TY - GEN
T1 - Using internship experience to evaluate a new program in eScience librarianship
AU - D'Ignazio, John
AU - Qin, Jian
AU - Kitlas, Joshua
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This research project explores the role of internships in a new curriculum designed to educate eScience librarians. Experiential learning was identified early on in the IMLS-funded project as a necessary aspect to give students field exposure to information-related developments of cyberinfrastructure-enabled science. Nine students were tasked to fill out a daily survey that captured their experience at academic and research libraries, field research stations, and national and discipline-based research centers. Analysis of these accumulated "diary" entries is underway to identify learning outcomes of the eSLib program, particularly two required, data-oriented courses the students mastered in the first year of the program. The analysis will also aggregate and trace longitudinally student skill application throughout the summer. Evaluation of student experience should enhance understanding of the relation between the eScience Librarianship program and what is needed by institutions tasked with managing data produced by computer and network-enabled scientists.
AB - This research project explores the role of internships in a new curriculum designed to educate eScience librarians. Experiential learning was identified early on in the IMLS-funded project as a necessary aspect to give students field exposure to information-related developments of cyberinfrastructure-enabled science. Nine students were tasked to fill out a daily survey that captured their experience at academic and research libraries, field research stations, and national and discipline-based research centers. Analysis of these accumulated "diary" entries is underway to identify learning outcomes of the eSLib program, particularly two required, data-oriented courses the students mastered in the first year of the program. The analysis will also aggregate and trace longitudinally student skill application throughout the summer. Evaluation of student experience should enhance understanding of the relation between the eScience Librarianship program and what is needed by institutions tasked with managing data produced by computer and network-enabled scientists.
KW - assessment
KW - eScience
KW - internships
KW - science data management
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U2 - 10.1145/2132176.2132304
DO - 10.1145/2132176.2132304
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857674379
SN - 9781450307826
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 601
EP - 602
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
T2 - 2012 iConference: Culture, Design, Society, iConference 2012
Y2 - 7 February 2012 through 10 February 2012
ER -