Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode Recent documents in Flora Shrode en-us Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:21:23 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/11 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/11 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:05:56 PDT In 2002, librarians at the Utah State University (USU) Libraries were awarded a grant to develop online tutorials. The major design challenge was to create tutorials specific to USU resources and students, including distance learners, while also making them flexible so that other Utah colleges and universities can adapt them for their own needs. The tutorials also needed to address the information behavior of a new generation of students accustomed to using computers and the Internet. While recent studies have begun to address some gaps in our knowledge of the information behavior of the Web Generation, we conducted a needs assessment to help us create a tutorial that more accurately addresses the existing knowledge and behavior of undergraduates at USU. We used multiple methods to determine the learning needs of our audience and to provide guidance for the design process.

]]> Wendy Holliday et al. http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/10 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/10 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:05:54 PDT Angela Dresselhaus et al. http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/9 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/9 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:05:53 PDT Librarians from Utah State University explain recent efforts to encourage subject librarians to take a more holistic view of their roles. We are shifting from a traditional emphasis primarily on collection development and refocusing on natural connections between collections, instruction, liaison, and reference service. The poster provides background about Utah State University's situation and explains our approach to analyzing local needs and culture to inform development of a new organizational structure. We describe our vision of subject librarianship, the process by which we assessed librarians' ideas and goals for performing as subject librarians, and the actions we are taking to accomplish our goals.

]]> Jennifer Duncan et al. http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/8 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/8 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:05:51 PDT Kevin Brewer et al. United States Bureau of the Census; Merrill Library & Learning Resources Program; dBase (Computer programs)--Evaluation; Census--Software Utah State University Libraries--Serial publications; Electronic journals--Administration http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/7 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/7 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:56:13 PDT Flora G. Shrode Environmental information resources http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/6 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/6 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:54:49 PDT Flora G. Shrode http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/5 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/5 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:52:21 PDT Flora G. Shrode Environmental information resources http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/4 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/4 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:45:53 PDT This paper reports the results of a pilot project in which the authors developed rubrics for assessing information literacy in the disciplines and examined whether rubrics are a feasible and effective method for librarians to assess their students’ information literacy skills. We developed rubrics for capstone classes in chemistry and psychology based on benchmarks appropriate for each major. We then used the rubrics to assess the research and information literacy skills the students displayed in their papers or projects.

]]> Britt A. Fagerheim et al. Subject librarianship Library instruction http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/3 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/3 Fri, 07 May 2010 13:39:38 PDT Librarians from Utah State University explain recent efforts to encourage subject librarians to take a more holistic view of their roles. We are shifting from a traditional emphasis primarily on collection development and refocusing on natural connections between collections, instruction, liaison, and reference service. The poster provides background about Utah State University’s situation and explains our approach to analyzing local needs and culture to inform development of a new organizational structure. We describe our vision of subject librarianship, the process by which we assessed librarians’ ideas and goals for performing as subject librarians, and the actions we are taking to accomplish our goals.

]]> Flora G. Shrode et al. Environmental information resources Subject librarianship http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/2 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/2 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:07:23 PDT Flora Shrode http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/1 http://works.bepress.com/flora_shrode/1 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:38:48 PDT Column on environmental information resources.

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