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    Trial by fire: new librarians as team teachers
    (2004) Gerrard, Angie; Knoch, Jessica
    New librarians are often thrown into library instruction with little or no formal training. Team teaching is one method that can be adopted by new librarians to ease them into their instructional duties while still delivering a quality information literacy program. As new librarians, the authors used a team-teaching mentoring partnership to deliver an instructional program to over 400 students.
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    Sustainable pedagogies: creating video tutorials through faculty-student-library collaboration
    (2012) Shamchuk, Lisa; Bratt, Sharon; Coffee, Cherie Anne
    Presenters will describe the goals and outcomes of a collaborative pilot project to develop educational materials which fulfill the immediate learning outcomes of an undergraduate course, as well as meet the future library research needs of the larger university community. A team consisting of an education librarian, a faculty member teaching in the area of instructional technology and an undergraduate Education student has developed a set of web-based screencast tutorials to be included with MacEwan University Library’s online subject guides. These screencasts are intended to assist students with common information literacy tasks such as using subject specific library databases and reference management tools. Our longer term goal is to identify sustainable pedagogical approaches and projects through faculty, student and librarian collaborations.
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    Authentic and active: a pilot project to assess a large-scale information literacy program
    (2012) Knoch, Jessica; Hayman, Richard; Shamchuk, Lisa; Townsend, Leah
    The dual goals of helping students achieve immediate success in their first year English class and developing a baseline set of IL skills and attitudes form the basis of MacEwan University Library’s English Library Instruction Program (ELIP). With more than 120 sessions offered each year, ELIP has become a sizable yet essential service offered by MacEwan University Library. While the resources, personnel and time needed to develop and administer ELIP at MacEwan are substantial, these needs are mitigated by the impact that this program may have on student ability to locate and evaluate information relevant to their courses. In January 2011, MacEwan University Library undertook a pilot project to begin measuring this impact. Informed by the assessment-for-learning theory, ELIP team members designed a pedagogical approach that included a learning tool to collect assessment data while providing an authentic and active learning experience for students. A rubric was then used to evaluate the learning tool and determine the extent of student learning. Join us as we discuss how we blended authentic IL assessment with fresh pedagogical approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of our library’s largest instructional program. Preliminary results will be shared along with the tools you will need to deliver a similar program in your institution.
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    Information literacy from students' perspectives: final report
    (2012) Morrison, Joan
    This applied research project was carried out as part of NorQuest College Library's strategic planning for information literacy instruction. The Library uses the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. By interviewing 14 Social Work diploma students about their perceptions of information literacy and how they find, evaluate, and use information, the Library hoped to determine if these ACRL standards are the best match for students in a unique multicultural environment.
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    Open literacy and the problem of access refusal
    (2012-05-23) Hall, Robyn
    The swift evolution of Open Access (OA) publishing of scholarly works has been driven by researchers and librarians who recognize the societal benefits of these resources being freely available on the Internet. Especially in fields relevant to Science, Technology and Medicine, high quality OA content can benefit people conducting both personal and professional research anywhere in the world. These resources can prove exceptionally valuable to students whose access to scholarly research materials may be limited by costly journal subscriptions both while they are in school and long after they have graduated. This presentation will draw on findings from an exploratory research study that involved a survey sent to academic librarians across Canada questioning the degree to which they are educating students about Open Access research materials and their motivations for and against doing so. Based on participants’ responses, suggested teaching strategies and promotional initiatives will be shared with session attendees. Information literacy teaching methods discussed aim to foster a broader understanding of Open resources and overall scholarly publishing processes among students developing critical and sustainable researching skills.
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    Making assessment less scary: academic librarians collaborate on an information literacy assessment model
    (2013) Goebel, Nancy; Knoch, Jessica; Edwards Thomson, Michelle; Willson, Rebekah; Sharun, Sara
    This article discusses the Information Literacy in Alberta Assessment Pilot (ILAAP), a pilot project launched by four Alberta post-secondary institutions. The project is aimed at creating a custom assessment tool that responds to the unique needs of local institutions. It is also created to provide a more appropriate model for promoting and assessing information literacy skills among students. The article describes the emergence of the assessment tool and details the benefits and the challenges of the project.
