Case Study
ABSTRACT PurposeTo describe a framework for a summer research/writing workshop for new university students, and its evolution over time and across institutions.
FindingsThe success of these programmes is attributed to a common framework used in each case: programme planning, marketing, and delivery and assessment.
Practical implicationsThe framework described in this paper could be adapted by other institutions wishing to implement such a programme. In addition, the SPARC team will continually improve the programme by reflecting on each part of the framework.
Originality/valueMuch research has been done to identify and address the specific needs of first-year university students.For example, some institutions offer "first year experience" courses for credit, while others place first year students into Interest Groups. Most academic libraries offer information literacy sessions to groups of undergraduate students during the regular semester. This paper presents a model for reaching first year students before they take their first class at university.
This project seeks to assess the Canadian library community’s understanding of and readiness for the transition from the MARC format to the BIBFRAME model. Data were collected using a survey distributed in English and French to a stratified random sample of 1,200 Canadian libraries. Results indicate that knowledge of BIBFRAME is low among respondents and that most of the libraries surveyed do not know enough about BIBFRAME to consider planning a transition at this point.
Ce projet cherche à évaluer la compréhension et l’état de préparation de la transition du format MARC au modèle BIBFRAME dans les bibliothèques canadiennes. Les données ont été récoltées par le biais d’un sondage distribué en anglais et en français auprès d’un échantillon aléatoire stratifié de 1 200 bibliothèques canadiennes. Les résultats indiquent que les répondants connaissent peu le modèle BIBFRAME et que la majorité des bibliothèques interrogées ne sont pas prêtes à planifier la transition.
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