Innovating the FYE Proposal: Moving Beyond “Library Week”​

How can libraries and librarians expand out from a First Year Experience (FYE) ‘library week’ to an entire library-focused course? By proposing and conducting an innovative library-centric FYE course, of course! FYE Programs are a hot topic in academia right now, but many academic libraries are relegated to “library week” status. This program seeks to explain the process for proposing a FYE class by academic libraries and librarians. Our library took the general FYE program and transformed it into a library-centric FYE experience for incoming freshmen. The program will delve into topics, including, but not limited to: FYE topic consideration, the FYE proposal process, FYE syllabus creation, integrating the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into your FYE, advocating for the FYE, and getting ready for your first FYE course

Creating Incentives and Identifying Champions through an Open Education Award for Faculty

In an effort to boost the visibility of open educational resources (OERs) on campus, librarians from IUPUI University Library established an annual Open Education Award and corresponding event, dedicated to celebrating faculty who have committed to integrating OERs into their coursework. In a four-month period, we developed the award, sought nominations, selected a winner, and hosted an Open Education Award Ceremony. This poster will describe the development of the award, factors that contributed to its success, and how we are using the award to build our new OER program. While other universities, including Texas A&M (2019) and the University of Tennessee (2018), have implemented OER awards as part of established programs, IUPUI’s award is unique in its development and use as a tool to facilitate outreach for our newly implemented program. Initially, we were not aware how many faculty members on campus were already using OERs in their classrooms. By advertising the award broadly and soliciting self-nominations, we gained a better understanding of the number of faculty currently using OERs and those faculty members who could serve as ‘champions’ in efforts to save students money. Furthermore, the award reception served as a venue to not only reward and further incentivize OER use, but also to connect like-minded individuals and spark conversations. We identified several potential collaborators as a result of interactions at the reception. The development of an efficient project management process was a key factor in our success. We first developed a project charter and communication plan, and then used Trello, a collaborative project management tool, to create ‘boards’ of objectives and actions. Trello tracks which objectives are being worked on, who is working on what, and where they are in the process. This tool and regular meetings enabled us to easily and efficiently track our progress and overcome obstacles. We plan on using this process to create awards for other aspects of open scholarship that align with our library’s goals, including hosting a similar event for Open Access Week in October. Overall, this project was a success. We created and delivered the award in four months, received twice the anticipated nominations, and had a turnout of over 20 attendees at the reception. Our process for developing an open education award could serve as a model to others in higher education and similar institutions new to open education initiatives

Evernote in the research consultation: a feasibility study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the feasibility of using the Evernote note-taking application in the research consultation as a way to respond to the challenges of doing research in the twenty-first century digital environment

Teaching students to evaluate sources: getting back to basics

Video of conference presentation available from: [LINK]https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/1_718gp4a8[/LINK]Librarians and instructors regularly see students struggle with evaluating information. Is there a way to teach source evaluation in a one-shot session that leads to better student performance? We’ll present results of our research project, which compared multiple sections of students over two semesters. Some students were taught the CRAAP method, while others learned via the 6 journalistic question words. Was one method retained better than the other? Did student performance on quizzes and final papers differ based on the evaluation method they were taught? This presentation will engage you to think critically about teaching source evaluation in order to improve student learning

Questioning CRAAP: A Comparison of Source Evaluation Methods with First-Year Undergraduate Students

Librarians and instructors see college students struggle with evaluating information and wonder how to best teach source evaluation in a one-time course integrated library research session to ensure understanding and improve student performance. This research compared multiple sections of first-year students over two semesters taught two evaluation methods: the CRAAP method, and the six journalistic question words. Results indicate that students taught to evaluate information using the six question words produced better end-of-semester papers. Results of the pre-, post-, and end-of-semester quizzes were less conclusive, but do highlight some of the challenges first-year students face when determining credibility. Results have the potential to inform instructional practice