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    Activate your Learners! Active learning strategies for fostering participant engagement in information literacy sessions
    (2013) Shamchuk, Lisa; Plouffe, Leah; Nelson, Jody
    MacEwan University Librarians have revamped introductory information literacy programming to incorporate active learning activities. Our session will discuss the value of active learning, share the chart used to match activities with learning objectives, and allow participants to experience active learning activities that could be adapted for programming in all types of libraries.
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    Flipping your classroom: using online resources to engage students
    (2013) Shamchuk, Lisa
    There is a trend sweeping the education sector right now: “flipping the classroom”. As a means of increasing student engagement and learning, instructors are assigning videos to view as homework, and then using in-class time for discussion and active learning activities, instead of lecturing. What exactly is ‘flipping the classroom’? How does it work? Does it really increase student engagement and learning? What resources can be used? A MacEwan University librarian will provide an overview of the ‘flipping the classroom’ concept, as well as give ideas for online video resources available via the Library and for free on the Internet.
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    MacEwan University Library’s pedagogical shift: using active learning activities during first-year information literacy sessions
    (2013) Shamchuk, Lisa; Plouffe, Leah
    Arising from K–12 education, the pedagogical concept of active learning is becoming more and more commonplace in face-to-face library Information Literacy (IL) sessions. MacEwan University Library decided to update IL sessions to incorporate active learning activities, a decision which not only benefited the engagement of students and faculty, but the librarians as well.
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    Mired in shades of grey: copyright issues
    (2013) Revitt, Eva; Day, Scott
    This presentation covered how we got here (CCH, Pentalogy, C-11), academic institutions and Access Copyright, libraries and user rights, and copyright stumpers.
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    Engaging, embedded and mobile! The evolution of an online IL instruction program at MacEwan University
    (2013) Nelson, Jody; Stieglitz, Tara; Morrison, Joan
    For the past 10 years the MacEwan University library has used our online SearchPath tutorial as the foundation of our information literacy (IL) program. Over the years SearchPath has evolved dramatically, from a flash-based video file to a modular series of engaging learning objects in HTML5, changing formats as technology and the needs of our students have changed. In the new context of mobile learning and 24-7 demand for access to information and point-of-need support, we are seeking to reinforce in the virtual what is possible in face-to-face instruction, developing a sustainable, embedded, engaging, and mobile IL program. In this interactive session, participants will have a chance to try out our mobile learning modules and answer some of the skill-testing questions developed for MacEwan students.
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    Authentic assessment/assessment-for-learning: early findings from a large scale information literacy assessment program
    (2013) Shamchuk, Lisa; Nelson, Jody; Plouffe, Leah; Knoch, Jessica; Morrison, Joan
    How does one systematically evaluate a large-scale information literacy program and make the assessment both authentic and meaningful for learners? This was the problem faced by an instruction team at MacEwan University Library in Edmonton, AB. This poster outlines the development of an assessment program, highlighting early results and the impact of these results on curriculum and pedagogy.
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    Digital scholarship from the bottom up: the library's role in open access student journals
    (2013) Hall, Robyn
    Open Journal Systems (OJS) is open source publishing software that has been adopted by scholarly communities around the world. Typically, it is hosted by academic libraries and used by faculty and graduate students to disseminate research articles independent of proprietary, for-profit journal publishers. Increasingly, however, educators are using this software for assignments and initiatives that give undergraduate students hands on experience with open access publishing of their own digital works and that of their peers. Drawing on a range of examples, this session will highlight ways that librarians can provide technical support, editorial guidance, and media/digital literacy instruction to help create and maintain open access student journals. Participants will also have an opportunity to see the inner workings of OJS while being asked to consider the possibilities and implications of managing an open journal hosting service at their own library, be it public, academic, or special.
