Re: Charleston Presentation: Rick Anderson & Future Librarians

["David P. Dillard" <jwne@temple.edu>]

I think it is very important to change any perceptions students 
may have that public service librarians are involved with tasks 
and duties that include anything but assistance with their 
information needs.  There are a number of ways that these kinds 
of perceptions can be altered.  Spending time at student help 
centers such as the Russell Conwell Center for student workshops 
and tutoring at Temple in my case.  I prepared a research guide 
for this group with source links for writing, reading, english 
language, technology, math and science skills amongst other 
content under the college learning center tab.

Russell Conwell Center Guide

http://guides.temple.edu/Russell-Conwell-Center

College Learning Center

http://guides.temple.edu/aecontent.php?pid=22756&sid=198763

So that students can benefit from quality resources without 
having to learn at the outset how to deal with the complexities 
of databases, I also stress the use of Meet the Googles types of 
research for students newer to research or in IM chat encounters, 
so that they have one or more links leading to content pertinent 
to their research topics as a starting point.

Meet the Googles

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22meet+the+googles%22+and+
%22net-gold%22&hl=en&rls=DAUS,DAUS:2006-11,DAUS:en&filter=0

A shorter URL for the above link:

http://tinyurl.com/52t9hj

AND

http://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsfamily/

I also include tools like SCIRUS in some of these encouters as 
well as Google search tools.

http://tinyurl.com/28jb8kh

I have put huge chunks of information on Google Sites with links 
from my appropriate research guides, such as links from the 
guides to several published articles regarding where and how to 
search databases and "the Googles".


Search Tools for Scholars 2010
DATABASE: SEARCH: TECHNIQUE
Database and Internet Search Tools
Search Tools for Scholars 2010 :
Database and Internet Search Tools
of Use to Scholars and Students in Sport Psychology
https://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsforscholars2010/



Search Tools for Scholars 2006
SPORTS: PSYCHOLOGY  :
RESEARCH: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES :
DATABASES:
Database and Internet Search Tools of Use
to Scholars and Students in Sport Psychology
http://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsforscholars2006/

Search Tools for Scholars 2008
DATABASE SEARCH TECHNIQUES :
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY  :
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES:
Electronic Resources for Bibliographic Research i
n the Field of Sport Psychology
http://sites.google.com/site/searchtoolsforscholars2008/



https://sites.google.com/site/
generalinternetprintresources/Home/main-site-map

A shorter URL for the above link:

http://tinyurl.com/2c2ck9s

I also place links from my guides to substantial content 
regarding the link on my Net-Gold discussion group including 
webliographies, bibliographies and detailed information and links 
to various parts of a specific resource.

WEBBIB1011

http://tinyurl.com/2clcg5h


Most importantly, I share this information with handouts to 
classes and to students I encounter with invitations to phone me 
or to make an appointment for help with research in my office. 
In short, one can make inroads into changing the perception of 
irrelevance that some students hold of librarians by aggressive 
outreach in the form of both resources shared and personal 
involvement with students individually to help them with their 
research.


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University


On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, B.G. Sloan wrote:

> Reminds me of a report I read recently. Some Illinois librarians
> did an ethnographic study of library use. One of the sections of
> the report was titled "Why Don't Students Utilize Librarians?"
> The first paragraph of this section reads:
>
> "While the majority of students we interviewed struggled with one
> or more aspects of academic research, very few students sought
> help from a librarian. In fact, one of the most striking aspects
> of the ERIAL study was the near-invisibility of librarians within
> the academic worldview of students, and is symptomatic of
> students' general belief that librarians do not possess the
> disciplinary expertise necessarily to provide sufficient
> assistance with research assignments.