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SOS (self-help or spoonfeeding): teaching students the art of retrieving architectural information

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Karen Latimer
Karen Latimer*
Affiliation:
Science Library, Queen’s University Belfast, Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5EQ, UK
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Email: k.latimer@qub.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper looks at the way architecture students at Queen’s University are educated in the art of information retrieval from their undergraduate to their postgraduate years. Particular emphasis is paid to the role the librarian plays in the first year project to research, and produce a model of, a seminal building and to the development of PADDI (Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland) as a teaching tool for researching local architecture. The impact on library management is examined in relation to effective deployment of decreasing staff resources in the face of increasing student numbers; the raising of the profile of library staff within the Faculty; the more focused allocation of budgets through involvement with course planning; and the growth of new services, arising from an improved awareness of student needs.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , 2002 , pp. 5 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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