bell research informed digital literacy practice

Informing digital literacy practice through engagement, case studies and research

Diane Bell Research Librarian, City University Londondiane.bell.2@city.ac.uk @dianelouisebell

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Engagement methods

Vine videos & Twitter #Blogging and practical case researcher study resourceIncorporating a researcher’s digital research skills Using social media to promote Patron Driven AcquisitionDigital literacy survey & follow up interviews

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#highfivealibrarianday Vine video including students

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Researcher guide

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Citylibresearchers blog

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Practical case study resource

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Case study : Research studentProfile: LIS Research student, 3rd year, multi-disciplinary topic, works part-time in an academic library. Databases: LISTA, LISA and Jstor. Libraries used: SOAS, Senate House, British Library, public libraries.Tools used: Mendeley, Figshare, RefWorks, NVivo. Social media/ blogs: Twitter, Tumblr, Academia.edu, research blogsAdvice: Connecting with others, using social media for feedback, always follow up citations in papers.

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Twitter

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Digital research apps• BrowZine – journal browsing app

(subscription)• Feedly (feed reader)• Twitter• Evernote (notes, photos app) • Kindle app • One Drive / Drop Box (storage)• Pocket (PDF storage)

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Online personal ‘newspapers’

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Workshop: Building an online profile using social media & employability http://libguides.city.ac.uk/employability/furtherhelp

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#readforresearch

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Digital literacy research project: Which factors may influence the digital literacy skills of research students?

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Conclusion

• Vine videos are quick & fun. • Including the expertise of research students is useful. • Different engagement methods are advisable.• #readforresearch has been very successful &

feedback on the case study blog has been great. • Social media is useful for communication, promotion

& feedback. • Research-based practice involving students.

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Thank you for listening:

Any questions or discussion points?

diane.bell.2@city.ac.uk

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