Glasgow School of Art

InfosmART: Research Skills for Art and Design Students - at Glasgow School of Art Library

For many art and design students, information skills do not come as second nature. GSA students operate within visual worlds, and find text-heavy resources alien and intimidating - many find academic writing problematic. There was a real need for information skills training within the student body and GSA Library staff rose to the challenge. InfosmART is a portfolio of easy-to-use and engaging interactive courses, readers learn how to develop and improve their individual research and information handling skills.
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Comic Life: Induction Resources - at Glasgow School of Art Library

This case study highlights the work carried out by the Library and Learning Resources Service at the Glasgow School of Art. The podcast features Jude Boyd, IT librarian at the Glasgow School of Art who explains how the library team worked together to create a 'comic book' style induction resources for students and staff. The goal was to create an alternative and a more visual style of presenting information for library users which would make the information more accessible to a wider range of users. For example students with dyslexia, those learners with more visual learning styles and also for overseas students who may not have English as their first language.
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