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Leveraging Adult Learning Theory With Online Learning Modules, Rebecca Halpern, Chimene Tucker Jul 2014

Leveraging Adult Learning Theory With Online Learning Modules, Rebecca Halpern, Chimene Tucker

Library Instruction West 2014

Adult learners are a quickly growing population on university campuses. While there is a fair amount of research on the differences in adult learning pedagogies, most information literacy literature focuses on undergraduate skills and competencies. At the same time, more and more adult learners are harnessing the flexibility of online programs to get their degrees. How can we best leverage what we know about adult learning theories with sustainable, scalable, and engaging online learning modules?
Rebecca Halpern is the librarian for the online Master of Social Work program at the University of Southern California. One of her biggest projects is …


How It Got Here: Teaching 'Format As Process' In An Era Of Web-Scale Discovery, Kevin Seeber Jul 2014

How It Got Here: Teaching 'Format As Process' In An Era Of Web-Scale Discovery, Kevin Seeber

Library Instruction West 2014

What has the growth in web-scale discovery services meant for information literacy instruction? And what kind of threshold concepts do students need to grasp before they can use these tools effectively? This presentation addresses the concept of “format as process,” which emphasizes that evaluating information should focus on how it was produced, rather than how it is accessed. As students navigate discovery tools which combine a wide variety of source types into a single results list, their understanding of this concept is vital to evaluating resources and selecting those which are the most relevant. Learn about how “format as process” …


Step Away From The Computer! Successful Information Literacy Instruction And Improved Student Learning Without Technology, Nancy Noe Jul 2014

Step Away From The Computer! Successful Information Literacy Instruction And Improved Student Learning Without Technology, Nancy Noe

Library Instruction West 2014

Too often, librarians equate information literacy instruction with technology. Newer teaching spaces equipped with the latest technologies and online instruction modules have almost become synonymous with student learning. While it is true that many of today's students use any number of emerging and digital technologies, their use alone does not automatically guarantee success, while few libraries may have the resources to "keep up." Current neuroscience and cognition research actually suggest that the use of technologies may actually be a barrier to student learning, particularly when it comes to higher order thinking. This session provides an overview of present brain research …


Situating Information Literacy In The Disciplines: New Opportunities For Sustainable Instruction, William Badke, Robert Farrell Jul 2014

Situating Information Literacy In The Disciplines: New Opportunities For Sustainable Instruction, William Badke, Robert Farrell

Library Instruction West 2014

Information literacy educators continue to struggle to get significant instruction into the curriculum through the use of “one-shot” sessions that focus on inculcating generic IL skills. In response, librarians have turned to "embedding" or "situating" discipline-specific IL learning opportunities within disciplinary curricula. But given the limited resources and staff time of most academic libraries, how can we develop and ensure sustainable relationships with the many disciplines on our campuses? Presenters William Badke (Trinity Western University, British Columbia) and Robert Farrell (Lehman College, City University of New York) will highlight systematic theoretical and practical approaches to developing sustainable collaborative relationships with …


Upcycling Instruction: Developing Efficient Approaches To Working With Experienced Researchers, April Aultman Becker, Veronica Arellano Douglas Jul 2014

Upcycling Instruction: Developing Efficient Approaches To Working With Experienced Researchers, April Aultman Becker, Veronica Arellano Douglas

Library Instruction West 2014

Our classrooms aren’t always filled with wide-eyed freshman and novice researchers. Many of the students we teach are thesis writers, experienced researchers, and professional practitioners. Through teaching this population, instruction librarians quickly learn that possession of subject expertise and research experience is not necessarily a guarantee that students will have mastered efficient, productive information seeking behavior. Addressing these gaps in research and information literacy knowledge takes some finesse. Through a combination of discussion and activities, we’ll investigate the unique challenges and pedagogical opportunities that accompany teaching advanced students and researchers. Attendees will leave with practical ideas that they can incorporate …


The Value Of Narrative Methods For Library Instruction, Joseph Holterman, Jennifer Turner Jul 2014

The Value Of Narrative Methods For Library Instruction, Joseph Holterman, Jennifer Turner

Library Instruction West 2014

While serving as a guide to students who are seeking information, an instruction librarian might present a research process as an unfolding ‘story.’ This session will explore several ways that such stories can enliven our instructional presentations and serve a creative and engaging purpose. Although the presentation will introduce flexible ideas that could be applied to a variety of goals and objectives, we will focus on library instruction with undergraduate students, typically within their academic major. The presentation will suggest concrete ways to develop inquiry-based instruction and lead toward the integration of library instruction with an information literacy program.


