McNaughton, Drew

Mortimore, Jeffrey

Novicki, Elizabeth

English

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Georgia Southern UniversityDigital Commons@Georgia SouthernGeorgia International Conference on InformationLiteracySep 21st, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PMDoes It Pay to Discover: Teaching for InformationLiteracy with the ExLibris Primo Discovery ToolJeffrey MortimoreBennett College, NC, jmortimore@georgiasouthern.eduDrew McNaughtonGreensboro College, NCElizabeth NovickiSalem Academy & College, NCFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlitPart of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Information Literacy CommonsThis presentation (open access) is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences & Events at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu.Recommended CitationMortimore, Jeffrey; McNaughton, Drew; and Novicki, Elizabeth, "Does It Pay to Discover: Teaching for Information Literacy with theExLibris Primo Discovery Tool" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 66.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/66Does It Pay to Discover: Teaching for Information Literacy with the ExLibris Primo Discovery ToolJeffrey Mortimore, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC Drew McNaughton, NC-Piedmont Automated Library System (NC-PALS), Greensboro, NCElizabeth Novicki, Salem Academy & College, Winston Salem, NCThe Evolution of Search/Discovery Search source by source◦ Time consuming and prone to omissions Federated search of library resources◦ Configuration takes time and talent◦ Too slow for digital natives Central index of available resources◦ Where we currently stand◦ Much better user experience◦ Still complex to configureInteroperability Many Discovery tools require their metadata in eXtensible Markup Language.◦ Your Integrated Library System vendor is selling a Discovery tool designed to work with your ILS. Disparate systems create latency.◦ Webservices can provide some real-time information. Understand the language used by your different vendors.◦ Don’t assume!Making Discovery work Discovery tools are good for finding electronic resources but what about books and other physical items? Physical items in the library are cataloged in MARC and eventually RDA. Discovery is only the first step in the process.  Delivery is what makes discovery successful.Read All About It!Mortimore, Jeffrey, Leah Dunn, Drew McNaughton, Elizabeth Novicki, Elizabeth Wade, and Christine Whittington. 2012. “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Trials and Triumphs of Implementing the ExLibrisPrimo Discovery Tool in a Small Regional Consortium,” College and Undergraduate Libraries 19(2/3), 344-366.Where to Start?Types of Resources & InformationRefining & LimitingFacets continued…Using Subject HeadingsFinding Full TextDealing with Imperfections“Find It! @ Holgate Library”On our homepage.On our research guides.A Tale of Two Curricula:Literature & Writing 102 & 103 Compulsory two-semester reading/writing seminar for all incoming freshmen. Taught by English faculty; research unit at end of 2nd semester. Two library visits, one each semester…A Tale of Two Curricula:Literature & Writing 102 & 103 Curriculum organized around C. Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process and provides sequenced introduction to resource types (general and subject encyclopedias, periodicals, books, public domain websites, etc.). Diverse faculty expectations with regard to which tertiary resources should be used. Not all resources are included or easily filtered in Find It!A Tale of Two Curricula:Psychology Curriculum PlanCollaboratively developed curriculum plan for all majors:PS 100 & 101 (General Psychology) Psychology subject encyclopedias Keywords, limiters, and facets in PsychINFO Evaluating abstracts / identifying relevant literaturePS 274 & 275 (Psychology Research Methods) Boolean operators and truncation PsychINFO controlled vocabulary / subject searches Citation analysis in EBSCOhost & Google ScholarA Tale of Two Curricula:Psychology Curriculum PlanConstraints on presenting Find It!: Contents of subject encyclopedias are not included and/or cannot be easily faceted. Does not use APA’s abstracts or controlled vocabulary. Does not support citation analysis. Faculty concerns about relevance ranking and full-text delivery.Mediating Granularity:Timing Find It! In Instruction Timing Find It! is informed by both short-term & long-term instructional goals for individual classes as well as programs/majors: LW 102 & 103 Psychology JournalismQuestions to Consider  How do we teach with imperfect tools?◦ Aren’t all of our research tools imperfect?◦ How do we teach learners to select between imperfect tools? ◦ How do we balance the faculty’s resource expectations with student’s search expectations? How do we select and deliver resources pursuant to long- and short-term information literacy goals? ◦ How do we sequence the presentation of resources to develop concepts and understanding?◦ When is the discovery layer an asset and when might it mislead students about disciplinary expectations and/or competencies?

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