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Liaison and information
literacy at Monash University
Gippsland Library
Presented by Debbie Leatham
and Myles Strous
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Victorian Campuses
• Overseas campus libraries in South Africa and Malaysia
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Structure of liaison teams
By faculty
• Art and design
• Arts
• Business and economics
• Education
• Engineering
• Information technology
• Law
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Science
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Structure of liaison teams
Librarians and learning skills advisers with
subject or discipline responsibilities work
in faculty teams to ensure a consistent
standard of service is offered across all
branches and to all students where ever
they may be located.
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Gippsland liaison librarians
Malcolm Home
• Applied science and engineering
• Art and design
• Education
Jane Purton
• Humanities/Communications/Social Sciences
• Psychology
Kay Steel
• Business and Economics
Myles Strous
• Computing and Information technology
• Medicine
• Nursing
Supported by two Reference Librarians, Debbie and Xandria
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Hargrave-Andrew Library
In contrast at Hargrave-Andrew Library
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Role of liaison librarians
• Conduct workshops on finding/using library resources
and collections (information literacy or information
research skills)
• Provide guidance in the most efficient use of the
library’s resources and services; citing and referencing
• Are available for individual consultations by appointment
(postgraduates, research students, academics)
• Select resources which the Library purchases for the use
of students and staff (catalogues, reading lists, GOBI)
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Role of liaison librarians
• Trialling of new databases and providing feedback
• Readings and reserve
Reading List search
• Data management
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How does liaison happen?
• Emails, phone calls and Get help from
Monash University Library
• Formal meetings, faculty meetings
• Informal meeting – corridors, café,
dropping into the office, information desk
• “Conversations with the library”
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Information research skills
Traditionally
• Library tours to new students
• Attending lectures to give a 5 minute
library promotional presentation
• Demonstrating databases
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Information research skills
Now that universities have identified a
range of attributes that graduate students
should obtain – information literacy and
learning skills among them, a greater
opportunity for librarians, learning skills
advisers and academics to collaborate.
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Information research skills
Today endeavour to embed information research
skills into the curriculum.
Caulfield currently doing this with Bus/Eco model.
BusEco information literacy programs 2009,
Monash University Library
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Information research skills
At Gippsland best to say that classes are
organised to coincide with a particular
assignment and a presentation is
prepared to align with the assignment
topic.
Timely and flexible
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Information research skills
In 2006 commenced LLL with Librarians
working with Language and Learning
team – timely support that combined
library skills and academic skills.
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Learning skills
In 2007 the Language and learning units
were absorbed into all the Monash
Libraries and become known as Learning
skills.
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Learning skills
Learning skills advisers can assist students
with
• Academic English
• Study methods and exam preparation
• Effective listening and note-taking
• Problem-solving and critical thinking
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Learning skills
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Reading strategies
Essay, report and thesis writing
Writing for research projects
Oral communication and presentation
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Information research and learning
skills
Increasingly at Gippsland more teamwork
between the librarians and learning skills
advisers in presenting combined
sessions.
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2009 so far
Orientation
• Introduction to essay writing
• Referencing and plagiarism
• Notetaking for lectures
• Reading and notetaking
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2009 so far
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Databases classes
Endnote
Critical thinking and appraisal
Survival week
English language bridging program
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Coordination
• Information Literacy Librarian
• Learning skills manager
• E-learning co-ordinator
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Questions