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Information literacyUsing VIKO at NTNU and St. Olav’s Hospital
Karen Johanne BusetNTNU Library, Trondheim, [email protected]
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Objective
In this session we will take a closer look at Information literacy and see how we use an online tutorial for IL in user education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and at St.Olavs Hospital – Trondheim University Hospital
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Program1. Information Literacy - definition
2. Why use an online tutorial in user education?
3. VIKO – Your guide to Information Literacy• How to develope a web-based tutorial• Experiences from use and implementation• Cooperation with the University
4. Information Literacy and EBP
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Online tutorial – but why ?
• Quality reform program in Norway• The challenge
– in offering suitable user education for 20.000 students
– To reach all students, irrespective of library opening hours
• The answer – develope a web tutorial on information literacy
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VIKO - Your Guide to Information Literacy
• Interactive course in information literacy
• Designed for students at NTNU• Provides help in searching for
information and writing papers• Can be implemented as part of
other library and university courses
VIKO ver.2 (2007)• Subject guides• WAI-recommendations
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VIKO aims to
• Enhance information literacy at NTNU and St.Olav’s Hospital
• Increase quality of students’ performance• Replace basic-level user education• Teach students essay writing and source evaluation
techniques• Support teachers in student tutoring• Prevent plagiarism
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VIKO http://www.ntnu.no/viko/
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Strategies for implementation
• Implement VIKO in user education at the NTNU Library
• Introduce VIKO for health care professionals at St.Olavs Hospital
• Integrate VIKO into NTNU’s e-learning platform
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Integration of VIKO in user education at the NTNU Library
• Promotional material distributed to all branch libraries• Demonstration of VIKO to all reference and subject
librarians• Survey to incorporate systematic use of VIKO in
NTNU Library’s courses and classes
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VIKO for the healthcare professionals at St.Olavs Hospital
• Training based on EBP with systematic use of VIKO during the course – Regular library training classes– Courses at hospital departments
• Self-tuition– Promotion of VIKO at introductory courses
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Integration with it’s:learning – NTNU’s e-learning platform
VIKO is • linked from it’s learning’s homepage• promoted as help in writing papers and literature
searches• recommended in it’s learning classes for teachers• teachers are offered help to link VIKO from courses• using it’s learning test tool
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VIKO Subject guides – learning outcome• Be familiar with the bibliographical sources
within the subject • Be able to identify, analyse and critically
evaluate information resources • Know where to find information sources• Know how to use them
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VIKO Subject guides
• Pilot project 2007 – 3 subject guides (Biology, Scandinavian Studies,
Health Education)– Usability test
• May 2008:– 25 VIKO subject guides operative (in norwegian)– Search examples for 30 databases
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Identify a question or problem
Evaluate the outcome
Evaluate the research evidence
Find the best available evidence
Apply the results to a specific population
EBPDefining research topic
Evaluating information
Search for information- books, articles, Internet
Apply the results ex writing papers
IL (VIKO)
EBP vs. Information Literacy
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Librarians have to be information literate themselves, with a high degree of professional competence; this will make them confident in their abilities to teach, assist and advise others
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NTNU• second largest university in Norway• Students: 20000• Staff: 4300• 3000 degrees awarded each year
NTNU Library• Norway’s oldest academic library (1768-)• 2,7 mill volumes, 21000 eBooks• 10000 eJournals
St. Olavs Hospital –
Trondheim University Hospital• Regional hospital for the Central
Norway • Beds, somatic: 1053• Beds, psychiatric: 313 • Staff: 8691
Photo: Hospital Development Project for Central NorwayPhoto: NTNU Info/Fjellanger Widerøe
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