Kiera, Anton, Brian and I have created some videos detailing how to reference websites and online reports as part of our information literacy via Facebook project.

They’ve been uploaded to YouTube  (where there is also an older one on referencing powerpoint slides from LEARN) and will shortly be posted on Facebook to assist with ‘last week of term’ assignment madness.

However, thought it would be useful to know they’re a permanent resource on YouTube for helping students.

Yesterday I visited Rosie to give her the special edition of Pānui to celebrate and remember her service at UC Library.

Rosie was very surprised and happy to see all the different photos and stories, and asked me to pass on her thanks to everyone for contributing.

Just a reminder to those intending to get something in for our special publication commemorating Rosie’s retirement, that the deadline is approaching but we shan’t be toooo draconian if you get it to us in the next couple of days:)

Since we have not been able to have a formal retirement party to recognise and celebrate Rosie Sykes’ contribution to UC Library, a special issue of Pānui is planned. We plan to provide paper copies of this edition to Rosie and her mother.

Please send Simon Cooke or myself memories, stories and photos of your time working with Rosie. It doesn’t matter if it’s 50 words or 500 – all submissions welcome:)

If possible, we would like these by Monday 7 August.

A new ‘edition’ of the Te Whāriki, the NZ Early Childhood Curriculum, has been released which will likely invite some queries at the front desk and/or on AskLIVE.

This is because the 2017 edition is being used in a number of Semester 2 courses but we are not able to catalogue our copies yet as National Library has not released a MARC record. A temporary record has been created but the physical copies are not available yet.

Students can also access the curriculum online. The Te Reo version as well as other materials (including the link to the prior PDF) can be found here.

When: Tuesday 11 July 9-10:30am

Where:  Room 210, Central Library

What:

Session 1 – Selecting Journals (Web of Science and Endnote) – 9:00 – 9:45 am

• Develop strategies to evaluate articles and journals that are contextually comparable: contrast articles and journals based on volume output overall or within subject areas.
• Develop strategies to evaluate articles and journals that are not regionally or topically comparable using normalised indicators.
• Contrast articles and journals that primarily publish in very different areas of research.
• Contrast articles and journals from very different regions with industrial, international and funding level inconsistencies.

Session 2 – Developing and Using a Researcher Profile (Web of Science, ResearcherID and ORCID) – 9.45 – 10:30 am

• Understand the pros and cons to having a Researcher Profile.
• Be able to create a Researcher Profile.
• Understand how to develop a comprehensive list or publications, proceedings and book chapters.
• Understand how to export information from your Researcher Profile (creating a list of publications).
• Learn to calculate total citations, citation trend data and h-index.
• Learn which citation indicators to use at a researcher level.

Please feel free to come along.

The APA is sending retraction notices to authors who’ve posted copies of their articles online:

http://www.apa.org/pubs/authors/unauthorized-internet-posting.aspx

As you might expect, authors are not happy.

http://retractionwatch.com/2017/06/14/researchers-protest-publishers-orders-remove-papers-websites/

As Library Loon said, “pass the popcorn“

When: May 15-19 2017; three weeks before the end of Semester 1.

What we offered

• 6 APA workshops of one hour duration in Central, EPS and Education Libraries
• 5 APA online workshops of 15 minute duration
• 5 top APA tips via social media (Facebook and Twitter)

Statistics

Face-to-face workshops:

• Registrations                      37
• Attendance                         26
• Average class size            4.3

Online workshops:

• Registrations                      45
• Attendance                         22
• Average class size            4.4

Facebook posts

6 posts: 5 infographics and 1 video demonstrating how to reference various formats using APA style

•  4352 total reach (4352 individuals saw an #APAWeek post in their newsfeed)
• 3 comments
• 24 likes
• 5 shares

Twitter posts

6 posts: 5 infographics and 1 video demonstrating how to reference various formats using APA style

•  1259 impressions
• 7 likes

What we learned

• The workshops were well attended and there is a demand for APA workshops and content targeted to meet student need.
• The workshops often went over 60 minutes, with students engaged and asking many questions. One workshop generated a 25 minute 1-1 consultation.
• Workshops attracted more postgraduate than undergraduate students, and students from a range of disciplines.
• The workshop on the Friday afternoon had high attendance than 9am sessions, suggesting 9am is not a good time for students.
• The online workshops generated considerably more interest (especially given they were only promoted 3 days before the week began), but this didn’t necessarily lead to significantly greater registrations and there was less commitment on the part of students to attend the sessions with only half of those registered actually attending classes. This may be because the workshops needed to be offered more frequently or at different times. It may also be because students wanted more in-depth sessions.
• Posts and video performed well on Facebook.

In summary, we’re pretty happy with how APA week went and want to run it again. We put this event together on the fly so can see opportunities to grow this event with more planning and promotion.

A big thank you to everyone who made it work by helping with organisation, promotion,  and teaching.

Feedback in the comments is welcome (or you can email me).

Next Friday is Pink Shirt Day – an initiative supported by the Mental Health Foundation to stop bullying: https://www.pinkshirtday.org.nz/

There’s displays going up in some libraries and we’ll be putting stuff up on social media (like where on campus students can get help if they’re struggling with bullying).

And we’ll be wearing pink. Break out your favourite pink gears!