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From Data Entry to Advocacy: Recruiting Students as Resource List Assistants - Sarah Pittaway | Talis Insight Europe 2016
The document discusses how the University of Worcester Library Services recruited students to help enter data for over 1450 resource lists into their new Talis Insight system. Students were hired as "Resource List Assistants" and completed around 65% of the data entry work, entering data for over 500 hours total. The program provided benefits for the students such as work experience, money, and advocacy for the library. It also helped the library populate their new system quickly while keeping data entry costs low. Challenges included making sure students remained enthusiastic and providing additional support for some students.
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From Data Entry to Advocacy: Recruiting Students as Resource List Assistants - Sarah Pittaway | Talis Insight Europe 2016
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- 2. From data entryto advocacy: recruiting students as Resource List Assistants Talis Insight, April 2016 Dr Sarah Pittaway Team Leader: Academic Services Library Services @ The Hive, University of Worcester #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 3. Setting the scene 2015/16is our first full year of TARL & TADC Implemented during 2014/15 Undertook data entry of all lists before handing over ownership to academics #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 4. With over 1450lists to add, we knew we had a big job ahead of us! #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 5. We wanted dataentry to be quick, and to roll out a completely populated system #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 6. Support for dataentry came in the form of student Resource List Assistants #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 7. 500 hours intotal for a team of students Min 5 hours per week, max 20 hours #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 8. Students undertook asignificant amount of data entry Lists uploaded Students Library staff 65% 35% #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 9. An unexpected benefitwas that students became library advocates #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
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- 11. We think thisadvocacy has had a real, tangible impact One strong advocate was from Archaeology, where we saw NSS scores rise from 3.0-3.8. Cause, correlation or coincidence? #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 12. There were benefitsfor students as well They earned money, gained work experience, and could add to their Worcester Award #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 13. “Searching for resources?I mean, pfft, it’s no problem. I know so much now!” - Resource List Assistant, post-project #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P They also gained more confidence in using library resources
- 14. The role was advertised tostudents only We received over 30 applications #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 15. T e st i n g o u r c a n d i d a t e s #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 16. http://bit.ly/1nIPLQj http://bit.ly/1TIxuAF The workrelated exercise #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 17. It all wentwell! We recruited 6 students #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 18. We started withhands- on training from liaison librarians #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 19. We kept avery close eye on Resource List Assistants at first #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 20. But quickly gave themthe freedom to work when and where they wanted #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 21. ? Hiring students isn’twithout its challenges #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 22. It’s a leapof faith – will students’ initial enthusiasm be sustained? #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 23. The additional admincan be a headache #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
- 24. Some students neededa lot of additional support #TalisInsight @Dr_Sarah_P
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