How Can We Make Library Research A Little Wild? Make It Natural!, Jared Burton Jul 2014

How Can We Make Library Research A Little Wild? Make It Natural!, Jared Burton

Library Instruction West 2014

Incorporating a nature tour into a Library Research Strategies course at Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, California), my class took a guided tour of local ecosystems at the campus Wildlife Sanctuary as part of a larger lesson plan. The lesson plan consisted of four main parts: 1) Students formed five groups based on the ecological zones represented in the Wildlife Sanctuary; 2) Each group conducted research on their ecological zone, utilizing a variety of print and electronic library resources; 3) Based on their research, each group crafted informational questions which they were instructed to ask the tour guide (the “expert”) …


Live The Question, Love The Question: Embracing Inquiry-Based Learning In The One-Shot, Zoe Fisher Jul 2014

Live The Question, Love The Question: Embracing Inquiry-Based Learning In The One-Shot, Zoe Fisher

Library Instruction West 2014

Do you want your students to ask better research questions? As teachers, we know that the ability to ask authentic, meaningful questions is one of the most important qualities in a successful learner. Learning how to ask questions takes practice. In this session, participants will discover active learning strategies for encouraging inquiry in the library classroom. These flexible activities emphasize inquiry-based learning and can be adapted to fit any library instruction session. All of these activities have been successfully used by the presenter in a fast-paced community college setting.


Using Anonymous(Ish) Google Spreadsheets To Enhance Student Engagement, Elizabeth Mcmunn-Tetangco Jul 2014

Using Anonymous(Ish) Google Spreadsheets To Enhance Student Engagement, Elizabeth Mcmunn-Tetangco

Library Instruction West 2014

Google spreadsheets can add value and engagement to library instruction sessions – and since they are free, they don’t tax already-burdened pocketbooks. Hear about how the UC Merced Library uses semi-anonymous Google spreadsheets to allow students to experiment with search techniques and learn directly from each other. Creating semi-privacy for students allows them to take risks and learn from the ideas of others in a non-threatening classroom environment that allows for experimentation and easy, immediate feedback. Tips and ideas will be included, along with a demonstration of how to create a Google spreadsheet, how to use it in a class, …


Making Information Literacy Assessment Sustainable Through Collaboration At The University Of Idaho, Diane Prorak Jul 2014

Making Information Literacy Assessment Sustainable Through Collaboration At The University Of Idaho, Diane Prorak

Library Instruction West 2014

We collaborate on course-integrated instruction – why not on assessment? The University of Idaho Library was applying (successfully) for the ACRL Assessment in Action (AiA) Program at the same time that the UI General Education Program was beginning formal assessment of its recently adopted curriculum. We joined forces with General Education for a sustainable, collaborative assessment project in which first-year students in Integrated Seminar courses write two essays on the University “common read” book -- one essay at the beginning of the semester and one at the end (with library instruction in between). Students are required to find and cite …


Comics In Class: Assessing Metacognition In Graphical Research Narratives, Margot Hanson, Michelle Van Hoeck Jul 2014

Comics In Class: Assessing Metacognition In Graphical Research Narratives, Margot Hanson, Michelle Van Hoeck

Library Instruction West 2014

Instruction librarians often recommend assignments such as reflective essays and research diaries to encourage metacognition about the research process. In an effort to introduce students to the practice of metacognition in a fun and engaging way, two instruction librarians created a graphical narrative assignment for freshmen, using comics software called Comic Life. The presenters will share the metacognition rubric they developed to assess and compare student research comics with reflective essays assigned in previous semesters. Finally, presenters will share the results of their analysis comparing rubric scores for significant differences between the two instruction methods. While the graphical narrative assignment …


More Than A Citation Manager: Zotero For Scalable Embedded Librarianship And Instruction Assessment, Rebecca Kuglitsch Jul 2014

More Than A Citation Manager: Zotero For Scalable Embedded Librarianship And Instruction Assessment, Rebecca Kuglitsch

