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Framing A Vision For 21st-Century Librarianship: Lis Education In Changing Times, James Elmborg
Framing A Vision For 21st-Century Librarianship: Lis Education In Changing Times, James Elmborg
James K. Elmborg
Librarianship is at a critical juncture. Technological changes have reshaped the information landscape, but libraries as social institutions have not been able to transform themselves to keep pace. This is the challenge of Library and Information Science Education. As we look to a future professional education for librarians, we need to acknowledge the need to reinvent our educational goals and methods so our graduates can lead in this new emerging environment. A relevant education for the information sectors will include a synthesis of global, technical, and critical perspectives to encourage librarians to understand the changes they need to enact to …
Historical Research As Critical Practice And Relationship: The "Carnegie Libraries In Iowa Project, James Elmborg, Christine Pawley
Historical Research As Critical Practice And Relationship: The "Carnegie Libraries In Iowa Project, James Elmborg, Christine Pawley
James K. Elmborg
The Carnegie Libraries in Iowa Project (CLIP) is an interdisciplinary project that seeks to chart the history of Iowa's Carnegie libraries by creating a digital library of images and other documentary and statistical information to be made publicly available over the World Wide Web. Using CLIP as a starting point, and by using critical methods to analyze the records from sociological, historical, architectural, aesthetic, and technical perspectives, library users ranging from humanities scholars to school children are encouraged to study the history of Iowa's Carnegie libraries in the context of their changing communities. CLIP represents a partnership among faculty, students, …
Information Literacy And Writing Across The Curriculum: Sharing The Vision, James Elmborg
Information Literacy And Writing Across The Curriculum: Sharing The Vision, James Elmborg
James K. Elmborg
Points out the similarities and differences between library instruction and writing instruction in the higher education curriculum. Notes that information literacy librarians can learn from the experiences of composition instructors regarding curricular revision and reform. Suggests that one of the keys to information literacy reaching its potential is to find common ground with programs like Writing across the Curriculum.