Using Course Syllabi to Develop Collections and Assess Library Service Integration

Lukes, Ria; Thorpe, Angie; Lesher, Marcella

doi:10.1080/0361526x.2017.1284492

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“…Another study conducted by Aubele and Perruso (2017) used indexing of social work journals in databases combined with rankings from Journal Citation Reports to create a tiered hierarchy of core journals. Other examples of collection-centered methods include citation analyses (Currie and Monroe-Gulick 2013;Gao 2015;Ke and Bronicki 2015), analyzing syllabi for resources used in classes (Lukes, Thorpe, and Lesher 2017;Williams, Cody, and Parnell 2004) and using established lists to evaluate current collections (Meehan and Nisonger 2007;Torres 2017).…”

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Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

Gilbert

Vaaler

2017

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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Collection development analysis in academic libraries typically involves collection-centered and user-centered methods. These approaches focus on building collections that help students with their academic needs but may overlook resources that students need experience with when employed. To address this gap, the authors analyzed early career advertising agency positions to identify a list of information resources that advertising agencies expect employees to use. This list was then compared against the library websites of 158 universities with advertising programs to see how sufficiently libraries are fulfilling these resource needs. The authors found that overall, university libraries only subscribe to a small number of resources used by advertising agencies.

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Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

Gilbert

Vaaler

2017

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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“…Rambler (1982, p.156) is credited with the first study in library research to examine the syllabi across an academic setting to identify assignments that require library resources and services: "In essence, decisions and actions based at least in part on findings from a syllabus study can facilitate the creation of the ideally responsive and completely curriculum-integrated library." Other studies look at how the syllabus reflected or influenced library usage Lauer, 1989) or collection development (Lukes et al, 2017). This scoping review aims to systematically search for library research utilizing syllabus studies and Information Literacy objectives or instruction in academic settings to provide an overview of what research has already been done and help inform new research.…”

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Syllabus Mining for Information Literacy Instruction: A Scoping Review

Butler

Calcagno

2020

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Background - The course syllabus is a roadmap to curriculum development and student learning objectives providing valuable information to assist library instruction. This scoping review examines research that uses syllabus mining to track Information Literacy concepts and skills in academic settings. Objectives - The present study uses a scoping methodology to examine syllabus mining of Information Literacy with the focus of analysis on the methodologies employed in syllabus review and the recommendations from the studies. Design - Searches of databases of literature from librarianship and education, as well as a multidisciplinary database, yielded 325 journal articles. Inclusion criteria specified peer-reviewed articles from any year, and excluded grey literature. After removing duplicates, 2 reviewers screened titles and abstracts and reviewed full text, yielding 17 studies to analyze. Results - Characteristics of the included studies, methodology, and recommendations were charted by two reviewers. All studies reported retrieving information that increased opportunities for collaboration with instructors and targeted engagement with students, and seven themes were identified. Conclusions - Instructional librarians should be encouraged to conduct syllabus studies to increase collaboration with faculty to develop coursework, to meet student information needs in a strategic manner, and to identify discipline-specific Information Literacy concepts.

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“…Other libraries, such as those of the University of California at San Diego and the University of Kansas, use assessment and analysis to evaluate their collections so that right materials would be retained and added to collections to meet patrons’ needs (Currie and Morris, 2017; Wiersma, 2017). Research papers not only stated the importance of assessment and analysis of collections but also provided different methods and ways of assessment such as using user survey and course syllabi to assess collections and applying mixed-method approach of citation analysis and faculty interviews (Goodchild and Zhao, 2017; Liebst and Feinmark, 2016; Lukes et al , 2017).…”

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Department-specific collection assessment

Wang

Huang

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the pilot project of collection assessment performed by an academic library for the Computer Information Science (CIS) Department specifically and share the experience involved in this assessment. Design/methodology/approach In this descriptive research, the library gathered and analyzed a set of evaluation reports for CIS-related print and electronic materials. This assessment includes analyses of physical items, periodicals, electronic resources, peers’ databases, faculty syllabi, as well as departmental allocation fund. Findings This project shows the importance of collaboration between the library and academic departments on collection evaluation and assessment. It demonstrates that the assessments of a department-specific collection can provide the library with insights into the quality of the collection and help librarians better understand the information requirements of the faculty and students in the department. By analyzing the data collected in the assessment, the library can spend the tight budget on the most needed core materials related to the curriculum and research of the department. This project provides a good example for future routine assessments. Practical implications The procedure, results and future work of this assessment provide other academic libraries with insights into and practical solutions to department-specific collection assessments. Originality/value The study describes a set of collection assessment activities specific to a disciplinary department undertaken by Spiva Library. Few studies have been conducted to study department-specific collection assessments. This type of study can assist a university library to develop a core collection in support of teaching, learning and research for individual academic departments.

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Using Course Syllabi to Develop Collections and Assess Library Service Integration

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Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

Syllabus Mining for Information Literacy Instruction: A Scoping Review

Department-specific collection assessment

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