The Results of the interview Abstract: Information literacy (IL) is becoming increasingly important along with the rapid development of online resources, the knowledge-based economy and lifelong learning education (Andretta, 2012). In the context of higher education, IL is associated with developing students’ critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. User-centred information literacy researchers believe that an effective IL delivery system must be based on knowing its users’ needs, wants, learning styles and core personal characteristics in order to tailor-make an effective delivery system (Blaabjerg, Hansen, & Stehouwer Øgaard, 2007; Kuhlthau, 1992). Chinese students comprise a large and growing component of non-English speaking students and they have reported experiencing difficulties in their learning and use of library information (Liu & Winn, 2009). UCD currently has over 600 Chinese students of whom 500 are postgraduate. This figure will more than double in 2016. This poster presents the results of an interview with a Chinese postgraduate student (CPGS). The results elicit insights into the CPGS‘s IL needs thereby indicating the presence of a gap between the CS’s IL needs and IL delivery (Shuttleworth,2015). Very limited previous experiences in IL learning Information needs- merely focussed on searching Encountered problems Couldn’t use Chinese to search UCD Onesearch Access to the full text IL terminology as a third foreign language Difficult to navigate the library website The language barrier Doesn’t know how to evaluate the resources Doesn’t have a correct understanding of peer reviewed articles Who did you go to for a help Normally goes to her lecturer Asked the librarian once Wanted to access the librarians off campus IL awareness Jin Liang UCD Health Sciences Library @ [email protected] References Andretta, S. (2012). Facilitating information literacy education (FILE). In A. Brine (Ed.), Handbook of library training practice and development (Vol. 3, pp. 49-75). Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd Blaabjerg, N. J., Hansen, T. V., & Stehouwer Øgaard, L. (2007). It's Not About the Library, It's About What the Students Need!: supportive roles and systems in students' interaction with information. Paper presented at the Applying Web 2.0 : Innovation, Impact and Implementati, London. http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/its-not-about-the-library-its-about-what-the-students-need(28950e70-37ad-11dd-a305-000ea68e967b).html Kuhlthau, C. C. (1992). Seeking meaning : a process approach to library and information services . Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Pub. Co. Liu, G., & Winn, D. (2009). Chinese graduate students and the Canadian academic library: a user study at the University of Windsor. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(6), 565-573. Shuttleworth, J. (2015). Information Literacy (IL) Awareness & Information Needs Interview . With Thanks to Andrew Clinch, Jennifer Collery, Emily Doherty, Maeve Tannam, Carmel O Sullivan an We See the ? UCD Library An Leabharlann UCD Zero knowledge in referencing

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The Results of the interview

Abstract: Information literacy (IL) is becoming increasingly important along with the rapid development of online

resources, the knowledge-based economy and lifelong learning education (Andretta, 2012). In the context of higher

education, IL is associated with developing students’ critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. User-centred information

literacy researchers believe that an effective IL delivery system must be based on knowing its users’ needs, wants, learning

styles and core personal characteristics in order to tailor-make an effective delivery system (Blaabjerg, Hansen, &

Stehouwer Øgaard, 2007; Kuhlthau, 1992). Chinese students comprise a large and growing component of non-English

speaking students and they have reported experiencing difficulties in their learning and use of library information (Liu &

Winn, 2009). UCD currently has over 600 Chinese students of whom 500 are postgraduate. This figure will more than

double in 2016. This poster presents the results of an interview with a Chinese postgraduate student (CPGS). The results

elicit insights into the CPGS‘s IL needs thereby indicating the presence of a gap between the CS’s IL needs and IL delivery

(Shuttleworth,2015).

Very limited previous experiences in IL learning

Information needs- merely focussed on searching

Encountered problems

Couldn’t use Chinese to search UCD Onesearch

Access to the full text

IL terminology as a third foreign language

Difficult to navigate the library website

The language barrier

Doesn’t know how to evaluate the resources

Doesn’t have a correct understanding of peer reviewed articles

Who did you go to for a help

Normally goes to her lecturer

Asked the librarian once

Wanted to access the librarians off campus

IL awareness

Jin Liang UCD Health Sciences Library @ [email protected]

References Andretta, S. (2012). Facilitating information literacy education (FILE). In A. Brine (Ed.), Handbook of library training practice and development (Vol. 3, pp. 49-75). Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd Blaabjerg, N. J., Hansen, T. V., & Stehouwer Øgaard, L. (2007). It's Not About the Library, It's About What the Students Need!: supportive roles and systems in students' interaction with information. Paper presented at the Applying Web 2.0 : Innovation, Impact and Implementati, London. http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/its-not-about-the-library-its-about-what-the-students-need(28950e70-37ad-11dd-a305-000ea68e967b).html Kuhlthau, C. C. (1992). Seeking meaning : a process approach to library and information services. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Pub. Co. Liu, G., & Winn, D. (2009). Chinese graduate students and the Canadian academic library: a user study at the University of Windsor. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(6), 565-573. Shuttleworth, J. (2015). Information Literacy (IL) Awareness & Information Needs Interview .

With Thanks to Andrew Clinch, Jennifer Collery, Emily Doherty, Maeve Tannam, Carmel O Sullivan

an We See the ?

UCD Library An Leabharlann UCD

Zero knowledge in referencing