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Project Rails: Lessons Learned About Collaborative Rubric Assessment Of Information Literacy Skills, Jackie Belanger, Ning Zou, Jenny Mills, Claire Holmes, Megan Oakleaf
Project Rails: Lessons Learned About Collaborative Rubric Assessment Of Information Literacy Skills, Jackie Belanger, Ning Zou, Jenny Mills, Claire Holmes, Megan Oakleaf
Library Faculty Scholarship
Rubric assessment of information literacy is an important tool for librarians seeking to show evidence of student learning. The authors, who collaborated on the Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (RAILS) research project, draw from their shared experience to present practical recommendations for implementing rubric assessment in a variety of institutional contexts. These recommendations focus on four areas: (1) building successful collaborative relationships, (2) developing assignments, (3) creating and using rubrics, and (4) using assessment results to improve instruction and assessment practices. Recommendations are discussed in detail and include institutional examples of emerging practices that can be adapted for local …
After The Book: Information Services For The 21st Century, Chuck Hodgin
After The Book: Information Services For The 21st Century, Chuck Hodgin
Library Faculty Scholarship
Both inside and outside of the library, the use of print information objects declines while the use of electronic information objects escalates. This phenomenon and how libraries respond to it should be the chief concerns of librarians going forward, according to author George Stachokas. Stachokas argues that nearly everything about the practice of current librarianship is rooted in "the print era" and is therefore "intrinsically linked to the physical library" (35). Given that society "increasingly abandons print" (1), librarians face the daunting task of reshaping themselves and their profession; otherwise, they "risk the problem of seeming and becoming obsolete" (36). …
Librarian As Advisor: Information Search Process Of Undecided Students And Novice Researchers, Claire Walker Wiley, Judy Williams
Librarian As Advisor: Information Search Process Of Undecided Students And Novice Researchers, Claire Walker Wiley, Judy Williams
Library Faculty Scholarship
Faculty librarians who advise undecided students have found the experiences of novice researcher and advisee comparable: Both groups seek to solve a problem or answer a question by finding new information to add to their current understanding and knowledge base. As a result, librarians familiar with needs and stages of the research process may flourish as advisors to undecided students. In this article, we draw parallels between the needs of novice researchers and those of undecided students, and we advocate the use of an information-search model for all advisors working with undecided students.