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John J. Burke

Gardner-Harvey Library

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Miami University Middletown

  • One of two regional campuses of MU

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  • 1555 FTE (Fall 2020)

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  • Open admission

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  • 15 bachelor degrees / graduate degrees in nursing / transition to main campus

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LMS embedded librarians

  • Started in 2009

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  • Blackboard, Sakai, and now Canvas

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  • Both online and face to face courses

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  • Surveyed students since Spring 2009

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EL student survey

  • In Qualtrics since Fall 2012
  • 11-12 questions
    • Demographic questions
    • Prior library instruction
    • Databases and search tools used
    • New information from embedded librarian
    • Source types used in research assignment
    • Embedded library resources used
    • Contact with librarians/library staff

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EL survey results, S18-F20

  • 3 full calendar years - 6 semesters

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  • 170 embedded course sections

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  • 43% were 300 or 400 level courses

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  • 3170 surveyed/555 respondents (18%)

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EL survey results, S18-F20

  • Prior instruction in library research?
    • Never (20%)
    • In high school (33%)
    • Face to face (43%), or EL (34%)

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  • What’s hard about research?
    • Searching for information (49%)
    • Getting started (16%)
    • Evaluating information (16%)

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EL survey results, S18-F20

  • What new thing did the librarian share?
    • How to search (29%)
    • New sources to use (20%)

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  • What did they use on the EL page?
    • Citation guides (55%)
    • Finding credible sources (50%)

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EL survey results, S18-F20

  • Where do students search?
    • Library website (42%)
    • Database - EL page in Canvas (41%)
    • Google Scholar (36%)
    • Google (28%)

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EL survey results, S19-F20

  • What sources do they use in their bibliographies?
    • Articles from a library database (77%)
    • Websites (55%)
    • Articles found online (54%)
    • Books (41%)
    • Videos (13%)

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Online instruction advocacy

  • Email marketing to faculty
  • Discussions with department chairs
  • Highlights:
    • Lack of prior research instruction
    • Difficulties with research assignments
    • Impact of embedded librarian and use of embedded resources
    • Use of library resources along with Google

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Unique assessment aspects

  • Student difficulties with research were coded for areas of impact, but also mined for ways to shape new tutorials and learning objects.
  • Face to face class with most evaluations won breakfast or lunch (pre-pandemic), but now hold a drawing for gift certificates for all classes.

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Future assessment

  • In 2018, we conducted a study of students who used EL services:

Tumbleson, B., Burke, J., and Long, J. (2018). Assessment, Analytics, and Analysis: Demonstrating the Impact of LMS Embedded Librarians on Student Learning. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 1-19, DOI: 10.1080/1533290X.2018.1499252.

  • Received a research fellowship to take a new approach in 2021-2022.

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  • Questions? burkejj@miamioh.edu

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