Hi
I was asked to summarize for the list so here it is - a nice variety
- Playing a video with a quiz answered on interactive smart board afterwards.
- Introductory tour for students to meet staff and see the library and its services, followed in the weeks after by a seminar delivered to small groups on resources - online and print.
- Tour plus video followed by a Quizdom session (handset voting system), sessions are adapted to the group.
- Cephalonian induction, followed by a library tour plus quiz.
- 20 to 25 minute talk with powerpoint presentation led by subject liaison librarian delivered in a large lecture theatre to groups of subject specific students.
- Mature students are given a brief introduction to the library and are then split into small groups with each one picking a slip of paper from a hat. Each slip has a word on it such as high heels or whales. The group then has to find a book/journal that cover the word. Library staff help. They then do a show and tell at the end (the staff who deliver this were afraid it might be patronizing and a bit simple - but the feedback they got from the session was good!).
As another area of our department has just bought Quizdom I think we will try to incorporate that into our induction. We give our quiz to all age groups and were worried about the higher level and more mature students thinking it was a bit childish, but our feedback has always been positive too.
From: Joanne Carpenter
Sent: 16 June 2010 12:10
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Subject: Learning Centre Inductions
Hi all
I have been asked about inductions for the next academic year and wondered what others are doing? At the moment we do a quiz which takes the students all around the centre finding out the answers. This is popular both with the students and with staff as it is only about 20 minutes long and also serves as an icebreaker, but we would like to offer other types as well, especially for the older students.
Regards
Joanne Carpenter
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