Tag Archives: Training

VALA2004 Session 8 Tucker

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Integration of information literacy training into engineering and technology education

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Information Literacy
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 14:00 – 14:30

Barry Tucker

Faculty of Science and Technology Librarian, Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library

Stuart Palmer

Senior Lecturer in Technology Management, School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au

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Information literacy has become an important skill for undergraduate students due to societal changes that have seen information become a valuable commodity, the need for graduates to become lifelong learners, and the recognition that information literacy is an underpinning generic skill for effective learning in higher education. This paper describes a sequence of purposefully designed activities to help students learn and practice information literacy skills that were integrated into a first-year engineering and technology study unit as a core element of the unit syllabus. A formal evaluation of these activities was planned and undertaken in semester 1 2003.

VALA2004 Session 8 Wright

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Blithwapping or Number 8 wiring your library learning system

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Information Literacy
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 14:35 – 15:05

Andrew Wright

Electronic Access and Information Services Manager, National Information Library Service
http://www.nils.org.au
NOTE: The National Information Library Service (formerly Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind & Vision Australia Library) is now the Vision Australia Library. See http://www.visionaustralia.org.au

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How do librarians thrive and flourish in an era when the Virtual Learning Environment is gathering momentum, when digital resources are becoming more widespread and often less centralized? How do librarians remain important when the electronic matrix and the wider organisation is creating uncatalogued and unregistered information? This is a purposely- provocative paper that questions the way librarians conceive of, and use the resources they have available. The author asks that we as librarians rethink traditional design methods for information literacy and other programmes in the Virtual Learning Environment, to make fuller use of the available resource. The Author asks that we as librarians go beyond standard resource management and standard perceptions of the library and role of the librarian.

VALA2004 Session 8 Mare

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Know it All! online – is it possible?

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Information Literacy
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 15:10 – 15:40

Angela Mare

Branch Manager, Waverley Campus Information Commons, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
http://www.holmesglen.edu.au

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Holmesglen TAFE has developed an online Information Literacy tutorial in collaboration with the E-learning Unit. The paper explores the challenges faced as librarians worked with multimedia experts and the attempts to reconcile the expectations and aims of the two groups. Understanding the new pedagogy and tools required to successfully produce a dynamic tutorial, that gives similar depth to face-to-face tutorials, that content was comprehensive to cover Information Literacy standards, language appropriate for the target audience and information generic enough to deal with a variety of databases and interface also created challenges for the librarians. The result is Know it All!

VALA2004 Session 9 Burke

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Implementing AARLIN at La Trobe University with a focus on end user reception

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Portals
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 15:10 – 15:40

Liz Burke

Reference & Information Services Librarian, La Trobe University Library
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

Eva Fisch

Reference Librarian, La Trobe University Library
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

Linda Sheridan

Acting Campus Librarian, La Trobe University Library, Albury-Wodonga Campus
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

Kristine Valenta

Reference Librarian, La Trobe University Library
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

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This paper describes the implementation of AARLIN, the Australian Academic Research Library Network, at La Trobe University with a focus on end user training and acceptance. The authors will also describe the impact on library staff of introducing a totally new library service.

VALA2000 Session 15 Leigh

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The use of the WWW in training:
technolust or value-added?

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Accessibility
Friday 18 February 2000, 14:00 – 14:30

Sally-Anne Leigh

Program Manager, Information Access and Library, University of Canberra
http://www.cts.canberra.edu.au


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In recent years there has been a focus on new methods of course delivery, flexible delivery and teaching using the World Wide Web (WWW). Traditional training skills and levels of interaction are being downplayed with the focus shifting towards the value and adaptability of the technology. This paper seeks to explore some of the key elements in assessing whether we have become overwhelmed with the promise of using the WWW for the development and delivery of courses at the expense of client satisfaction, sound educational principles and adding value to the educational and training arena. Should training programs in information literacy and in the use of information resources be “cyber-training” programs or be added to a traditional face-to-face training program?

VALA2000 Session 15 Roberts

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Information literacy in the virtual library

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Accessibility
Friday 18 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Susan Roberts

Reference Librarian, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale Campus
http://www.swin.edu.au


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Multi-modal learning is a feature of educational provision at Swinburne University of Technology’s Lilydale Campus. Academic staff expect a high level of computer and information literacy from all students, and also have the expectation that library staff are well equipped to support this. To that end, library staff are responsible for the design, delivery and assessment of a module in a core subject that must be taken by all first year students, regardless of their course. This paper provides some background to this situation, looking first at the campus background, the nature of the library and its services, expectations of academic staff, and the library’s profile in course delivery. From our experiences at Lilydale campus, library staff have most definitely been called on to play a dynamic role.