7/30/2018 STUDENT ATTENDAN ANCE AT EMPTINESS LI LIBRARY WORK RKSH SHOPS WHAT THE DATA TELLS US Richelle Witherspoon – rwithers@unb.ca & Philip Taber - philip.taber@unb.ca THE LI THE LITE TERATURE Students: 1. know they will benefit (and they do) 2. intend to attend (then don’t) priority motivation 3. regret not going 1
7/30/2018 THE FI FIRST ATTEMPT Any optional, class-like offering provided by a non-professor/instructor (such as a librarian, library staff, or staff member at a writing or math help centre) outside of course hours for the purpose of providing academic support 2
7/30/2018 [CR [CRIC ICKETS CHIR CHIRPING] THE SE SECOND ATTEMPT EMPTINESS 3
7/30/2018 Factors Considered: 1.Topic THE THE RESU SULTS 2.Duration 3.Month 4.Time 5.Location 6.Target Audience 7.Faculty Buy-In 8.Advertising 9.Incentive Total Success Rate 0.7 0.6 0.5 TOTAL L SUC SUCCESS RA RATE TE 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 4
7/30/2018 SU SUCCESS BY TOPIC 60% of all sessions were successful. Success by Topic 0.9 0.8 0.7 No one topic is significant 0.6 Course / Assignment Specific 0.5 Specific Library Skills Strong trend (p=0.11) indicating Writing and Study Skills Scholarly Communications 0.4 preference for specificity Searching Skills Other Library Basics Academic Integrity Citation Software 0.3 Citing 0.2 0.1 0 5
7/30/2018 Success by Duration 0.9 * 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 SUCCESS BY DURATIO SU ION 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 30 minutes or less 30 - 60 minutes 60 - 90 minutes 90 minutes or more Sessions of 90 minutes or longer are statistically significantly more likely to SU SUCCESS BY Y MONTH ONTH OF OF TERM TERM succeed than shorter sessions (p < 0.001) 6
7/30/2018 Success by Month of Term 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 No effect by month of term 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 First Second Third Fourth Summer Success by Time of Day 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 * 0.5 SU SUCCESS BY TIME OF F DAY 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Morning Midday Afternoon Evening 7
7/30/2018 Strong trend (p = 0.10) indicating that afternoons are a poor time for SU SUCCESS BY LOCATIO ION workshops Success by Location 0.9 0.8 0.7 N = 18 0.6 * Strong trend (p = 0.09) indicating that 0.5 libraries are poor locations for 0.4 workshops. 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Faculty / Department Library Other 8
7/30/2018 Success by Target Audience 0.9 * 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 SUC SUCCE CESS BY Y TAR ARGE GET AUDIENCE 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 All students, All students All All graduate Specific group staff and undergraduate students faculty students Targeting specific groups is statistically more likely to yield a successful SUC SUCCESS BY Y FACULTY TY BUY-IN IN workshop (p = 0.05) 9
7/30/2018 Success by Faculty Buy-In 0.8 0.7 0.6 Sessions with faculty or departmental 0.5 buy in are more likely to succeed 0.4 (p = 0.03). 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 No Buy-In Buy-In Success by Advertising Type 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 SU SUCCESS BY Y AD ADVER VERTIS ISIN ING TYPE TYPE 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Pull Push 10
7/30/2018 Strong trend (p = 0.06) indicating that “push” advertising is more effective SU SUCCESS BY INCENTIV IVE than “pull”. Success by Incentive 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 No effect by incentive 0.4 Few responses for credit category 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Credit Food / Prize None 11
7/30/2018 Topic MAYBE RE RECAP WHA HAT DOES S IT T ALL ALL MEAN? Duration YES Month NO Time MAYBE Be targeted. Location PROBABLY Be thorough. Target Audience YES Faculty Buy-In YES Be pushy. Advertising PROBABLY Be there . Incentive NO WHE HERE DO WE E GO GO FR FROM HERE HERE? WHE HERE DO WE E GO GO FR FROM HERE HERE? • Colle Collect mor ore data • Loo Look beyond success vs failu lure • Con Consid ider r the con onfounds • Tes est the mode odel 12
7/30/2018 Our Survey https://tinyurl.com/ybks7klo Richelle Witherspoon – rwithers@unb.ca & Philip Taber – philip.taber@unb.ca 13
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