Librarian Presentations Copyright (c) 2013 Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne All rights reserved. http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres Recent documents in Librarian Presentations en-us Wed, 08 May 2013 01:34:25 PDT 3600 Reading for Pleasure: Prevalence and Role on Academic Achievement Among Primary School Students in Ontulili Location of Kenya http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/35 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/35 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:40:34 PDT Primary school enrollment in Kenya has increased monumentally, since the introduction of free primary education in 2003. In addition to the fees waiver, students receive free text books, exercise books and a number of other supplies. Statistics by UNICEF and UNDP demonstrate the exponential upsurge of the enrollment which, from one dimension, may be an illustration of hope for children from economically disadvantaged segments of society. However, what is most striking is that students' performance in national, regional and local examinations in communities that benefited the most from free primary education continues to be far below average. This presentation discusses preliminary findings from a recent study that explored the reading habits, availability of reading materials and the reading environment for one of the Kenyan communities that witnessed increased enrollment post the 2003 free primary education policy, but has also endured bleak student academic performance in national examinations. In a nutshell the findings reveal that effective student learning and academic success requires a combination of factors above and beyond school fees, text books, exercise books, pens and pencils. The study, conducted in the fall of 2011, utilized a representative sample from 5 public primary schools. A multi-method approach was used.


]]> Florence Mugambi All HAIL Information Literacy: Statewide Efforts to Organize Librarians Around Information Literacy (And Why It Matters to You) http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/34 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/34 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:40:32 PDT Shannon F. Johnson Oooh, Shiny! Adapting services, engaging scholars, and stealing the spotlight with the iPad http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/33 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/33 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:35:32 PDT New technologies offer new opportunities for innovation and engagement. At IPFW, a cohort program put iPads in the hands faculty members and librarians alike. By repurposing trusty library concepts such as information and technological literacy, scholarly communication, and collection curation to fit the paradigm of iPads and apps, we created new collaborations, new educational tools, and a higher profile across our campus. This poster will present the tools we used and the best practices we developed while persuading a new generation of faculty members that teaching, learning, and technology are enhanced when the library is involved.

]]> Shannon F. Johnson et al. MedPOWER: Teaming Up to Make a Difference http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/32 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/32 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:41:51 PDT TASK: To encourage minority and disadvantaged youth in Northeast Indiana to pursue careers in medicine and dentistry, so these future health care professionals may consider practicing in urban underserved and rural communities upon graduation - helping to reduce health disparities.

Solution: Med-POWER (Medical – Dental Providing Opportunities With Education and Research) an intensive four-week summer enrichment program for health care goal-oriented college students, designed to 1) expose participants to careers in medicine and dentistry, 2) give students direct hands on training in developing literature reviews on specific research proposals addressing health disparities in their communities, 3) health disparities education regarding class, race, poverty, rural and farm health, and behavioral health care needs, and 4) job shadowing in urban underserved and rural health care centers for the purpose of developing competitive applicants for dental and medical schools. The MedPOWER Program was developed by the Northeast Indiana Area Heath Education Center, with a mission β€œTo improve the supply, demand and distribution of quality health care professionals and support personnel through collaborative community and academic partnerships.” Partnership with the local academic community and the IPFW Helmke Library has become an integral part of the program, helping students strive to increase critical thinking skills, increase their ability to evaluate information, locate evidence, and synthesis material. This paper will discuss the history and development of the MedPOWER Program and the role of the library in the partnership, highlighting the team approach the organizers used to reach the students and give a brief overview of participant outcomes.

]]> Shannon F. Johnson et al. Building Library Relationships in Ontulili: Towards an Effort to Establish a Community Library http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/31 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/31 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:39:48 PDT The Ontulili Literacy Project is an innovative literacy initiative whose mission is to establish a community library, an environment that will foster multiple literacies, academic success,and community development in the Ontulili region, situated in Eastern Kenya. This poster will explain how and why the project got started, ongoing efforts, and future plans.

]]> Shannon F. Johnson et al. Before You Write: Six Keys to Success - Creating Self Contained Information Literacy Modules http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/30 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/30 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:38:31 PDT In today's competitive job market, many working adults are returning to graduate school with rusty information literacy and computer skills. Before You Write: Six Keys to Success was designed to re-introduce returning adult students to the basic skills they will need for success in a graduate program. These six modules are self-paced and utilize real world scenario based assessments. In this session, a librarian and an informatics professor will discuss the inception and implementation of this collaborative information literacy/informatics initiative.

]]> Shannon F. Johnson et al. Back to the Future, 1981-2011: Thirty Years in the Life of a Librarian (or Two) http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/29 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/29 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:36:22 PDT Sue Skekloff et al. Faculty and Librarian Collaboration in Online Instruction: Harnessing the Learning Management System http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/28 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/28 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:18:40 PDT Tammy Toscos, Nursing Informatics Professor, and Shannon Johnson, Health Sciences Librarian, will share their experiences harnessing the Learning Management System for information literacy instruction and how this has affected IL instruction delivery at IPFW. They will discuss their use of online technology to expand the traditional bibliographic instruction into new realms, increasing the number of students they reach and allowing for more in-depth instruction to take place.

]]> Shannon F. Johnson et al. Bowling Alone in the Library: Putnam's Thesis and the Library as Place http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/27 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/27 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:45:56 PDT Margit Codispoti et al. I Just Want Help: Students as the Focal Point to Integrating Academic Support in a Learning Commons http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/26 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/26 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:06:41 PDT Tiff Adkins et al. Accessing the Past, Preserving the Future: Digitizing a Newspaper Collection http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/25 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/25 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:11:19 PDT IPFW University Archives has begun a project to digitize over fifty years of student newspapers. This presentation will discuss questions and concerns encountered during the project, such as access and preservation needs and how to proceed with limited staff and funding. Other topics will include funding options, copyright issues, in-house vs. outsourced scanning and storage, and metadata requirements.

]]> Denise Buhr et al. A True Hidden Heroine in Fort Wayne History: the Life and Work of Dr. Kathryn M. Whitten. http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/24 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/24 Mon, 16 May 2011 08:48:06 PDT Sue Skekloff Building Liaison Relationships that Rock http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/23 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/23 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:07:43 PST Summer Durrant et al. Raising the Profile of IU Scholarship: Institutional Repositories (and more) at IU http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/22 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/22 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:21:54 PDT Cheryl B. Truesdell et al. Dr. Kathryn Whitten: Her Life, Her Novel http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/19 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/19 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:09:10 PDT Sue Skekloff Making Connections with Digital Projects http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/17 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/17 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:25:33 PDT Cheryl B. Truesdell Commitment and Ethnographic Research: The Work of Fieldwork among the Huastecan Nahua in Mexico http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/18 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/18 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:25:33 PDT Alan R. Sandstrom et al. How Nancy Drew Helped Her Girl Readers of the 1950s Embrace Feminism http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/16 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/16 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:46:42 PDT Margit Codispoti From Storehouse to Clubhouse: Collection Management in the Library as Place http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/15 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/15 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:46:41 PDT Margit Codispoti et al. Who's Chatting Now? Bringing a Two-tiered Reference Model into the Chat Environment http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/14 http://opus.ipfw.edu/lib_facpres/14 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:46:41 PDT Judith Garrison et al.