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Library Instruction in Two Croatian Academic Libraries Kornelija Petr Balog Ljiljana Siber Bernardica Plašćak

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Library Instruction in Two Croatian Academic Libraries

Kornelija Petr Balog

Ljiljana Siber

Bernardica Plašćak

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Contents:

• Introduction

• Two faculties in Osijek, Croatia: the LawFaculty (LF) and the Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences (FHSS)

• IL programs:

– the Law Faculty

– the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Conclusions

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Introduction

• IL: – a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when

information is needed and then have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information (ALA, 1989)

• college students

– critical-thinking skills

– database searching proficiency

– lifelong learning

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J. J. Strossmayer University

– 17 members:

• 11 faculties

• 5 departments

• 1 academy the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Two faculties - numbers

• The Faculty of Law:

– founded in 1975

– 33.000 books, 500 periodicals

– user population: 2743

• The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences:

– founded in 1961

– 60.000 books, 125 periodicals

• Both: access to data-bases

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IL Program: The Faculty of Law

• pilot-project (ac. year 2012/2013)

• aim:

– to raise awareness of the necessity of acquiring IL skills

• hypothesis:

– students who undergo the IL workshops willachieve better results in seminar papers thanthose who do not

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Instrument, Methodology, and Sample

• March 2013

• one 90 min workshop per one seminar course(study years: 1st – 4th)

• test and control groups

• evaluation of IL workshops: – evaluation forms (I - after the workshop, II - after

completion of seminar papers)

– consultation with course instructors

– citation analysis of seminar papers

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Results

Students’ evaluation of their knowledge and skills before and after participation in the IL workshop.

Online catalog Databases Search strategies

3.433.15

2.3

4.29 4.173.82

Before AfterLikert scale 1-5

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• librarian – grade ‘very good’

• 96.6% (86) students – would recommend workshops to theircolleagues

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Independent Teacher Advice Librarians

Independence in Information Retrieval

Test Control

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Citation Analysis

56%

22% 20%

3%

Library Internet Databases Other

Choice of information source

Sample

Library Internet Databases Other

67%

10%

22%

2%

51%

27%

19%

3%

Information source: test vs. control

Test Control

Teachers: - in general, the test group used betterquality sources in their seminar papers

hypothesis: students who undergo the IL workshopswill achieve better results in seminar papers than those who do not

CONFIRMED!

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IL Program: The Faculty of Humanitiesand Social Sciences

Academic year

Workshops Students Target population

%

2010/2011 16 405 1456 27.82

2011/2012 9 172 538 31.97

2012/2013 5 125 549 22.77

Table 1. IL workshops delivered by FHSS Library

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• Exit satisfaction surveys (mean):

– 2010/2011: 4.7

– 2011/2012: 4.4

– 2012/2013: 4.6

• “Knowledge and skills gained at workshops will help me in future academic career and work.”

– 2010/2011: 93.8%

– 2011/2012: 94.4%

– 2012/2013: 97.9%

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Citation Analysis

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Printed Internet/Web Databases

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

Choice of information sources for three academic years

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Conclusions

• presentation of two IL instruction programs

– older (FHSS) and newer one (FL)

• results show slow, but gradual, change instudents’ information retrieval habits

• organizational problems, standards ofinformation literacy

• cooperation with the faculty crucial

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Thank you for your attention!