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2018

Information Literacy

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High Impact Librarianship: A Showcase Of Collaborative And Experiential Learning Initiatives, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Mark Schaub, Vinicius Lima May 2018

High Impact Librarianship: A Showcase Of Collaborative And Experiential Learning Initiatives, Gayle Schaub, Hazel Mcclure, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Mark Schaub, Vinicius Lima

Gayle Schaub

Librarians and disciplinary faculty showcase four collaborative projects that have provided students with a high-impact learning experiences in information literacy. These projects cover a range of methods, including a service-learning program that allows education students a chance to teach information literacy skills to a cohort of public school students, a summer scholars research program, the creation of an open education resource by a writing class, and a class built around designing materials to teach college students information literacy terminology. These projects achieve many of the practices identified by the Association of American Colleges and University as high-impact learning practices.

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The Value Of Information In The Health Sciences: First, Do No Harm, Candace K. Vance Apr 2018

The Value Of Information In The Health Sciences: First, Do No Harm, Candace K. Vance

Candace K. Vance

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Weaving Connections: Utilizing A Library – Social Work Partnership To Build Information Literacy Skills, David Vess, Laura Trull Mar 2018

Weaving Connections: Utilizing A Library – Social Work Partnership To Build Information Literacy Skills, David Vess, Laura Trull

David Vess

While evidence continues to build that information literacy (IL) is taught across university and college curricula at all student levels (Junsbai, Lowe & Tagge, 2016), challenges connecting IL to those curricula in meaningful ways persist (Julien, Gross, & Latham, 2018; Klomsri & Tedre, 2016; Bombaro 2013). Blending IL into social work education beyond traditional one-shot library sessions also remains a challenge as evidenced by the dearth of literature demonstrating sound instruction and assessment practices of IL in social work programs (Bausman & Ward, 2016; Kayser, Bowers, Jiang, & Bussey 2013; Johnson, Whitfield, & Grohe, 2011; Ismail, 2009; Brustman & Bernnard …

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