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2012

Communications in Information Literacy

Information literacy; humanities; academic libraries; subject liaison; course development; undergraduate students; for-credit teaching

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Designing And Implementing An Information Literacy Course In The Humanities, Ellen Daugman, Leslie Mccall, Kaeley Mcmahan Apr 2012

Designing And Implementing An Information Literacy Course In The Humanities, Ellen Daugman, Leslie Mccall, Kaeley Mcmahan

Communications in Information Literacy

As instructors in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library information literacy program at Wake Forest University, we are expanding beyond our introductory course model to teach discipline-specific information literacy courses. Z. Smith Reynolds Library initiated an information literacy program in 2002 and currently offers a 1-credit elective, taught in 15 sections per semester. Advanced discipline-specific courses were added in Spring 2008, and include courses in the social sciences, business and economics, and the sciences. As the subject specialists for art, dance, literature, music, religion and theatre, we were charged with creating a credit-bearing arts and humanities information literacy course, LIB250: Humanities …