Transcript Information Literacy Initiatives at the University of Limerick

Academic & Research
Support Services at the
University of Limerick Library
Aoife Geraghty
Head of Information Services,
Glucksman Library
[email protected]
The Library Building
Term-time Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 08.30-23.00
Sat 10.00-19.00
Sun 11.00-18.00
Note (Summer 2012)
• Postgraduate reading room with
swipe access on 1st floor
• 700s moved to 1st wing on 2nd
floor
• Reference moved to 1st floor
landing
The Library Online
www.ul.ie/library
Logging on from off-campus
Access
journals,
databases
& ebooks
from home
The catalogue today 6/9/12 …
The catalogue tomorrow 7/9/12!
Borrowing books …
20 items at any
one time, for a
period of 77
days.
Ordering Books and other
material
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Faculty and staff can order books and
non-book material, which will then be
added to the library collections.
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Contact your Faculty Librarian for
information on book-ordering procedures.
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It is essential that you send a copy of
recommended reading to
your Faculty Librarian to ensure that
recommended materials are available for
your students in good time.
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Departments are beginning work on
departmental collection development
policies. It would be worth getting
involved in that process.
Requesting journals/databases
• Subscriptions are ongoing commitments,
so requests take more time to process and
decisions must be based on future budget
planning
• Many of our journals and databases are
paid for through the IReL (Irish Research
eLibrary) consortium of the 7 Irish
universities + RCSI
• Local subscriptions are paid for through
the library budget or through
departmental budgets
• Where a new course is planned, it is
essential that funding for resources is
included in the planning
Faculty Librarians & IR Librarian
AHSS & IWAMD – [email protected]
E&HS – [email protected]
KBS – [email protected]
Architecture & Science – [email protected]
Engineering – [email protected]
Institutional Repository – [email protected]
Library & Information Resources Development Committee
Chair: VP Academic & Registrar
Faculty Reps:
Michael English (S&E)
David Atkinson (AHSS)
Ross Anderson (E&HS)
Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain (IWAMD)
Michele ODwyer (KBS)
The library also meets regularly with
student representatives
Departmental Collection Development &
Management Policies – priority for 2012/13
Profile of the Department
incl. profile of the Faculty
Scope
Budget
Selection of Resources
Collections
Library Support for Resource Use
Stock Review
…
Visiting other Libraries
• Inter Library Loans (see Library
webpage)
• SCONUL Access - a cooperative scheme that enables
researchers to visit and borrow
materials from more than 125
libraries in Ireland and the UK –
get a SCONUL Access card
from the Library Information
Desk.
• Letter of Introduction (Faculty
Librarian)
Training & Workshops
for undergrads, postgrads, researchers …
Finding Research Information & keeping up-to-date
Make effective use of the specific subject databases to locate journal articles, ebooks and other sources on your topic
Locate data for your Research
Find specific types of information resources (e.g., theses, government information,
patents, etc.)
Update your information needs and awareness of the information cycle.
Academic Reference Management
Choose and Use bibliographic reference management software e.g. EndNote
and Mendeley.
Managing your research/using Endnote bibliographic software.
Create an Endnote library of your research and produce a bibliography from this.
Choose and edit different bibliographic styles.
Getting Published & Maximising your Impact
Strategies for getting published – where, how, when?
How to present your research – at conferences, in journals, networking
opportunities.
How to Identify suitable journals for publication
Open access options.
Understand journal impact factors, citation counts and h-Index
Use ISI to identify journal impact factors, citation counts and h-Index
Ensure your research output is accurately captured.
Disseminate your Research
Use other non-ISI tools – ABS, Scimago, Google Scholar and Publish or Perish.
Online training & development
We offer online modules on
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Doing a Literature Review
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Research Methods in the Arts & Humanities
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Research Methods in the Sciences
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Research Methods in the Social Sciences
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Getting Published in the Arts
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Getting Published in the Sciences
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Ethics 1 – Good Research Practice
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Ethics 2 – Working with Human Subjects
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Career Planning in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
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Career Planning in the Sciences
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Project Management in the Research Context
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Intellectual Property in the Research Context
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Managing your Research Supervisor or Principal Investigator
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Selecting a Conference, Presenting & Networking
Available at:
http://www3.ul.ie/~library/GLIS/html/GLISadvanced_rskills.htm
Integrating
Information
Literacy into the
Curriculum: a
guide
for
faculty
Maximising impact
UL’s Institutional Repository http://ulir.ie
Open Access to Irish Research
Google Scholar – connecting to the IR
For Library Support
Contact
[email protected]
Head of Information Services
Tel: 061 202164
GL0-030
and/or your Faculty Librarian
www.ul.ie/~library