Type of Presentation

Workshop

Conference Strand

Outreach and Partnership

Target Audience

Higher Education

Second Target Audience

Other

Graduate students

Location

Session 4

Relevance

My workshop will highlight practical approaches and best practices for delivering information literacy instruction, research consultations, and writing assistance to graduate students with a collaborative focus.

Abstract

Graduate students need highly customized support as they navigate through the various stages of their thesis or dissertation journeys. Many of these students are overwhelmed by the volume of research and just need that compassionate librarian to guide them through the labyrinth of databases to those elusive but critical papers and empirical studies. At California Lutheran University I provide a personalized approach to providing thesis and dissertation support to master’s-level, Ed.D and Psy.D students during crucial milestones of their journeys. My graduate librarian support features one-on-one research consultations, guidance with searching the literature, some writing and editing support, and finally shepherding doctoral candidates through the steps to publishing their dissertation for inclusion in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global. My presentation will highlight how I provide these services, along with practical ways to collaborate with graduate faculty and other campus partners such as the Writing Center. I will also highlight useful tools for doctoral students such as EndNote, Academic Writer, and Grammarly and show how information literacy instruction can be sequenced and integrated into specific dissertation seminar courses. I will share a LibGuide and a graduate information literacy tutorial featuring a graduate professor providing research advice, and graduate students discussing their work and how they applied Frames from the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Finally, I will share my approach to assessment and discuss the importance of creating an “annual report” detailing research consultations, information literacy sessions, and showcasing statistics to demonstrate to the university the value of graduate library services.

Presentation Description

This workshop will highlight a practical approach to delivering customized information literacy (IL) services to graduate students. Best practices will be shared for collaborating with graduate faculty and other campus partners such as the Writing Center. The session will also highlight useful tools for graduate students such as EndNote, Academic Writer, and Grammarly and show how IL instruction can be sequenced and integrated into specific seminar courses. The presenter will share a LibGuide and a graduate IL tutorial based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

Keywords

graduate students; doctoral students; theses; dissertations; collaboration; best practices; research assistance; consultations; ACRL Framework; sequencing instruction

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Graduate Information Literacy Annual Report F'21HMondschein.pdf (1796 kB)
Graduate Information Literacy Annual Report F'21

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Apr 1st, 8:30 AM Apr 1st, 9:45 AM

Graduate Librarian Support Through the Thesis and Dissertation Journey

Session 4

Graduate students need highly customized support as they navigate through the various stages of their thesis or dissertation journeys. Many of these students are overwhelmed by the volume of research and just need that compassionate librarian to guide them through the labyrinth of databases to those elusive but critical papers and empirical studies. At California Lutheran University I provide a personalized approach to providing thesis and dissertation support to master’s-level, Ed.D and Psy.D students during crucial milestones of their journeys. My graduate librarian support features one-on-one research consultations, guidance with searching the literature, some writing and editing support, and finally shepherding doctoral candidates through the steps to publishing their dissertation for inclusion in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global. My presentation will highlight how I provide these services, along with practical ways to collaborate with graduate faculty and other campus partners such as the Writing Center. I will also highlight useful tools for doctoral students such as EndNote, Academic Writer, and Grammarly and show how information literacy instruction can be sequenced and integrated into specific dissertation seminar courses. I will share a LibGuide and a graduate information literacy tutorial featuring a graduate professor providing research advice, and graduate students discussing their work and how they applied Frames from the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Finally, I will share my approach to assessment and discuss the importance of creating an “annual report” detailing research consultations, information literacy sessions, and showcasing statistics to demonstrate to the university the value of graduate library services.