Partnering with IT to Help Disadvantaged Students Achieve Academic Success

Clarke, Janet H

doi:10.1080/15228959.2012.702597

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“…This is also true on LibGuides in that they require collaboration between the library and IT departments. Libraries have reported collaborations with various support department at universities, including, the student affairs (Forrest, 2005), IT departments (Clarke, 2012) and the disability units (Arzola, 2016). With the introduction of LibGuides, library collaborations have taken another shape.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration on LibGuides in public universities in South Africa

Bangani

Tshetsha

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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Purpose This paper uses co-ownership as a proxy for determining the extent of collaboration on LibGuides in public universities in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative study that uses webometrics techniques to establish collaboration on LibGuides among librarians in public universities in South Africa. The LibGuide pages of all public universities in the country are visited. Co-ownership of those LibGuides is established by going through the list of co-owners usually situated on the right-hand side menu bar. The data are divided into 16 Excel spreadsheets, each representing a South African public university with LibGuides. Findings The results show that only 8.1 per cent or 95 of 1,166 LibGuides are co-owned, whereas in 9.4 per cent (109 of 1,166) of LibGuides, the ownership reverts to the host library, as there are no authors indicated. Only 34 of 95 or 35.8 per cent of co-owned LibGuides are cross-campus or inter-campus collaborations suggesting that there is very little cross-pollination of ideas between different campuses of the same universities in South Africa. Research limitations/implications This study will lead to a better understanding of the extent of collaboration between librarians in Africa, generally, but specifically in South Africa. In addition, it poses a challenge to library managers to develop strategies that promote and nurture a culture of collaboration between and among librarians to avoid unnecessary duplication. The recommendations of this study can be used to improve collaboration between and among librarians. The biggest limitation of this study is that it did not look into the attitudes, constraints and impediments of collaboration between and among librarians. This area, however, is recommended for further research. Practical implications The implication of these results is that there is a duplication of LibGuides, effort and time across different campuses of the same universities, as some universities have a number of LibGuides on the same subject areas across the institutions. There is very little cross-pollination of ideas between various universities as reflected by a lack of inter-university LibGuides in the country. Social implications Duplication of LibGuides does not assist the users as it only adds to the information overload rather than assisting them by streamlining the information. Originality/value This study may well be the first study of its nature in the world. It is the view of the authors that this study will not only close the gap in the literature on LibGuides but also explain the use of Web 2.0 tools in libraries in developing countries as collaboration tools. It will add another perspective to the discourse about the collaboration in library and information science generally. This paper may lead to further research on the collaboration efforts of practising librarians.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Collaboration on LibGuides in public universities in South Africa

Bangani

Tshetsha

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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“…As this perspective and trust is developed between faculty and librarians, multiple opportunities arise for librarians to become integral parts of faculty courses, including initial design, delivery, and/or final course products. Examples of successful collaborations include teaching disadvantaged students how to use the available technologies and services to increase completion and success rates (Clarke, 2012); becoming a portal to parallel research and collections to provide a broader or different approach to instruction and research (Dilevko, 2013); providing research and writing instruction using a problem-based learning approach (Hines & Hines, 2012); assisting in curriculum development through the location and teaching of specific resources related to the course (Mazella & Grob, 2011;Soules, Nielsen, Lee, & Rifae, 2013); and engaging with faculty at the university council level to increase understanding of librarian and faculty needs (Mix, 2013).…”

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Collaborating with Nonlibrary Faculty for Assessment and Improved Instruction

Zaugg

Child

2016

Journal of Library Administration

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Collaboration with other entities and individuals has long been a standard practice of libraries. Typically, these collaborations seek to reduce redundancies, save money, and support educational and research efforts. However, a new model of collaboration exists that both assists discipline-specific research practices and informs library procedures. This article reviews two collaborations between an assessment librarian and a sociology class. The collaborations are unique because the library is the focus of the collaboration, with sociology students being able to apply classroom learning in a real-world setting. Several suggestions are provided for best practices when endeavoring to use this type of collaboration to inform library practice and engage students in hands-on learning.

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“…A case study conducted by Clarke (2012) explored collaboration between IT staff, libraries and the EOP program at Stony Brook University in New York. Information literacy with the inclusion of technology was employed in instruction.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Faculty‐librarian collaboration in improving information literacy of educational opportunity program students

Hsieh

McManimon

Yang

2013

Reference Services Review

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Purpose -This study aims to examine the instruction of basic information literacy (IL) skills taught to the socio-economically disadvantaged students in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Rider University in summer 2011. The study set out to determine how the beginning IL levels of EOP freshmen differ from those of other freshmen, their learning outcomes, and retention of IL as a means to improve future research instruction. Design/methodology/approach -Faculty of a speech communication class and two librarians collaborated in integrating IL in the class assignments of the 2011 summer EOP program. The assessment tools include identical pre-and post-tests, a second post-test with different multiple correct answer questions, a survey about students' perceptions of their IL training, and the teaching faculty's observations of EOP students' research skills. Findings -EOP freshmen are equivalent to the peer freshmen in their low levels of IL skills. The findings suggested that EOP freshmen complete IL instruction with stronger IL skills. The second post-test revealed that many students were confused about some basic IL concepts. Faculty's observation of students' information literacy skills concurs with the pre-and post-tests. Originality/value -This study fills a void in the literature on recent research of information literacy skills of socio-economically disadvantaged college students. The multi-correct answer questions employed are valuable but rarely employed in studies or discussed in the literature. The collaboration of faculty and librarians in assignment design is valuable as an increasing number of faculty are utilizing librarians to teach the necessary IL skills needed in today's curricula.

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Partnering with IT to Help Disadvantaged Students Achieve Academic Success

Cited by 6 publications

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Collaboration on LibGuides in public universities in South Africa

Collaboration on LibGuides in public universities in South Africa

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