The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information

Carina Enestarre; Eva Jurlander; Cajsa Andersson; Kristina Holmin; Nina Reistad

The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information

Carina Enestarre, Eva Jurlander, Cajsa Andersson, Kristina Holmin, Nina Reistad

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Abstract

One important task for the librarians at Physics and Astronomy Library
at Lund University is to teach the students about the library and its resources. The traditional lectures and tours of the library just weren’t working. The library competes with many other introductory activities, such as general orientation, and social events. The aim of the Treasure Hunt is to present the library in a useful and amusing way for new students at the start of their studies. Divided into small groups, the students carry out various tasks at stations in the participating libraries. The hunt takes about two hours and a treasure (a goody bag) waits for them at the end.

The evaluations show that the treasure hunt is highly appreciated by the students. They become familiar with the librarians and get to know essential aspects of the library resources. The treasure hunt is important in the students’ later studies as it paves the way for further development of their information retrieval skills. A crucial factor to success of the Treasure Hunt is the cooperation of committed teachers. A challenge for the future is to have the Treasure Hunt integrated in all courses as a compulsory element.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASP Conference Series
Editors	A. Holl, S. Lesteven, D. Dietrich, A. Gasperini
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
Pages	248-253
Volume	492
ISBN (Print)	978-1-58381-868-8, 978-1-58381-869-5
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Library and Information Services in Astronomy VII: Open Science at the Frontiers of Librarianship - Naples, Italy Duration: 2014 Jun 17 → 2014 Jun 20

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Volume	492

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Conference	Library and Information Services in Astronomy VII: Open Science at the Frontiers of Librarianship
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Naples
Period	2014/06/17 → 2014/06/20

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Physical Sciences
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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Enestarre, C., Jurlander, E., Andersson, C., Holmin, K., & Reistad, N. (2015). The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information. In A. Holl, S. Lesteven, D. Dietrich, & A. Gasperini (Eds.), ASP Conference Series (Vol. 492, pp. 248-253). Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP). http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/table_of_contents/?book_id=560

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Enestarre, C, Jurlander, E, Andersson, C, Holmin, K & Reistad, N 2015, The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information. in A Holl, S Lesteven, D Dietrich & A Gasperini (eds), ASP Conference Series. vol. 492, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), pp. 248-253, Library and Information Services in Astronomy VII: Open Science at the Frontiers of Librarianship, Naples, Italy, 2014/06/17. <http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/table_of_contents/?book_id=560>

The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information. / Enestarre, Carina; Jurlander, Eva; Andersson, Cajsa et al.
ASP Conference Series. ed. / A. Holl; S. Lesteven; D. Dietrich; A. Gasperini. Vol. 492 Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), 2015. p. 248-253.

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The Library Treasure Hunt: Reach for the Stars. Introducing First Year Students to the Landscape of Scientific Information

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