Your Take on the Content
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BACKGROUND:
Climate
What students want (Millenials, Recent OCLC report); their research likes/dislikes
Competition from Google
Federated searching – the solution?
Definition, graphical representation
Examples of Fed search products
FEDERATED SEARCHING AND INSTRUCTION:
The Big Debate: Emerging Schools of Thought within Librarianship about Federated Search Products
ACRL INFORMATION LITERACY STANDARDS:
Examination of Info Lit Standards
Summary of Instructional Issues
Assessment of current federated searching technologies
Surveys of librarians, students
INTEGRATION PLAN:
Is federated searching meant to be targeted at a specific learning level? (i.e. freshmen, seniors, grad students, faculty)
Example goals of a federated search lesson
Introducing federated search into existing sessions
Lesson and Exercise Ideas
Instruction materials
Handouts, workbooks, tutorials
Library web site
User Interface issues impacting information literacy
Course Management Systems
Federated search at the Reference Desk
Bibliography of resources for further reading
posted by Christopher Cox at
12:04 PM
4 Comments:
Hello..
Regarding the outline point: "Is federated searching meant to be targeted at a specific learning level? (i.e. freshmen, seniors, grad students, faculty)". I would like the preconference to include a discussion relating federated searching to secondary school students. I would also be interested in learning about cost effective federated search programs for small private schools. In addition, tips for encouraging a local public library consortium to add a federated search program to their online database collection to provide for improved research efficiency.
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Anonymous, at 12:43 PM
Hello. I would like to second the comment about secondary schools, although my interest is in seeing whether this model is so prevalent at college and university libraries that secondary school librarians are doing their students a disservice by trying to train them to distinguish types of resources the benefits of each.
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Anonymous, at 5:21 PM
These are good points. That's why it's always a good idea to get feedback prior to teaching something. I'll make sure I integrate some information about secondary school implementations of federated search and if the teaching issues are similar are different from those of undergraduates.
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Christopher Cox, at 5:46 AM
Hello. I would like an opportunity to discuss situations where federated searching is being strongly advocated by library departments who don't provide instruction. For example, acquisitions personnel concerned about low use of certain databases may think that users avoid these resources because the search interface(s) are too complex, and a simplified universal approach would yield more use. I realize this aspect of the issue is somewhat tangential, but it does affect our decisions on what and how to teach. Thanks for creating this blog, Chris. It is great to have an opportunity to interact before the workshop.
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