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Strengthening Skills: Hosting A Research Boot Camp, Stephanie Soule, Heidi Gauder
Strengthening Skills: Hosting A Research Boot Camp, Stephanie Soule, Heidi Gauder
Heidi Gauder
Instruction librarians and an academic department formed a community of practice and developed a three-day research “boot camp” for graduate research assistants. The students gained critical research skills, which benefited their department, while the librarians experimented with new instruction techniques.
Increasing First-Year Information Literacy Sessions, Jennifer Little Kegler
Increasing First-Year Information Literacy Sessions, Jennifer Little Kegler
Jennifer Little Kegler
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Breathing Life Into Information Literacy Skills: Results Of A Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Divonna M. Stebick, Janelle L. Wertzberger, Margaret E. Flora, Joseph W. Miller
Breathing Life Into Information Literacy Skills: Results Of A Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Divonna M. Stebick, Janelle L. Wertzberger, Margaret E. Flora, Joseph W. Miller
Janelle Wertzberger
When an education professor and a reference librarian sought to improve the quality of undergraduate student research, their partnership led to a new focus on assessing the research process in addition to the product. In this study, we reflect on our collaborative experience introducing information literacy as the foundation for undergraduate teacher education research. We examine the outcomes of this collaboration, focusing on the assessment of the process. Using a mixed methods approach, we found that direct instruction supporting effective research strategies positively impacted student projects. Our data also suggest that undergraduate students benefit from not only sound research strategies, …
Data Information Literacy And Undergraduates: A Critical Competency, Yasmeen Shorish
Data Information Literacy And Undergraduates: A Critical Competency, Yasmeen Shorish
Yasmeen Shorish
As a primer on data information literacy (DIL), this column will cover the background of the field and why it is relevant to college and university libraries serving undergraduate populations. This article includes how data information literacy relates to information literacy, competencies associated with DIL, the relevance of DIL to undergraduates, DIL in library instruction, and the reasons for library engagement with DIL. Examining DIL within the larger framework of information literacy can help outreach and instruction librarians engage with a format that may be unfamiliar to them but whose underlying foundation is well-established.
Introduction: More Than Just Where To Click, Heather Jagman
Introduction: More Than Just Where To Click, Heather Jagman
Heather Jagman