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Undergrad Model Complete
Undergrad Model Complete
Undergrad Model Complete
Undergraduates under-utilize their academic library services despite efforts made to orientate new students to their academic libraries.
Information Literacy courses Library scavenger hunts and other activities assigned in freshman courses.
Andrew is an expert! Andrew has three years experience as a reference librarian. Andrew knows which questions undergraduates ask and where do they need help in the Information Search Process. We wanted to create a model that identified the barriers and also provided strategies to overcome those challenging barriers.
random sample survey of undergraduate students utilizing electronic resources in Memorial Library at Kansas Wesleyan College. journals and texts focused on the general information Search Process and focusing on undergraduates in general. models of our pioneers of information science.
Research
Several
MODEL DESCRIPTION
The model is a four step vertical flow chart with one step which may be repeated. 1. Identify Need 2. Initiate Search 3. Evaluate Results (possibly repeating to step 2) 4. Fulfill information need The model has 3 layers to each tier:
Initiate Search
Evaluate Results
Fulfill Information Need
Determining if the information need has actually been met effectively as determined by the final product.
Mechanical Barriers
Diminishing barriers
Reading to learn about topic. Listing descriptors. Skimming online or print sources.
Printing full-text sources. Reading text. Evaluating text. Taking detailed notes with bibliographic citations. Discuss how sources will be used. Returning to library for summary search. Rechecking sources for information overlooked. Confirming information and bibliographic citations.
Comfort with the library Knowledge of the library Unknown keywords. Difficulty locating material (call numbers, special collections, interlibrary loan) Lack of critical thinking skills Mechanical Barriers
Reading to learn about topic. Listing descriptors. Skimming online or print sources.
Determining if the information need has actually been met effectively as determined by the final product. Rechecking sources for information overlooked Confirming information and bibliographic citations.
Diminishing Barriers
THE ANALYSIS
Our undergraduate model is based upon the survey and other founding models methods & criteria. The model is balanced between barriers and strategies. With the smaller number of steps, the layers of characteristics became more detailed. Kwons research allowed for an encompassing factor of lack of critical thinking skills for a variety of barriers.
LIMITATIONS
The main limiting factor is that our model is based upon one small private college. Our model ended up looking more like a graph than a flow chart with the added layers. Low number of steps. We could have used a processing step as step 3. We could have included more strategies, although that was not a primary focus.
REFERENCES
Ansari, Muneera Nasreen. (2008). Information seeking behavior models: A Review. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal. 39(4). 316.(Retrieved from OmniFile Full text Mega database.) Case, Donald O. (2008). Looking for information: a survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior. 2nd Edition. Cottrell, J., & Eisenberg, M. (2001). Applying an information problemsolving model to academic reference work: findings and implications. College & Research Libraries, 62(4), 334-47. (Retrieved from OmniFile Full Text Mega database.) Ge, Xuemei. (2010). Information-seeking behavior in the digital age: a multidisciplinary study of academic researchers. College & Research Libraries, 71(5), 435-55. Kahlthau, Carol Collier. (2004). Seeking meaning: a process approach to library and information services (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Kwon, N. (2008). A mixed-methods investigation of the relationship between critical thinking and library anxiety among undergraduate students in their information search process. College & Research Libraries, 69(2), 117-31. (Retrieved from OmniFile Full Text Mega database).