Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Library and Information Science Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Information literacy

2019

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Library and Information Science

Natural Selection And The Workshop, Siobhan K. Mccarthy May 2019

Natural Selection And The Workshop, Siobhan K. Mccarthy

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

In Fall of 2017, the Sprague Library began offering workshops for citation management software in response to the increasing number of 1-on-1 appointment requests. While workshops covering various topics had been offered in the past, attendance had been low. Casting this precedent into the wind, we offered additional workshops (using anecdotal evidence from library instruction classes, research appointments, and conversations with faculty to guide the topics), and targeted graduate students and faculty as our audience. Instead of using attendance as a way to measure success, we focus on participant feedback, follow up appointments, and word-of-mouth to advertise the guide topics …


Exploring Faculty Perceptions Of Student Information Literacy Learning: A Qualitative Study., Catherine Baird Feb 2019

Exploring Faculty Perceptions Of Student Information Literacy Learning: A Qualitative Study., Catherine Baird

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

This study investigates faculty members in a university writing department and their perceptions of how students learn information literacy (IL) skills. Based on a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with faculty, the results fill a gap in the literature where only a few recent qualitative studies exist.