Library Instruction West 2014

Embedded librarianship via class attendance or course management system has been successful in extending the reach of library instruction beyond the single class session, yet it raises concerns about scalability and sustainability. However, librarians can effectively and sustainably extend their instructional reach into the classroom without requiring their actual presence or use of a course management system by using the group library feature of Zotero to communicate with students. Not only does using the group library make effective use of limited librarian time, it also leaves the students with citation management skills and the librarian with a new way to …


More = Better: A Rubric-Based Evaluation Of Librarian Course Collaborations At The First Year, Natalie Tagge, Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Sean Stone Jul 2014

More = Better: A Rubric-Based Evaluation Of Librarian Course Collaborations At The First Year, Natalie Tagge, Sara Lowe, Char Booth, Sean Stone

Library Instruction West 2014

In the summer of 2013, the Claremont Colleges Library undertook a rubric-based assessment of Pitzer College First-Year Seminar papers to determine if librarian course interventions had an impact on information literacy (IL) performance in student writing. Findings indicate that progressive degrees of librarian collaboration in two distinct areas (research instruction and/or faculty syllabus consultation) had a marked and statistically significant impact on student IL skills. This presentation will discuss our findings and suggest strategies at the individual and program level that contribute to effective course collaboration frameworks in the first year and beyond. These include outcomes-focused teaching, ongoing professional development …


Unifying Ideas: Building For-Credit Information Literacy Around Themes To Optimize Student Learning, Elizabeth Price, Rebecca Richardson Jul 2014

Unifying Ideas: Building For-Credit Information Literacy Around Themes To Optimize Student Learning, Elizabeth Price, Rebecca Richardson

Library Instruction West 2014

Teaching a for-credit information literacy course can be viewed as hitting “prime time” for some librarians, but the courses can be as disjointed and problematic for the instructors as one-shot sessions. Projects are a hodgepodge of student-chosen or instructor-assigned “info lit” topics that fail to underscore the biggest problems for students in research: Developing a research question and writing a paper are difficult without enough background knowledge to understand the topic. At semester’s end, instructors may be feeling discouraged and wondering what students actually learned. Solution: Start the semester analyzing one topic to build a knowledge base for discussion and …


Roving Exhibits, Arlene Salazar Jul 2014

Roving Exhibits, Arlene Salazar

Library Instruction West 2014

Book exhibits are commonplace in most libraries, but the idea of Roving Exhibits just recently came about at the Library. In the Fall 2013, an exhibit was set up at a student event, a PowWow celebration of native oral tradition, sponsored by the Native American Student Association. The exhibit was a culmination of collection development efforts on the part of the education liaison, who is also in charge of the juvenile collection, over the course of 5 years. Continuation and expansion of roving exhibits will provide an opportunity for the library to physically take in-library exhibits out to the university …


Faculty Power: A Renewable Energy Source For Teaching Information Literacy, Elisa Acosta, Susan Gardner Archambault Jul 2014

Faculty Power: A Renewable Energy Source For Teaching Information Literacy, Elisa Acosta, Susan Gardner Archambault

Library Instruction West 2014

How can instruction librarians best utilize diminishing resources to support expanding information literacy initiatives on their campus? To be successfully implemented on campus, information literacy depends on collaboration between faculty and librarians. Participants will learn about using “train the trainer” methodology to advance and sustain information literacy programs at their home institution. In “train the trainer” workshops, faculty are educated about information literacy through classroom activities, guided discussions, and library resources. This session will present methods for collaborating with faculty in order to empower them to integrate information literacy and library resources into the curricula. Participants will learn about a …


Library On Demand: Now Delivering Fresh Services To Your Online Course!, Debbie Feisst, Kim Frail, Lindsay Johnston, Angie Mandville Jul 2014

Library On Demand: Now Delivering Fresh Services To Your Online Course!, Debbie Feisst, Kim Frail, Lindsay Johnston, Angie Mandville

Library Instruction West 2014

Working in conjunction with other key campus stakeholders, the University of Alberta Libraries has developed a customizable Library Resources widget that makes it easier for students to access valuable library resources at their place and point of need within their online course management system (CMS). This seamless integration of library resources and services into online courses represents a time-saving enhancement for faculty and students as well as a springboard to information literacy learning within the virtual classroom environment. We will outline the project history and describe how this initiative grew from a department-based project into a campus-wide model with an …


Playing Well With Others: Research Studios At The Cornish College Of The Arts, Bridget Nowlin, Megan Smithling, Heather Jean Uhl Jul 2014

Playing Well With Others: Research Studios At The Cornish College Of The Arts, Bridget Nowlin, Megan Smithling, Heather Jean Uhl

Library Instruction West 2014

Cornish College of the Arts offers a distinctive blend of visual and performing arts grounded in a core curriculum of humanities and sciences. Cornish offers a Bachelor of Music degree and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in art, dance, design, music, performance production and theater.

