Liaison and information literacy at Monash University Gippsland Library Presented by Debbie Leatham and Myles Strous

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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

Structure of liaison teams By branch library Berwick Library and Learning Commons Caulfield Library Gippsland Library Hargrave-Andrew Library Law Library Sir Louis Matheson Library Peninsula Library CL Butcher Pharmacy Library

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.

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

Hargrave-Andrew Library In contrast at Hargrave-Andrew Library

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)

Role of liaison librarians Trialling of new databases and providing feedback Readings and reserve Reading List search Data management

How does liaison happen? s, phone calls and Get help from Monash University LibraryGet help from Monash University Library Formal meetings, faculty meetings Informal meeting – corridors, café, dropping into the office, information desk “Conversations with the library”

Information research skills Traditionally Library tours to new students Attending lectures to give a 5 minute library promotional presentation Demonstrating databases

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.

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

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

Information research skills In 2006 commenced LLL with Librarians working with Language and Learning team – timely support that combined library skills and academic skills.

Learning skills In 2007 the Language and learning units were absorbed into all the Monash Libraries and become known as Learning skills.

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

Learning skills Reading strategies Essay, report and thesis writing Writing for research projects Oral communication and presentation

Information research and learning skills Increasingly at Gippsland more teamwork between the librarians and learning skills advisers in presenting combined sessions.

so far Orientation Introduction to essay writing Referencing and plagiarism Notetaking for lectures Reading and notetaking

so far Databases classes Endnote Critical thinking and appraisal Survival week English language bridging program

Coordination Information Literacy Librarian Learning skills manager E-learning co-ordinator

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