Librarian Learns with the Students: Chemical Engineering Students Help Design and Shape Delivery of Instructional Information for Their Discipline
LibGuides were brought to WVU Summer 2008 I copied template from another WVU librarian’s guide, with permission My First LibGuide started in Fall Contacted Chemical Engineering Professor at start of fall semester 2009 Met with nine senior students Goal: complete LibGuide and short tutorials aimed at Chem Eng 493 Needed guidance and support as I learned Captivate and LibGuide
Pace Length of video Content Better to make several short videos than one or two long videos Discusses what types of information they would find useful in the LibGuide and what should not be put into a video
Underestimated the amount of time it would take me to learn and the immense amount of time it takes to do one video Overestimated the amount of time I would have to devote to the videos Needed to make allowances for the change in my learning and memorization abilities Students are busy; time is precious
Students from Chemical Engineering and from the the Evansdale Library Noel Kopriva, Evansdale Library Instruction Manager David Roth, Evansdale’s Technology Library Associate Marian Armour-Gemmen, Patent & Trademark Librarian Their participation was invaluable and made this presentation possible.
Mary L. Strife Evansdale Library West Virginia University