The study depicts the efforts of 4 university libraries - Georgetown University Law School Library, Yale University’s Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Arizona State University Library and Florida State University Libraries.
Each highly-detailed profile portrays how the library plans for, choose, develops, implements, markets and evaluates their information literacy tutorials, focusing on tools used, strategies deployed, and lessons learned. Each participant gives their advice on how to develop tutorials, helping to answer questions such as: What are the library’s most frequently used tutorials? How does the library determine when to develop a tutorial? When does the library develop its own and when does it turn to other sources? How are tutorial design objectives adjusted to meet the needs of various schools and programs? To what extent can resources and strategies be shared among many libraries on a major university campus and what are the rewards – and pitfalls – of doing so? What programs are used for voice over, storyline development, testing, and distribution? How can tutorials serve the needs of international students, distance learning students and other groups that may have specialized needs? What means are used to assure that tutorials are compliant with the American Disabilities Act standards? How are tutorials evaluated and what changes can result when they are?
The 58-page report was written by Anamika Megwalu, Ph.D., M.L.I.S. Anamika is an Assessment and Engineering Librarian at San Jose State University. Dr. Megwalu earned her doctoral degree in Information Studies from Long Island University, specializing in online scholarly communication, and an MLIS from Florida State University. She has published articles in Reference Services Review, Advances in Librarianship, The Reference Librarian, The Charleston Advisor, and Science & Children.
Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Introduction
- References
- About the Interview Participants
- Arizona State University Library:
- Supporting Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Diverse Disciplines
- About the University
- About the Library
- Making of Online Tutorials
- Types of Tutorials
- A Working Group Infrastructure
- Specific Technology, Web Applications and Programs Favored
- Making Tutorials ADA Compliant
- Revising and Discarding Process
- Marketing Strategies
- Advice from an Expert
- Florida State University Libraries:
- Serving Extended Campus and Distance Services
- About the University
- About the Library
- Making of Online Tutorials
- Types of Tutorials
- Identifying Tutorial Topics
- Guiding Principles and Collaboration
- Technology Used
- Making Tutorials ADA Compliant
- Revising and Discarding Process
- Marketing Strategies
- Advice from an Expert
- Cushing/Whitney Medical Library:
- Perspectives of a Medical Library
- About the University
- About the Library
- Making of Online Tutorials
- Types of Tutorials
- Technology Used
- Criteria for Creating a Tutorial
- Design and Development
- Assessing End User Experience
- Revising and Discarding Tutorials
- Marketing Strategies
- Advice from an Expert
- References
- Georgetown Law Library: A Law Library’s Perspective
- About the University
- About the Library
- Making of Online Tutorials
- Types of Tutorials
- Technology Used
- Criteria for Creating a Tutorial
- Design and Development
- Making Tutorials ADA Compliant
- Revising and Discarding Tutorials
- Marketing Strategies
- Advice from an Expert
- Technology for Creating and Publishing Tutorials
- Authoring Tools
- Articulate Storyline 360
- Springshare – LibWizard
- Springshare – Guide on the Side
- Google Forms
- Video Editing and Voice Recording
- Camtasia
- Captivate
- Audacity
- Publishing
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Canvas
- Articulate Rise 360
Sources / Contributors
- Georgetown University Law School Library
- Yale University’s
- Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Arizona State University Library
- Florida State University Libraries.
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