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Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part Ii), Maureen Barry
Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part Ii), Maureen Barry
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In Part I, I described two case studies during which I collaborated with service-learning instructors. Here, I will explore how librarian-faculty collaborations for service-learning courses are similar to or different from librarian-faculty collaborations in courses without service-learning and offer advice for librarians who may have the opportunity to support or become a partner in service-learning courses.
Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part I), Maureen Barry
Librarians As Partners In Service-Learning Courses (Part I), Maureen Barry
University Libraries' Staff Publications
Service-learning is a high-impact educational practice that engages students (Kuh, 2008) and is a growing trend in higher education (Campus Compact, 2011). In 2008, my coinstructor and fellow library staff member, Cheryl Lauricella, and I incorporated service-learning in our for-credit information literacy (IL) course because we recognized that connecting information literacy to the real world through service-learning would lead to increased skill retention and engagement with the curriculum (Barry, 2011). Before this realization, when I taught my first few for-credit information literacy courses as a new professional, I asked my students to research a hobby or something related to their …