Blended Services Training Programme

April 1/10 — Nora Gaskin & Ines Perkovic

Content

• academic integrity
• citation styles used in the humanities and social sciences

Session Materials

• Presentation slides:
  • 1 slide per page: BST 16 Citation & Academic Integrity
  • 2 slides per page: BST 16 Citation & Academic Integrity 2
  • 3 slides per page: BST 16 Citation & Academic Integrity 3
• Links:
  • video: McMaster Office of Academic Integrity: Academic Integrity
  • Academic Integrity Office @ McMaster
  • OWL @ Purdue. List of Disciplines & Their Citation Styles
  • OWL @ Purdue. Research and Citation Resources – detailed guide to APA, MLA and Chicago styles
  • http://www.apastyle.org/
• Exercises:
  • BST 16 Exercise A Identifying Citations
  • BST 16 Exercise A Identifying Citations Answers
  • BST 16 Exercise B Tracing Citations
  • BST 16 Exercise B Tracing Citations Answers

Homework

• watch these videos
  • McMaster Office of Academic Integrity: Plagiarism
  • McMaster Office of Academic Integrity: Tips to Avoid Plagiarism
  • Info Literacy 11. Plagiarism & Citation Styles
• complete the following tutorials
  • Dalhousie University: You Quote it, You Note it
  • Chris Niemeyer, University of Missouri-St. Louis: Interpreting Citations Tutorial — at the beginning of the tutorial, click “cancel” to do the tutorial anonymously
• complete the following exercises
  • BST 16 Exercise C Formatting Citations |  Exercise C Answers
  • BST 16 Homework | BST 16 Homework Answers

Mar. 25/10 — Nora Gaskin & Andrew Colgoni

Content

• stable links & DOIs
  • what they are; how to find and create them
• database output
  • marking, saving, emailing and exporting records to RefWorks
• brief introduction to RefWorks

Session Materials

• Presentation slides:
  • 1 slide per page: BST 15 Managing Information
  • 2 slides per page: BST 15 Managing Information2
  • 3 slides per page: BST 15 Managing Information3
• Links:
  • Library Linking to e-Resources page

Homework

• BST 15 Managing Information Homework
• BST 15 Managing Information Homework Answers

Mar. 11/10 — Nora Gaskin, Susan Shepley

Content

• definition of the reference transaction/interview
• stages of the reference interview
• open and closed questions
• the reference interview and teaching

Session Materials

• Presentation slides:
  • 1 slide per page: BST 14 Reference Interview 1
  • 2 slides per page: BST 14 Reference Interview 2
  • 3 slides per page: BST 14 Reference Interview 3
• Exercises, handouts and activities:
  • BST 14 Sample Open & Closed Questions
  • BST 14 Open and Closed Questions Dialogue
  • BST 14 Role Play Activity
  • BST 14 Reference Interview Observer Checklist

Homework

• read the article: Ross, Catherine Sheldrick, and Patricia Dewdney. ”Negative Closure.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. 38.2 (Winter 1998): 151(1).
• read the “Teaching Moment” script we didn’t have time to do in class! It illustrates how to incorporate teaching into the reference interview.
  
• go to the Reference Interview web page, read the page, and do the 2 online exercises: Help Mark find a professor and Help Betty with a history assignment. Bear in mind that this page was created at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) so some of the answers are specific to its resources, however they are still fun and instructive, especially if you try the wrong answers as well!
• run these 3 role-playing scenarios with your mentor, same set-up as in class: BST 14 Role Playing Homework. Have fun!

Content

• circulation, reserve, ILL/RACER
• mandatory only for non-Access Services people

Participants

• Trainees: Rhonda Moore, Kelly Penfold, Tamara Monster, Lorna Turcotte, Ed Sernie, and possibly Anne Pottier
• Trainers: Lead - Ann Pearce, Debbie Trebych, Kim Pickett and Helen Creedon
• The trainers are working on the modules; more details will be posted later

Schedule

• Session #18: Wednesday May 26 – 9:30-11 am
• Session #19: Wednesday June 2 – 9:30-11 am
• Session #20: Wednesday June 9 – 9:30-11 am
• Session #21: Wednesday June 23 – 9:30-11 am
• Final Assessment: Wednesday July 7 9:30-11 am
• All sessions will be held in the eWong Room

Mar. 4/10 — Nora Gaskin, Krista Godfrey, Andrew Colgoni

Content

• Survey: most confident/still have questions
• Finding books and articles activity

Session Materials

• Presentation slides:
  • 1 slide per page: BST 13 Unit 2 Review
  • 2 slides per page: BST 13 Unit 2 Review 2
  • 3 slides per page: BST 13 Unit 2 Review 3
• Exercise:
  • BST 13 Finding Books and Articles on a Topic Exercise
  • BST 13 Finding Books and Articles on a Topic Exercise Answers

Homework

• BST 13 Homework
• BST 13 Homework Answers