Old Testament Survey presentation
- 1. Information Literacy For Your College Experience, OR HOW TO THINK LIKE A LIBRARIAN Bl101: Old Testament Survey April Lindsey & James Stewart August 24, 2015
- 2. Your Librarians April Lindsey, Director of Library Services James Stewart, Senior Library Consultant • James Stewart is the new senior library consultant for Temple Library at Laurel University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in visual design from North Carolina A&T State University and a master’s degree in library and information studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He enjoys helping learners find and develop resources for creative media and research projects. • April Lindsey is the Director of Library Services. She is a graduate of Asbury College (now University) with a B.A. in Social Work and an M.L.S. from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. She has been the Library Director since 1985. She enjoys developing the library collection and finding new ways to help the students develop lifelong learning skills.
- 3. Welcome to Temple Library • Kenneth & Geneva Temple. • Member of the Carolinas Theological Library Consortium • 37,000 volumes • Computer lab w/printer • Media collection
- 4. To be able to search for, identify and use creditable information sources from a variety of internet search engines and from Temple Library’s physical and online resources. To create finding aids and bibliographies from online reference tools. To think like a librarian !!!! Our Objectives
- 5. What IS A LIBRARY?
- 6. What is a library?
- 7. A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. - Merriam –Webster Temple Library is a theological library.
- 8. What Are Your Information Sources?
- 9. Books, non-fiction & fiction Encyclopedias Dictionaries/thesaurus es Concordances Lexicons Magazines Journals Atlases Bibliographies VHS DVD Audio CDs/cassettes Audiobooks Full-Text Databases Internet Web 2.0 (blog, wiki,) Government Documents Statistical Reports Digital Libraries Visual Aids Information Access From Temple Library
- 10. Searching the Stacks - Classifications Dewey Decimal System
- 11. Searching the Stacks - Classifications LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- 12. Temple Library Online Reference and Citation Tools
- 13. Using Search Engines All Purpose Search Google Alta – Vista MSN search Cuil Ask Directories Gigablast Galaxy Metasearch Dogpile
- 14. Using Search Engines Advantages Ease Currency Audiovisual Exclusivity Interactive Mass Convenience Scope Disadvantages Lack of QC/QA User is the Evaluator Lack of Overview OVERwhelming results Not necessarily free Trouble with historical materials
- 15. Ask the Librarian Ask! Search Strategies Referrals Conversation
Editor's Notes
- #6: On this slide we ask the students “What is a library” to pre-assess their understanding of the broadness of services and resources we can provide them. The image may implies to them the traditional definition of “a place to check out books”. As students give responses we welcome them and egg on more students to reply, getting them closer to the ultimate definition “ The image is from the Stockholm Public Library.
- #8: Emphasize, that a library is a “collection of SOURCES of information and similar resources”
- #9: During this slide we would ask the students about their familiarity with listed resources. “What information sources have you used for research?” or “What to you use to gain information”? As answers are given we would then type them on the screen. Very interactive.
- #10: This is a list of all information sources available in Temple Library. We ask the students which ones do they feel are the hardest or least familiar and which are the most comfortable and familiar and circle these items (maybe yellow for familiar, red for unfamiliar)
- #11: The students are probably more familiar with the Dewey Decimal Classification which is numerical but….in an academic college……..
- #12: The academic colleges are more likely to use the Library of Congress classification which are alphabetical. Briefly mention that the Library of Congress is the world’s largest library and just for fun is also home to copy of the Gutenberg Bible. Make Jokes about the “BS” terminology.
- #13: Here we would use the link to Laurel University to demonstrate how students would access the library resources from any place within Laurel’s website. For Bible, Christian Ministry and Theology students, explain that non-religious sources can be used for cross-referencing important theological and ministerial issues (the role of religion in public policy)