Creating Opportunities: Embedded Librarians

Kesselman, Martin; Watstein, Sarah Barbara

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“…More often, the librarians join in the actual teaching environment (e.g. Kesselman & Watstein, 2009;FerrerVincent & Carell, 2011;Leonard & McCaffrey, 2014;Freiburger et al, 2016;Reed & Thompson, 2016). Dewey (2004) envisions librarians "embedded" in almost all aspects of campus life (see also Drewes & Hoffman, 2010).…”

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Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-year Case Study in a First Year Biology Course

Rose-Wiles

Glenn

Stiskal

2017

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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IntroductionThe purpose is to illustrate how a team of 3 faculty from different disciplines sought to increase select information literacy outcomes of first year biology students using Bernard J. Lonergan's cognitional theory, the Generalized Empirical Method (GEM). The majority of students entering college have little experience in finding, retrieving, understanding, evaluating, incorporating, and citing scholarly sources in their scientific research papers. One factor may be a lack of library instruction and research experience in high school (Head, 2013;Smith et al., 2013;Douglas & Rabinowitz, 2016). Even for those with prior instruction, transitioning from high school level assignments to college level research can be a formidable challenge (Bent, 2008;Warwick et al., 2009;Varlejs et al., 2014;Loesch, 2017). In addition, few students understand the system of scholarly publishing or the structure of scientific information (Badke, 2012). They do not grasp the relationship between articles, journals, and library databases or the difference between searching a scientific database and using search engines such as Google. In her seminal paper "Desperately Seeking Citations: Uncovering faculty assumptions about the undergraduate research", Leckie (1996) describes how undergraduates have only the vaguest ideas about the research and scholarly publication process; they conceptualize research as "a fuzzy, library-based activity that is required of them to complete their coursework" (p. 202-203). A follow-up report (Rose-Wiles & Hofmann, 2013) suggests that little has changed in almost three decades, and that dependence on databases and on-line articles, rather than searching in physical journals, makes the library-based research process even more confusing for naïve undergraduate students.Science is a research-driven discipline, and therefore students should possess the requisite search skills. They have heard of the scientific method, but seem to associate it solely with completing hands-on experiments or Eureka style discovery rather than with background reading, hypothesis formation and testing and finally communication of results. As Cervetti and Pearson (2012) note, students treat science texts as if they contained established truths, without understanding how facts are determined or thinking of science as way of answering questions. Furthermore, most first year science students do not know how 4 PREPRINT: Enhancing information literacy using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method to generate interesting research questions that would lead to the discovery of new information and contribute to their learning. Even within a science course, the students' laboratory experiences seldom go beyond replicating well-established observations, with minimal dialog when reporting the results.Students often lack an understanding of how a literature search contributes to an in-depth discussion of their laboratory results. Thus to succeed in college, students must transition from replication of data obtained in a highly ...

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Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-year Case Study in a First Year Biology Course

Rose-Wiles

Glenn

Stiskal

2017

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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“…Comme la création d'habitudes chez les usagers est un long processus, plus le conseiller sera déplacé ou difficile à trouver, moins il sera consulté. La valeur du service à la clientèle doit donc être très développée chez le bibliothécaire délocalisé (Kesselman & Watstein 2009). Il doit adapter son travail à la clientèle et chercher continuellement de nouvelles façons de mieux servir.…”

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Repenser la relation bibliothécaires-professeurs : l’intégration physique d’un bibliothécaire dans un département universitaire

Ruest

2015

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Il y a environ huit ans, la bibliothèque Paul-Émile-Boulet de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) a adopté l’approche de la délocalisation, soit l’intégration physique d’un bibliothécaire dans un département universitaire. La délocalisation s’est imposée comme une solution pour se rapprocher des usagers. En s’intégrant au département, le bibliothécaire devient un membre de cette communauté, ce qui favorise la collaboration et les partenariats entre les deux milieux. Le présent article présente le principe de délocalisation tout en partageant l’expérience vécue à l’UQAC; il décrit l’implantation d’un projet de délocalisation, les freins communs à éviter et les défis à relever.About eight years ago, the Bibliothèque Paul-Émile Boulet of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) adopted a new approach to the librarian-professor relationship and physically located a librarian within a university department. This delocalisation was seen as a means to bring users and the librarian into closer contact. In doing so, the librarian becomes part of the community, fostering a closer partnership between the library and the department. This article outlines the principle of delocalisation as well as the experience of the UQAC: the implementation of such a project, the difficulties to avoid as well as the challenges are discussed.Hace aproximadamente ocho años, la biblioteca Paul-Émile-Boulet de la Universidad de Quebec en Chicoutimi (UQAC) adoptó el método de deslocalización, es decir, la integración física de un bibliotecario en un departamento universitario. La deslocalización se presenta como una solución para acercarse a los usuarios. Al integrarse al departamento, el bibliotecario se convierte en un miembro de esta comunidad, lo que favorece la colaboración y las asociaciones entre los dos medios. Este artículo presenta el principio de deslocalización compartiendo la experiencia de la UQAC. Asimismo, describe la implementación de un proyecto de deslocalización, los obstáculos típicos que deben evitarse y los desafíos que se deben superar

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“…By defining and describing their roles and functions throughout all stages of the review, the authors hope to provide a useful prototype for clinical research teams looking to integrate librarians into their research practice as embedded team members. Similar to emerging models of academic librarian collaborations with researchers [2], REHLs are well positioned to move from supporting to partnership roles by participating in large-scale knowledge synthesis projects with researchers [4]. Moreover, unlike their academic counterparts, REHLs do not face the same time constraints frequently reported by academic librarians as barriers to participating in large review projects [5].…”

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Research-Embedded Health Librarians as Facilitators of a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review

Brander

Pawliuk

2017

J Can Health Libr Assoc

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Program objective:To advance the methodology and improve the data management of the scoping review through the integration of two health librarians onto the clinical research team. Participants and setting: Two librarians were embedded on a multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed pediatric palliative and end-of-life research team conducting a scoping review headquartered at the British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute. Program: The team's embedded librarians guided and facilitated all stages of a scoping review of 180 Q3 conditions and 10 symptoms. Outcomes: The scoping review was enhanced in quality and efficiency through the integration of librarians onto the team. Conclusions: Health librarians embedded on clinical research teams can help guide and facilitate the scoping review process to improve workflow management and overall methodology. Librarians are particularly well equipped to solve challenges arising from large data sets, broad research questions with a high level of specificity, and geographically dispersed team members. Knowledge of emerging and established citation-screening and bibliographic software and review tools can help librarians to address these challenges and provide efficient workflow management.

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Creating Opportunities: Embedded Librarians

Cited by 110 publications

References 6 publications

Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-year Case Study in a First Year Biology Course

Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-year Case Study in a First Year Biology Course

Repenser la relation bibliothécaires-professeurs : l’intégration physique d’un bibliothécaire dans un département universitaire

Research-Embedded Health Librarians as Facilitators of a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review

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