1. Promoting information literacy with EDS

2. Katherine Rose Information Systems Librarian Regent’s University London

3. Regent’s University London interesting times…
Higher education on the site since 1908 through Bedford College
Regent’s College grew out of different educational institutions 1984 – 2009
Became a University and acquired AIU London in April 2013

4. We are…
An independent university
A charity
A not-for-profit higher education formed of seven schools
A multisite Library service with c. 50,000 items

5. Let’s start with RULDiscovery…
EBSCO Discovery Service, chosen in summer 2012
Implementation: August – October 2013
Launch: October 31st 2013
Search box integrated in Blackboard, created referring URL and access button on intranet

6. Why now…?
Shift of culture at Regent’s, moving from a small college to TDAP university
Increasingly research-focused
Expansion of Library: new positions, new site, new expectations
Need to maximise usage of eresources

7. Information literacy (or what it means to us…)
SOURCES
RESEARCH
USING YOUR MATERIAL

8. SOURCES
Basic understanding of different sources
Different sources are good for different things
How to tell what kind of source a piece of writing comes from

9. How does RULDiscovery help?
We start our RULDiscovery sessions by pointing our the Resource type limiter and talking about different types of sources

10. Identifying where it comes from…
Before introducing the referencing function on RULDiscovery, we talk through the source information on the record, showing different examples so students can start to identify what comes from an academic journal.

11. Introducing students to the concept of peer review…
We ask the students what peer review is, talk about what it means (sometimes using audience participation!) and then describe what peer review material is useful for.

12. Thinking around your topic Following the trail to more information
RESEARCH
Searching
Thinking around your topic
Following the trail to more information

13. Creating searches…
We don’t usually introduce our students to the Advanced Search screen, we focus on the drop-down options on the Basic Search box and introduce the AND and the “” operators

14. Thinking around your topic…
We introduce the idea of keywords and breaking a topic down into bite-sized search terms, and then show students to Subject limiter.

15. Following the trail…
We encourage students to follow references/ other issue options to build their research base

16. USING YOUR MATERIAL
Storing
Organising
Referencing

17. Personal folders…
We push our staff and students to create their own folders, some lecturers have made it a mandatory exercise for their students.

18. Organising material…
We recommend creating Custom folders, but not Sharing folders – much simpler in Dropbox!

19. The Export options have prompted Directorate to keep on our subscription to EndNote for another year and we are running a new training course on EndNote and RULDiscovery next term.
We show the citation option only with the approval of each lecturer.
Referencing…

20. Building collaborations…
Key academic contacts
Strong links with Learning Technology team, help with training videos etc.
Growing collaboration with Study Skills Tutor
(Project Management Office, Marketing and Communications, IT)

21. Thanks for listening Any questions. Katherine Rose Katherine
Thanks for listening Any questions? Katherine Rose