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Impact of embedded librarianship on undergraduate nursing students’ information skills
- Source :
- Journal of the Medical Library Association, Vol 109, Iss 2 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: One-shot library sessions have numerous drawbacks; most notably, they rarely have a long-term impact on students' research behavior or skill sets. Library literature notes that when students interact with an embedded librarian, their skills improve. While close partnerships with subject faculty are important, librarians must also assess students’ skill sets to determine the impact of these teaching efforts. Case presentation: During the course, the embedded librarian used various activities and assignments to teach information-seeking skills, with the expected outcome of increased skill sets. This IRB-approved research project focused on measuring and assessing students’ information-seeking abilities before and after interacting with the embedded nursing librarian. Changes in students' information fluency skills were measured using pre- and post-tests. Conclusions:The study results provide evidence of the benefits of the embedded librarianship model. Continued measurement of students’ skills acquisition is important to enable librarians and library administrators to show the positive impacts the library has on student learning and success.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15365050 and 15589439
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of the Medical Library Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.250fb0294224552b0a1cd1e4556e8b3
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.913