With a focus on the visual and performing arts, and a faculty/student population of visual/aural/kinesthetic learners, our patrons’ interests are often "making and doing," rather than engaging in conventional academic research. Consequently, our librarians collaborate with faculty to align students’ own practices in the studio/performance space with more traditional academic research processes.

This interactive panel …


Can't Stop Won't Stop: Seeding Library Instruction With Hip-Hop, Dave Ellenwood, Beth Sanderson Jul 2014

Can't Stop Won't Stop: Seeding Library Instruction With Hip-Hop, Dave Ellenwood, Beth Sanderson

Library Instruction West 2014

Have you ever wanted to infuse your teaching with one of your passions that is not commonly associated with information literacy? More specifically, have you ever been curious about including hip-hop themes, metaphors, or other hip-hop-related content in your IL instruction? In this panel discussion grounded in critical pedagogy, social justice discourse, and the politics of including hip-hop in the college classroom, attendees will hear the strategies and experiences of four instruction librarians with varied hip-hop familiarity, from novice to fan to emcee. Panelists will describe teaching research concepts through hip-hop metaphors, teaching library databases through interpreting/annotating rap lyrics, and …


Using Open Access Resources In Data Literacy Instruction: Renewing The Il Curriculum By Aligning It With Changing Needs, Don Macmillen Jul 2014

Using Open Access Resources In Data Literacy Instruction: Renewing The Il Curriculum By Aligning It With Changing Needs, Don Macmillen

Library Instruction West 2014

To align information literacy instruction with changing faculty and student needs, librarians need to expand their conceptions and competencies beyond traditional information sources. In the sciences, this increasingly means integrating the data resources used by researchers into instruction for undergraduate students. Open access repositories allow students to work with more primary data than ever before, but only if they know how and where to look. This presentation will describe the development of classes designed to scaffold student learning in biology across two courses, detailing the long-term collaboration between a librarian and an instructor that now serves over 500 students per …


Opening Our Information Literacy Classrooms To Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Dave Ellenwood, Althea Lazzaro, Sharde Mills, Megan Watson Jul 2014

Opening Our Information Literacy Classrooms To Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Dave Ellenwood, Althea Lazzaro, Sharde Mills, Megan Watson

Library Instruction West 2014

As our college campuses grow increasingly racially and ethnically diverse, it is essential to the sustainability of our library instruction programs that we understand teaching and learning in a cultural context. Librarians at the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College strive to design information literacy instruction that facilitates an inclusive, diverse space where multiple modes of communication are developed and rewarded. In this presentation, we will share examples of our own successes and failures designing culturally responsive information literacy sessions and discuss strategies for introducing culturally-grounded participation, problem-solving, and discourse styles into library instruction. We encourage participants to …


Marijuana Legalization Papers Getting You Down? You Won't Believe What We Did About It, Anne-Marie Deitering, Hannah Gascho Rempel Jul 2014

Marijuana Legalization Papers Getting You Down? You Won't Believe What We Did About It, Anne-Marie Deitering, Hannah Gascho Rempel

Library Instruction West 2014

Current research shows that for many students, choosing a topic is the scariest and most difficult part of the research process. They want to stick to safe ground where they know they’ll find sources; we want them to explore the unknown and learn new things. Tired of reading papers on the same topics over and over, and concerned that students weren’t making the connections between research and learning, librarians and composition instructors at Oregon State University developed a new approach to teaching topic selection, putting curiosity at the center. Providing a structured and supportive process, we help students overcome their …


Digital/Critical/Media Literacies: Designing Transformational New Literacies Assignments For A Sustainable Instruction Program, Felicia Palsson Jul 2014

Digital/Critical/Media Literacies: Designing Transformational New Literacies Assignments For A Sustainable Instruction Program, Felicia Palsson