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    Book review: breaking into the lab: engineering progress for women in science
    (2013) Garstad, Roxy
    The importance of getting to know your user community is a common mantra heard in library schools around the world but often we librarians become so mired in the day-to-day work of science librarianship that we forget this central tenet. An easy way to solve this problem for science librarians is to read one of the growing numbers of books on the nature of scientific practice, such as Sue Rosser's monograph, Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science.
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    Strangers in a strange land no longer: using APIs to create a seamless user experience
    (2014) Betz, Sonya
    Betz discusses how her library embarked on a dramatic re-visioning of their online space. Instead of sending students out into the scary (and not so user-friendly) world of disparate vendor user interfaces, they began using commercial and home-grown APIs to keep students wthe library in a fully integrated and customized web environment. They developed a fully-featured iOS app that integrates APIs and web services from Ebsco Discovery Service, Sirsi Symphony, and the Atlas Ares eReserves software. She talks about the big benefits of keeping Library users "in-house."
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    You say you want a publishing revolution
    (2014) Hall, Robyn
    Through exploring the concept of transformative change, this session will question the extent to which academic libraries’ open access publishing services can bear impact upon systemic changes to a commercial publishing industry that continues to erode the proud history of libraries as providers of information to the public without charge.
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    Demystifying the academic publishing process
    (2014) Hall, Robyn
    Opportunities to publish research and scholarly works are many, yet so are the questions and concerns that can arise when choosing a suitable publishing venue. How do you identify high quality peer-reviewed journals in your field? What are the benefits and limitations to publishing in open access journals that are freely available on the internet? What are your options if a publisher asks you to sign away copyright to your work? And how can you find out whether your work has actually been cited and built upon by others once it has been published? This session will give you insight into these questions and more, while providing an overview of various ways in which MacEwan University Library staff can help you navigate the academic publishing world.
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    You say you want a publishing revolution
    (2014) Hall, Robyn
    The open access movement began alongside the wide scale adoption of the Internet in the 1990s, and it has continued to gain momentum through the efforts of research organization and university advocates aiming to make peer-reviewed research freely available to anyone who needs it. Still, the vast majority of academic journal literature remains locked behind paywalls and is only accessible through expensive subscriptions most often paid for by academic libraries. This paper investigates the extent to which a growing number of academic libraries offering not-for-profit open access publishing services can impact systemic, transformative changes to a largely commercial, for-profit publishing industry. Through establishing and maintaining publishing services—including open access journal hosting and institutional repositories—I argue that academic libraries in Canada and beyond can reposition and empower themselves as not only subscribers and lenders of online scholarly resources, but also as producers of the information their users need. However, I argue further that this can only be accomplished through careful consideration and implementation of sustainable, cost-efficient allocation of resources.
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    The funny side of open access
    (2014) Hall, Robyn
    How do you engage undergraduate students with topics to do with open access to research on the Internet? Offer them popcorn, candy and comedy, of course! To celebrate Open Access Week 2013, MacEwan University Library held an Open Access Comedy Film Festival. The event featured daily showings of films that have entered the public domain from the likes of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and The Three Stooges, along with brief introductions to what open access research journals are and where to find them online. The event turned out to be a uniquely fun and successful way to engage the university community with not only the open access movement but related efforts that embrace the free online exchange of ideas and creativity. Learn about how the event came together as well as recommendations the organizer has to offer anyone who is inspired to host a similar event at their own college or university.
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    Good things come in small packages: Mobile-ready responsive design at MacEwan University
    (2014) Betz, Sonya
    Mobile-ready. User-centred. Responsive. These buzzwords have become increasingly common in describing the current focus of web and application design and development theory, but how many libraries have wholeheartedly adopted these philosophies? What does mobile-ready, responsive, user-centred design mean, and how does it look? This poster illustrates the innovative, mobile-first approach MacEwan University Library is taking in transforming its online environment from a rigid, desktop-only interface, to a seamless, user-friendly experience. Using APIs and web services, MacEwan integrated its ILS, discovery service, and other vendor-supplied products directly into its own web environment, and applied a user experience philosophy to all design decisions. This transformation has significantly improved access to the Library’s collections and services from all devices. This poster provides an overview of the convincing case for pursuing mobile-ready responsive design in digital library environments.