.
DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS
UPCOMING AND ONGOING PROGRAMS &
PROJECTS
ARCHIVES
During the summer we will
begin the task of formally
processing the Archives.
There are 8 cabinets full of items
to inventory, describe, process &
catalog.
Now, more than ever, we need to
preserve and the history of
Wilmington University.
LIBRARY EXHIBITS & BOOK CLUB
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Brown Bag Book Club
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Read a book and enjoy a conversation with
colleagues over lunch. Previous titles have
included: Finn, Night,The Saint of Lost Things,
The Jersey Devil, and The Monster of Templeton.
Library Exhibits
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Current exhibit includes information about
John Adams. Upcoming exhibit in April will
coincide with Earth Day and include
information about how libraries are going
“green.”
LIBRARY WEEK EVENT
• Thursday, April 17, 2008
•5:30-7:30pm
•Billie Travalini – Adjunct English
Instructor at WU will be discussing
her book “Teaching Troubled Youth: A
Pedagogical Approach.”
•Art Exhibit
•Panelist response
•Refreshments and more!
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUGGESTIONS?
PLEASE CONTACT :
ADRIENNE JOHNSON
OUTREACH LIBRARIAN
302-295-1177
[email protected]
Wilmington University Library
We Help You Learn
THANK YOU!