Library Instruction West 2014

Some students, and some disciplines, naturally gravitate toward text as a medium. Not everyone does anymore. Why is the research paper (or another written product) still standard for information literacy assignments? For a sustainable instruction program – relevant for students, demonstrating value to administrators – at SSU Library we are implementing a new definition of "information literacy" as a metaliteracy, a skillset that encompasses many "new literacies" (as they’re often known). Grounded in the latest research in the LIS field and beyond, this presentation will share practical ways to transform research-based assignments using new (many free) multimodal tools. Empower your …


Faculty And Librarian Collaboration In Online Instruction: Harnessing The Learning Management System, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy R. Toscos Jul 2014

Faculty And Librarian Collaboration In Online Instruction: Harnessing The Learning Management System, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy R. Toscos

Tammy R Toscos

Tammy Toscos, Nursing Informatics Professor, and Shannon Johnson, Health Sciences Librarian, will share their experiences harnessing the Learning Management System for information literacy instruction and how this has affected IL instruction delivery at IPFW. They will discuss their use of online technology to expand the traditional bibliographic instruction into new realms, increasing the number of students they reach and allowing for more in-depth instruction to take place.


Successful Strategies For Teaching Undergraduate Research, Steve Brantley Jul 2014

Successful Strategies For Teaching Undergraduate Research, Steve Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of _Successful Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Research_ Brantley, S. (2014). Successful strategies for teaching undergraduate research. Editors Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom. Public Services Quarterly, 10(3), 217-218. DOI: 10.1080/15228959.2014.932225


Using The Necdmc Case Studies To Teach Scientific Research Data Management, Donna Kafel May 2014

Using The Necdmc Case Studies To Teach Scientific Research Data Management, Donna Kafel

Donna Kafel

A train-the-trainer presentation about selecting and using the case studies of the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC) to teach research data management to diverse audiences.


E-Volving Information Literacy Tutorials With E-Maginative And E-Ngaging Design, Damecia Donahue, Axa Liauw, Rebeca Peacock, Jill Wurm May 2014

E-Volving Information Literacy Tutorials With E-Maginative And E-Ngaging Design, Damecia Donahue, Axa Liauw, Rebeca Peacock, Jill Wurm

Library Scholarly Publications

Presentation on May 22nd, 2014, at The Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU), at Western University, Ontario, Canada.


Evolution Of The One-Shot Library Instruction Session, Michael C. Goates May 2014

Evolution Of The One-Shot Library Instruction Session, Michael C. Goates

Faculty Publications

The one-shot library instruction session is a balancing act between faculty expectations and student attention spans. Concerned with limited instruction time, many teaching faculty request that librarians relay as much information as possible during a single instruction session. Students, however, quickly experience information overload and disengagement during information-heavy instruction sessions. Determining what information to present and how to present it can be a challenge for many librarians. This workshop will address some of the varying methodologies to one-shot library instruction, including the flipped-classroom. Examples of library instruction models will also be shared, highlighting both successful and less-effective approaches.


Building And Designing Bridges - Enabling Bilingual Academic Learning Experiences, Eileen K. Bosch, Valeria E. Molteni Apr 2014

Building And Designing Bridges - Enabling Bilingual Academic Learning Experiences, Eileen K. Bosch, Valeria E. Molteni

Eileen K. Bosch

Attendees will have an opportunity to learn and discuss with two librarians from California State University System about the challenges and issues experienced in implementing bilingual services in reference and instructional sessions to bilingual speaking students on their campuses. In addition, attendees will be able to learn about a strong partnership developed between both librarians as well as empowering a curriculum relationship with faculty in Foreign and Romance Languages Departments. Presenters will also address how to create an ambiance of support to first generation students who often experience a lack of confidence necessary to be academically successful. After the presentation, …


Photomicrographs, The Npr 100, And Student Teaching: Library Liaison Ideas That Really Work, Katherine Furlong, Janelle L. Wertzberger Feb 2014

Photomicrographs, The Npr 100, And Student Teaching: Library Liaison Ideas That Really Work, Katherine Furlong, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

In 1997, Gettysburg College's Musselman Library revived a dormant liaison program. Librarians were assigned to each department and program on campus and expected to serve as the first point of library contact for the teaching faculty. Some core communications and activities emerged that we now encourage every liaison to practice; attending department meetings, sending reviews of new materials, tracking faculty book orders, and visiting faculty offices are seen as standard liaison activities. We were delighted to find that almost every librarian had some unique and interesting experiences to report. The authors collected these experiences so that they could be shared …