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Useful Resources for Training and Student Inductions.
Recommended Information/ literacy skills tutorials
East Midlands Research Support Group
<http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/emrsg/units/>Online tutorial designed for early career researchers. Focuses on disseminating research. The units include: journals and journal articles; journal bibliometrics, author bibliometrics; networking. The partners in developing the module were the universities of Loughborough, Nottingham, De Montfort, and Coventry.
University of East London UEL Info skills modules
<http://infoskills.uelconnect.org.uk/>Award winning site - covers identifying information, finding, evaluating and referencing. good videos featuring students.
<http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/skills/> University of Sydney, Australia<http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/skills/> This has an excellent iResearch tool pag<http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/elearning/index.html>e which contains fun interactive modules with quizzes and activities that can be played by students online. Alternatively print off the modules. These give the learning objectives plus the information. There is some emphasis upon locating specifically Australian information. However, there are some good general topics which include: scholarly versus non-scholarly resources, avoiding plagiarism and an entertaining find that cheese game<http://sydney.edu.au/library/elearning/learn/readinglist/gamefindthatcheese/index.php> which teaches students to find items on their reading list!
University of Newcastle, Australia
<http://www.newcastle.edu.au/Resources/Divisions/Academic/Library/information-skills/infoskills/index.html>The InfoSkills information literacy and academic integrity tutorial has 5 modules.
1 Planning for research (List strategies for getting started )
2 Finding Information (Use Library catalogues to find resources, select Library databases to find journal articles, Identify effective search techniques, describe the characteristics of Internet search engines)
3 Evaluating Information
4 Writing and Plagiarism (Identify strategies for good academic practice in writing, e.g. note taking, acknowledging sources, techniques for managing and compiling reference lists and bibliographies.)
5 Using information ethically (Use information appropriately without breaching copyright, censorship and freedom of speech issues, use of inclusive language).
University of Leeds, United Kingdom<http://skills.library.leeds.ac.uk/>
The general skills section has some useful links relating to academic reading and note taking skills.http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-readingThere is also a maths section<http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-improve-your-maths> The researchers <http://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher> section has sections on planning your research, finding and managing information, publication and impact.
The Final Chapter: the undergraduate research project guide<http://library.leeds.ac.uk/tutorials/thefinalchapter> is designed to help with final-year research projects. Topics covered include "planning and preparing your project", "doing a literature review" and "critical thinking and evaluation". The resource contains videos of Leeds staff and students talking about final-year projects, including their top tips for success.
Open University<http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigital/>
The Open University Information Literacy Unit has developed a Digital and Information Literacy Framework. It identifies five skill areas: Understand and engage in digital practices; Find information; Critically evaluate information, online interactions and online tools; Manage and communicate information; and Collaborate and share digital content. It also looks at these skills across 5 levels of study (0, 1, 2, 3 and Masters). There is a companion website with short activities to address the various skills: Being Digital<http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigital/?fromdrupal=1&q=node/97934> This includes a self-assessment checklist
Safari<http://www.open.ac.uk/safari/>
Safari is intended for beginners. It is divided into seven sections, each covering a particular aspect of information skills: Understanding information (helps the user identify different types and what they might need for study); Unpacking information (understanding where information comes from, who disseminates it and different types); Planning a search ; Searching (searching on the web, techniques such as phrase searching) Evaluating research results; Organising information (social bookmarking, compiling bibliographies); Where do I go from here (publishing and disseminating , keeping up to date
They also produce the Information Skills for Researchers<http://www.open.ac.uk/infoskills-researchers/information-introduction.htm> To support OU postgraduate students. Includes sections with advice on literature searching, writing and referencing.
SMILE 3.0
<http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/10949/17574>SMILE is an information literacy and employability skills training package. Developed by Glasgow Caledonian University; Marion Kelt; Imperial College; Loughborough University; Worcester University. It is made up of HTML pages and multimedia content. It is offered free as a zip file via the depository Jorum for downloading and editing to suit local use. It is generic so can be used to support all subjects. Topics covered include: organising time, finding information, evaluating information and plagiarism.
Writing Resources.
<http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/writing/index.cfm> A series of resources from the Royal Literary fund. They include Essay Writing: a Guide for Undergraduates a comprehensive guide to essay writing, written for students by Dr David Kennedy. Topics covered include understanding the question, literature searching and drafting essays.Mission Possible: the Study Skills Pack is a range of study skills materials developed for students, tutors and teachers by Mario Petrucci. Includes basic study skills techniques, presentation skills, writing skills. Writing Dissertations: a Guide for Graduates gives support and guidance on the process of writing a dissertation or thesis. It was developed by Andrew Ward and Peter Wood. Covers literature reviews, revising editing. Also section for students where English is a second Language.
Guide to Undergraduate Dissertations in the social Sciences
<http://www.socscidiss.bham.ac.uk/>This site was developed in 2005 by the Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP)<http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/>, the Centre for Social Work and Policy (SWAP)<http://www.swap.ac.uk/>, and the Learning and Teaching Institute (LTI)<http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/lti/> at Sheffield Hallam University<http://www.shu.ac.uk/> and updated subsequently. Offers learners general advice on questions relating to exploring what the demands of a dissertation are including ethics, academic writing styles and methodologies.
Copyright Toolkit
<http://copyrighttoolkit.com/>Developed by Eduserve it provides practical, pragmatic advice, within an understanding of the legal framework, on how to license copyright works, who to approach, how best to approach them and how to negotiate the best deal. Includes online exercise which teach the legal background to copyright and the structure of the Rights clearance process.
Information Literacy Resources
Use these to keep up to date with what other librarians are doing!
Information Literacy Website
<http://www.informationliteracy.org.uk/>Maintained by information professionals from key UK organisations including CILIP and SCONUL. Aims to support practitioners by offering free access to news, book reviews and case studies of best practice. They include lists of resources. <http://www.informationliteracy.org.uk/teaching-information-literacy-3/teaching-materials/examples-of-resources/>
Journal of Information Literacy
<http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index>Open access scholarly journal covering the philosophy, technology and practice of information literacy. Excellent starting point for locating up to date materials.
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching
<http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/educationandtraining/infolit/hilt/>Excellent free resource developed by group of subject librarians at Cardiff University to support their colleagues in Information Services as they developed their information literacy teaching. Chapters include planning lessons, developing teaching aids, evaluating and improving teacher skills. Of great value for those developing their own courses.
Information Literacy resource bank<https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/>
Originally developed for staff at the University of Cardiff it includes some interesting examples of 'bite sized' tutorials on research, internet searching skills. There are also examples of flowcharts and online quizzes.
CoPILOT (Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching) Project <http://www.slideshare.net/seckerj/co-pilot-aliss2013> - working to establish an international community of practice of librarians sharing their information literacy teaching resources openly.
LOEX: Clearing House for Library Instruction<http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html>
International membership organisation which supports training and information literacy in libraries. Website has an excellent archive of conference papers, plus a free directory of links to online tutorials, case studies, and other recommended teaching and learning materials for library staff.
LIS-Info-Literacy.<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=lis-infoliteracy> Excellent JISC email discussion list useful for keeping up to date with the latest events, research and publications in the field. You can view recent postings and archived messages from the website or sign up to join.
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