LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR LEARNING
A PERSPECTIVE FROM HKUST
FOR CARL STUDY TOUR
Diana Chan, Associate University Librarian
HKUST Library
Learning Journey 1 – A UG student
May Ling opened LMES of SOSC 186 Population & Society,
A Link to Library Course Reserve
Library Course Reserve link to
full-text article
Global Demographic Divide
In Population Bulletin, 2005
From ProQuest
Streaming video on a
Distinguished lecture
Learning Journey 2 – A PG Student
Xiao, referred by a Subject
Librarian, to use PowerSearch
on scheduling and common due
date assignment
Find@HKUST brings to the
Full-text article
IIE Transactions via
IEEE Xplore
Learning Journey 2 cont.
Article request through HKUST Illiad
Book request through HKALL
Created citations from Databases
Using RefWorks
Produced a PhD thesis
which is archived in the
Electronic Theses Database
Learning Journey 3
Peter attended a presentation advisory
session in the IC Learning Space
Subject Guide on Effective Presentation
IC is equipped with standard, AVG,
web-authoring and Mac stations
loaded with high-end application
software
Library Support for Learning
Course Reserve
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Course reserve (class notes, homework sets and assigned reading –
books or journal articles) – over 4,000 items put on Reserve (2009/10)
Media reserve (slides, sound disc, audio/videocassette, videodisc)
Electronic Reserve (create direct links to online journal articles)
Library Reserve in LMES
Access materials from other libraries
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HKALL
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Borrowing 17,530
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Lending 16,551
2009/2010
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Document Supply
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17,638 requests,
85% fill rate
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JULAC cards
Library Classes & Workshops
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Course Embedded Information Literacy sessions
Open Workshops
Total: 295 sessions for 6,076 participants (2009/2010)
Class rating of 82% (between good and very good)
Information Skills for Life-long Learning
Online Information Literacy Tutorial
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Developing the Assessment Plan
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A Proposal Submitted in Feb 2010
 GNED008
credit course – pre and post test
 Course-specific/Open library classes
 Information literacy requirement
 Student Engagement and Satisfaction Questionnaire
(Indirect Assessment)
 A standardized survey instrument – JM ILT
OBE Website
Information Literacy Competency Levels
Partnership
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Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching
 OBE
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School of Business & Management
 Pilot
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and IL assessment
assessment
School of Engineering
 Embedded
librarians for ENGG150B- Engineering
Solutions to the 21st Century Grand Challenges
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Language Center
 Instilling
IL in 4-year LANG courses
Subject Librarians, Guides & Internet
Resources
A team of 8 subject librarians
High quality
Internet Resources
by Subject
A variety of 180+ Subject Guides, Course
Guides, Database Guides
e.g. Copyright, Current Awareness Service,
Information Strategies for Research Assignments,
Evaluating and Citing Web Resources
E-learning Initiatives
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Information Commons: creating e-learning
content
Learning Commons: E-learning Classrooms,
Discussion Rooms, Multi-purpose Room
Digitize special collections, rare books and
photos as learning objects
Prepare e-learning objects on using the Library
Acquire e-learning resources
Create links, embed library resources and
learning objects in LMES
Information discovery tools
Steaming videos
Support for Students with Disabilities
City University Library