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Center of Attention: Librarians Speak Up: How is your library implementing eLearning?

Librarians Speak Up:
How is your library implementing eLearning?
 

Baocheng Wang, PhD, Subject Librarian, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Our users are mostly Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers and graduate students. To help them make efficient use of our subscribed electronic resources and services, our library has created video or flash tutorials. These eLearning resources offer tips on topics like how to use search language and how to customize search strategies.

wangbc@mail.las.ac.cn   
 www.las.ac.cn

Dr. Heike Neuroth, Head, Research & Development Department, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany

Our library is supporting the development of eLearning modules created by students from universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The theme of these eTutorials is long-term preservation of digital objects. This activity, connected with the Nestor project in Germany, seeks to establish a network of experts and expertise in digital curation for eLearning. Since 2007, student teams in different universities have been working on modules addressing topics such as long-term preservation of specific data types (e.g., CAD or GIS data).

neuroth@sub.uni-goettingen.de    
www.langzeitarchivierung.de

Li Qinhe, Assistant Dean, Information Consultation Department, Jiujiang University Library, Jiangxi Province, China

As we’re a college library, we seek to enhance our students’ eLearning experiences. We ensure our website is accessible and offers needed resources including subject information and links to research institutions’ sites. Also we supply materials for Classroom on Our Web, our site offering basic theory and practical skill information for postgraduates taking the course Information Retrieval. Customers feeling puzzled when searching library resources also can benefit from Classroom on Our Web materials.

liqinhe@126.com
www.jju.edu.cn

Aya Yukawa, Head, Department of Information Management, Waseda University Library, Tokyo, Japan

At Waseda, the School of Culture, Media and Society and School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2007 started a new course teaching academic reading/writing skills, presentation skills and information literacy skills. This is required introductory course for first-year undergraduates enrolled in the schools. Campus library staff collaborated with faculty to develop online course materials focusing on information literacy skills and used in this course. The materials are available to registered students using our learning management system.

www.wul.waseda.ac.jp    
aya@waseda.jp

Tania Bardyn, Associate Director for Public Services, UCLA Library, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Here at the UCLA Library, we’re working towards eLearning environments and understanding how students and faculty acquire digital research literacy at UCLA. I comanage the Technology Learning Center (TLC) at the UCLA Biomedical Library, which recently took one step closer to transparent computing by merging with the UCLA Library’s IT department. The TLC provides physical and virtual learning environments for medical, nursing, public health and neuroscience students; curriculum developers; and campus administration. Librarians at UCLA participate in campus projects working towards developing content for online curriculums, including the UCLA on iTunes pilot project and eScholarship Repository.

bardyn@library.ucla.edu     
http://www2.library.ucla.edu

Karen Tyrell, Library Assistant, Science Library, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Our university's OurVLE online teaching-learning system allows students and lecturers to find information on courses, drop off and pick up assignments, participate in discussions, maintain blogs and more. Library staff help students get familiar with logging onto OurVLE and provide library-focused content available on OurVLE. This content includes instruction on how to utilize effectively our OPAC, quizzes students can take after completing their library orientation, guidelines regarding research and writing methods in general and tips on how to do research for specific courses.

karen.tyrell@uwimona.edu.jm     
www.mona.uwi.edu