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- "Desperately seeking citations" (article suggested by Maggie) - discusses faculty giving students broad topic; students don't know how to focus topic; could acrl standards shape themselves to respond to this? Dealing with lost students regularly at reference desk; if topic in field major then easier to figure out because familiar already. Role of the librarian vs role of faculty member in shaping the topic - article notes librarian needs to proselytize to the faculty; job not to decide topic but give them guides for how to learn about - librarians provide basic resources to help contextualize topic for field and start searching - role of the librarian
- What does our program do for the students at MIT? Goals of what our instruction program are; undergrad = first focus; end of freshman year goals vs end of senior year goals (Learning outcomes). Most freshman take 3.091 and an expository writing class - setting up basic standard instruction to these classes would create a basic level of knowledge that would reach the entire freshman class; instructors could build on this basic platform of library knowledge. The ACRL literacy standards are too broad and vague, but the science and engineering standards are more tangible and applicable as a starting point and they are relevant to more areas than just science and engineering
- Data = some data is easy to access, some is not, some is in formats that are very complex to work with, others are simple; Proprietary vs not; already created datasets vs having to manipulate data from multiple sources for a project; many users have no concept of these issues when getting started; its an interdisciplinary issue - ESL, Dewey, GIS regularly , & Humanities regularly experience the challenges of working with users falling unexpectedly into these challenges
- We can add to the perception of relevance surveys. Will also talk to Rudy about what's applicable to grad students; would standards like this be applicable to grad students or only good for undergrads? For graduate students we may want to use something more simple/tangible?
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