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Avoiding The Ivory Tower Of Babel: Library Instruction For Esl Students, Patrick Quinn, Marci Cohen
Avoiding The Ivory Tower Of Babel: Library Instruction For Esl Students, Patrick Quinn, Marci Cohen
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
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Truthquest! An Information Literacy Adventure, Karin L. Heffernan, Shana Chartier, Joshua Becker
Truthquest! An Information Literacy Adventure, Karin L. Heffernan, Shana Chartier, Joshua Becker
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
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Hot Topics: Critical Information Literacy For Global Citizenship, Social Justice, And Community Participation, Sean Leahy, Alan Carbery, Faith Yacubian
Hot Topics: Critical Information Literacy For Global Citizenship, Social Justice, And Community Participation, Sean Leahy, Alan Carbery, Faith Yacubian
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Justification for embedding information literacy instruction as part of the college curriculum can come in many forms. From responding to the proliferation of unreliable sources of news in hyper-partisan times, to heeding employers’ calls for improved workplace information-seeking skills, to addressing the integral role of information literacy in critical thinking, there are numerous avenues at our disposal when promoting the value of librarian instruction. But, what about the more entrenched social issues that impact our campuses and communities more broadly? What role does information literacy instruction have in addressing long held prejudices? How might it be a component of efforts …
Beyond The One-Shot: Creating A Scaleable Online Information Literacy Curriculum, Kate Fuller, Donovan Reinwald
Beyond The One-Shot: Creating A Scaleable Online Information Literacy Curriculum, Kate Fuller, Donovan Reinwald
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
Students and faculty continue to seek support for traditional library research services, while the library seeks to support and sustain services to a constantly growing university population. By moving our information literacy instruction to an unmediated online curriculum, the library has been able to take advantage of an incredible opportunity to expand our services and maximize our impact on students.
This approach allows us to move our information literacy instruction past the much-lamented “one shot” instructional session. Designed to stand alone or be integrated by faculty into courses, students and faculty will be able to access modules at the point …