I am a member of the SCONUL Task Force on Information Skills (find our
position paper at
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/publications.htm#2)
We are now turning our attention to looking at how Information Skills
are taught to several specific subject areas - and chemistry is one of
them.
I would very much like to know about any UK or Irish Higher Education
or FE Institutions that have done any work on teaching Information
Skills to Chemists.
I am particularly interested to know about any institutions that feel
any of the points below apply to them.
1 Teach at different levels in an organised way
ie a progression from orientation/induction through to final year
undergraduates and postgraduates
2 Teach a curriculum (either in consultation with academic colleagues or
one that has been developed by Library staff)
3 Teach a curriculum that links to other skills - subject specific eg
Chemdraw, or transferable eg communication skills
4 Have used the Subject Benchmarking statement to inform their teaching
5 Have used an institutional strategy (or Subject Reviews) for teaching
and learning as a tool to change their approach or influence Departments
in their approaches to Information Skills
If you have any comments, insights or examples of good practice or
other aspects of teaching Information Skills to chemists you are keen to
share with me please do!
Helen
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Helen Hathaway Tel: 0118 9318779
Team Manager, Faculty of Science Fax: 0118 9316636
University of Reading Library
Whiteknights PO Box 223 e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Reading RG6 6AE
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