This page holds the material for my workshop project for LIS 560. It features work from the design process of a workshop intended to teach users to use the OPAC. Feel free to check it all out.

Presentation

FYI I had trouble get my external mic to work so I had to use the internal mic on my laptop so the sound could be better. I used Pointecast to publish it. I also am uploading the powerpoint slides so you can view it that way. Most of what I say during the presentation is in the slide notes.

Presentation

PowerPoint Slides

Assignment Links

Attention Activity

Lit Review

Lesson Plan

Bibliography

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Cutter, C. A., Cutter, W. P., Ford, W. C., Phillips, P. L., & Sonneck, O. G. T.,. (1904). Rules for a dictionary catalog,. Washington: Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved from WorldCat

Hert, C. (1996). User goals on an online public access catalog. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(7), 504-518. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=9607016713&site=ehost-live

Large, A., & Beheshti, J. (1997). OPACs: A research review. Library & Information Science Research, 19(2), 111-133. doi:DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(97)90039-6

Morrison, H. G. (1999). Online catalogue research and the verbal protocol method. LIBRARY HI TECH, 17(2), 197-206. Retrieved from Blis database.

Novotny, E. (2004). I don’t think I click: A protocol analysis study of use of a library online catalog in the internet age. COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 65, 525-537. Retrieved from Blis database.

Novotny, E., & Cahoy, E. S. (2006). If we teach, do they learn? the impact of instruction on online catalog search strategies. PORTAL, 6(2), 155-168. Retrieved from Blis database.

Ray, K. L., & Lang, M. S. (1997). Analyzing search styles of patrons and staff: A replicative study of two university libraries. Library Resources & Technical Services, 41(3), 219-35. Retrieved from ERIC database.

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Yu, H., & Young, M. (2004). The impact of web search engines on subject searching in OPAC. Information Technology and Libraries., 23(4), 168. Retrieved from ArticleFirst database.