38 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Graduate students seem to pick up much about open licensing and open access.
How to cite, that there are databases &how to search them.
That plagiarism has a wide definition.
Additional Comments N=7
All of the answers above only refer to the Medical School Library. Only the Medical School Library uses pre- or post-
tests to measure workshop participants KSA.
Much confusion about copyright and plagiarism, particularly with regard to music and adaptation vs. academic
materials.
Not all libraries conduct pre- and post-session evaluations.
Some of the undergraduate sessions, especially during orientation, have done informal pre- and post- quizzing. Some of
the copyright sessions do informal pre-quizzing. Most of the time this is less a data-collection tool than a pedagogical
device. People are better at retaining information when they are primed with a quiz, and/or when they have specific
points reinforced afterwards. As such, we don’t really have data to report out. Most people appear to be about as
knowledgeable about library services or copyright issues as we expect, which is to say, not very.
The Office of Graduate Studies administers a questionnaire after the workshop. Students are typically satisfied and have
learned the skills they came to learn.
This is very difficult to answer given that it is not done systematically across all RCR areas. Library workshops are less
rigorously assessed, and often either voluntary or tied to a course. These are typically assessed with questionnaires
afterwards, some evaluating what was learned, and some asking participants to rate what they felt they knew before
against what they feel they know after. Many of the RCR sessions run by the Office of the Vice President for Research
are tightly tracked for compliance and audit purposes. Those incorporate more of this type of assessment.
We are implementing this next year.
24. Have workshop attendees requested more information or further RCR training? N=26
Yes 20 77%
No 6 23%
If yes, please indicate the type of information or training they have requested. Check all that apply.
N=20
Type of
Information
U-grad
students
Graduate
students
Post
docs
Faculty Researchers Support
staff
General
audience
N
Avoiding plagiarism 8 8 6 9 3 3 2 14
Data management 1 11 10 8 9 4 3 13
Data sharing 2 9 8 8 8 3 2 11
Data ownership 1 10 8 7 8 4 2 11
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