Talis Aspire Resource List Rikke Nerli Harry Wheeler

Talis Aspire Resource List Rikke Nerli & Harry Wheeler

What is Talis Aspire? - Dynamic up-to-date resource list - Enhances the student experience and the library service - Provides easily accessible resources for students - Access to all modules across the university

Examples

- Is talis aspire effective within the HSS faculty? What did we want to find out? - Do students engage with this resource list? - Do staff want to make use of this reading list? - Can talis aspire reading lists assist reluctant readers?

Students Questionnaire for first and second year forensics students identifying issues such as: - How useful is talis aspire in research for assignments? - Does the reading list assists reluctant readers? - Do students make use of the reading list? - Do students want members of staff to use the talis aspire reading list?

First year forensic studies students ● 68% of people in first year think it can at least be slightly useful. ● Of the 10 people that didn’t use it per assignment, 9 of them didn’t know how to use it. ● 5 people were still unaware of what talis aspire even is. ● 76% of students would like to have a talis aspire reading list developed for all modules. ● Students found that Talis was a useful starting point, finding books and using developing academic resources.

Results from first year students

Second year forensic studies students 100% of students had an understanding of the Talis aspire reading list 50% found it very to extremely helpful when conducting research 100% of second year students would like talis aspire to be further developed in the HSS faculty Students feel like Talis provides a starting point for areas to focus research on

Results from second year students

Staff Questionnaire in order to assess - What are the barriers of using talis aspire? - Why are they using or not using the talis aspire reading list - Do you think it affects the quality of references and content of students work? Interviews of members of staff in order to further assess - If they are using the talis aspire reading list, how has it affected the quality of references in students assessments? - If not, why?

Staff questionnaire results - Questionnaires and conversations with members of staff from the HSS faculty indicates an interest in using this reading list - Training is needed in order to efficiently make this - Concerns about the time it takes to set up - Members of staff already using it have seen an increase in academic references used in assignments (quote) - More information on the scheme itself will assist in staff and students engaging in it more - Used by several members of staff in the HSS faculty

“I have a much better idea what students are engaging with and what they aren’t engaging with. Sometimes students make a judgement on the title and decide it isn’t relevant. Knowing that students aren’t engaging enables me to ask why”

Summary of results - - - Students find the reading list helpful when conducting research Reluctant readers find the talis aspire reading list helps them to engage more Find it helpful when looking for legal databases and academic journals - Members of staff like the idea, and would like training sessions - Time consuming to set up first time - Improvement of quality of academic sources - Can assess how many students who are engaging with the list

Infographic Development Talis Aspire Guide 1. Go to: https: //winchester. rl. talis. com/index. html 2. Press “Log in” and log in like usual (“Go to the University of Winchester login page”) 3. You will go back to the “University of Winchester resource list” 4. Search for modules/lists/courses in the search bar 5. Find the resource you wish to use, and press the name of the resource in order to find a web address or location of the library. 6. Add resources as a bookmark or make your own list to keep the resources you need organised.

Thank you, any questions?