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Chemical Info Literacy Tools:a work in progressDebbie Chaves, Wilfred Laurier U, dchaves@wlu.ca Patricia Meindl, U of Toronto, pmeindl@chem.utoronto.caSubject Guides What do we want?Hope that subject guides provide students with a starting point for researchPoint of need point of access easy to findMust not be static easily changedInclude library content: catalogues, databases, e-referencesInclude course content: direct links to the classroom assignmentInclude 2-way communication: chat boxes, SkypeInclude writing content: citation, writing centre.Include RSS feeds, del.icio.us cloud tags, book covers from librarything.com, videos.2How do we create the paragon of Subject Guides?Drupal: http://drupal.org - open source content management platformMoodle: http://moodle.citylit.ac.uk/moodle/mod/resrouce/view.php?id=123 open source content management system MyLibrary: http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu/ - open source subject guide applicationSubjectPlus: http://www.ithacalibrary.com/subplus - database-driven subject guideLibData: http://libdata.sourceforge.net open source authoring environment ResearchGuide: http://researchguide.sourceforge.net open source environment for subject guide creationLibGuides: http://www.springshare.com/libguides - $ to create and host platform

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6What to include?What type of information should be included within a subject guide?When is it too much information?How broad should the information be?7

8ReferencesEBSCOhost: Internet Subject Guides in Academic Libraries. (n.d.). . Retrieved June 4, 2009, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=9&sid=a7472a9b-d689-43f5-a122-96aa9ce27550%40sessionmgr7.Edward M. Corrado and Kathryn A. Frederick. (2008, April 10). Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides. The Code4Lib Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/47.iLibrarian A Librarians Guide to Creating 2.0 Subject Guides. (n.d.). . Retrieved June 4, 2009, from http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-librarians-guide-to-creating-20-subject-guides/.Project MUSE - portal: Libraries and the Academy - Students, Librarians, and Subject Guides: Improving a Poor Rate of Return. (n.d.). . Retrieved June 4, 2009, from http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v004/4.1reeb.html.

9Online tutorialsDemonstrate the search processAdded value infoOn-demand accessInteractivity available in some softwareCan be assignment-focusedNew simple softwareCommercial: Captivate, CamtasiaFree: Wink, CamstudioChemistry - a special case?Unique needs of chemistryPropertiesSpectraChemical structuresReactionsNot just topic-based searchingExamplesScifinder webMore specific tutorialsIn a Maths for Chemists course (p.37)FIS 2132 examplesUnfortunately most examples seem to be on Blackboard type portals and not freely visibleProblem 1An organic chemistry professor is going to give his students an assignment on Named Reactionsthey have to identify the origins of a specific named reaction and then find examples of the reaction in the current literatureThe professor could give you 20 minutes in class to tell the students where to lookBut is there a better way to get the info to students?Problem 2A analytical lab course is going to examine many chemical properties during the termThe instructor has asked the librarian to show the students where to get the literature data he can fit you in during the first lab classIs there a better way?Problem 3A large first year class needs to learn how to use the handbooks and MDS sheetsEach lab group is doing the experiments in a different order (due to access to facilities)These are also new students and could use a general library orientation as wellHow to deal with this?

Problem 4Suggestions?