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Hi,
This came from Gil Young via the LIS-MEDICAL list today and I thought it would be of interest to LIRG members.
From Gil:
We'd like to invite you all to register for the LIHNN Introduction to Literature Searching MOOC.
What is the MOOC?: A MOOC or, Massive Open Online Course is a ‘free at the point of delivery' innovative online educational resource. The LIHNN Literature Searching MOOC aims to provide librarians with the knowledge, skills and examples to provide an effective literature search service. The MOOC has been funded by Health Education North West as a pilot project that will initially run for 6 weeks.
So what does it cover? Hosted in Blackboard CourseSites, the content is broken down into 6 sections:
• Week 1 ASK will look at how we refine the request from the user so we know exactly what we are searching for.
• Week 2: will look at how we SCOPE the resources, to select the most appropriate source to undertake the literature search in.
• Week 3: will look at how we can undertake an effective literature SEARCH using textwords and thesaurus terms.
• Week 4: will look at how we can REFINE the search, techniques to narrow/broaden the search
• Week 5: will look at how we can SUMMARISE the results of the literature search and how we can present these results to the user.
• Week 6: we’ll look at how we can EVALUATE the quality, the performance and the impact of our literature searches to provide evidence for the Library Quality Assurance Framework, or LQAF.
How long will it take each week? 1.5-2.5 hours a week, that’s around 30 minutes a day. Each week the content is broken down into a series of steps, making it easier to dip in and out of when you have the chance. The content is made up of lectures, exercises, quizzes, videos, animations with a link out to a wiki hosting examples, templates and tools to help you develop the practical skills required to set up, deliver and evaluate a literature searching service.
Who is it aimed at?
• Health care Librarians (not students/users/clinicians)
• Librarians new to literature searching or just wanting a refresher
• Librarians looking to undertake CPD for CILIP accreditation or revalidation
• Librarians wishing to look for examples of how to deliver their search results
• Librarians looking for examples and ideas to evaluate the impact of their literature searches to provide evidence for LQAF
Access to the MOOC: The MOOC itself was funded by NHS England and as such uses the NHS England resources provided through the NHS Athens login. However, even if you don’t have an NHS England Athens account, you will still be able to view and take part in the MOOC as the skills being taught are transferable to other database platforms, you just won’t be able to replicate the demonstration searches in the HDAS database platform.
Further Information: See attached flyer for more information on the MOOC. For extra excitement I have also attached a copy of the terms and conditions. If you have any questions after reading these documents then contact [log in to unmask]
Register Today! If you would like to take part you can register today at www.coursesites.com/s/_LIHNNMOOCLS
(please note this is a pilot MOOC and as such is only accessible via Google Chrome or IE10 upwards only)
Thank you
Gil
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Gil Young, CPD & Partnerships Manager
BA (Hons); PgDip LIS; MSc HRM; Assoc CIPD; FCLIP
NHS NW Health Care Libraries Unit,
Unit E, Kingscroft Court,
Sovereign Business Park
Warrington Road
Wigan WN1 3AP
Tel: 01942 482 584 OR Mobile: 0779 531 0852
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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