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The Demand Driven Acquisitions Pilot Project By The Orbis Cascade Alliance: An Interview With Members Of The Demand Driven Acquisitions Implementation Team, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Portland State University collection development librarian Jill Emery talks with members of the Orbis Cascade Alliance demand driven acquisitions implementation team, EBL, and YBP Library Services about their participation in a pilot project to acquire e-books that are accessible to and jointly owned by the thirty-seven member libraries of the Orbis Cascade Alliance.

Technology In Practice. The Guide On The Side, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The article discusses the use of active learning in library online instruction through the Guide on the Side software, allowing librarians to develop tutorials for users. Developed by Leslie Sult, Mike Hagedon, and Justin Spargur, members of the scholarly publishing and data management team at the University of Arizona's library, the software enabled librarians to create a tutorial for using JSTOR, an academic journals archive system, which allows users to actively use the database.

What's In Your Filter Bubble? Or, How Has The Internet Censored You Today?, Emily Ford

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The presentation focuses on the algorithmic filtering of patrons' online experience

Guiding Students From Consuming Information To Creating Knowledge: A Freshman English Library Instruction Collaboration, Carolyn B. Gamtso, Susanne F. Paterson

Communications in Information Literacy

In this paper we examine how faculty and librarians' own approaches to and attitudes toward library tools, as well as their assumptions about student research practices, impede students' ability to view learning as a recursive, creative, and ongoing inquiry. We propose first that librarians and faculty examine the assumptions of knowledge that characterize their respective university constituencies; second that they dismantle some of the disciplinary boundaries that separate these constituencies; third that they collaborate to craft analytical assignments that stress knowledge as process; and fourth that they transform library instruction from tool-based demonstrations to analytical, problem-based learning exercises. Finally, we …

Teaching Matters: Is There A Text In This Class? E-Readers, E-Books, And Information Literacy, Janelle M. Zauha

Communications in Information Literacy

This column explores current issues with e-books and e-readers in academic classrooms. It suggests ways the academic library can explore and meet the information literacy needs of students, faculty, and staff who are using these new devices or seeing them in use in their classrooms.

Designing And Implementing An Information Literacy Course In The Humanities, Ellen Daugman, Leslie Mccall, Kaeley Mcmahan

Communications in Information Literacy

As instructors in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library information literacy program at Wake Forest University, we are expanding beyond our introductory course model to teach discipline-specific information literacy courses. Z. Smith Reynolds Library initiated an information literacy program in 2002 and currently offers a 1-credit elective, taught in 15 sections per semester. Advanced discipline-specific courses were added in Spring 2008, and include courses in the social sciences, business and economics, and the sciences. As the subject specialists for art, dance, literature, music, religion and theatre, we were charged with creating a credit-bearing arts and humanities information literacy course, LIB250: Humanities …

The Case For Graphic Novels, Steven Hoover

Communications in Information Literacy

Many libraries and librarians have embraced graphic novels. A number of books, articles, and presentations have focused on the history of the medium and offered advice on building and maintaining collections, but very little attention has been given the question of how integrate graphic novels into a library's instructional efforts. This paper will explore the characteristics of graphic novels that make them a valuable resource for librarians who focus on research and information literacy instruction, identify skills and competencies that can be taught by the study of graphic novels, and will provide specific examples of how to incorporate graphic novels …

Team-Based Learning In An Information Literacy Course, Trudi E. Jacobson

Communications in Information Literacy

The author implemented team-based learning (TBL) in a credit-bearing information literacy course that meets a general education requirement at the University at Albany. TBL is a highly structured teaching method that includes a number of components not found in more traditional use of teams in the classroom. It required substantive changes in the course, which were notably repaid by the impact on student preparedness and engagement. The main elements of team-based learning are explained in the setting of this course.

Share And Share Alike: Barriers And Solutions To Tutorial Creation And Management, Anne-Marie Deitering, Hannah Gascho Rempel

Communications in Information Literacy

Using data gathered in a nationwide survey, we found the most important barriers to tutorial creation for instruction librarians are time and technological expertise. Drawing on our experience extending the content management system used to build class pages and subject guides, we suggest using a content management system, like Library à la Carte, or LibGuides to build tutorials suggests a path around these common barriers.

Design To Learn, Learn To Design: Using Backward Design For Information Literacy Instruction, Bruce E. Fox, John J. Doherty

Communications in Information Literacy

Using backward design coupled with a focus on intentional learning, a series of platform-independent podcasts were created to address the need to increase student information literacy competency. The design team used a collaborative process where all members of the team worked in an iterative fashion, from the specification of student learning outcomes to the creation of the final assessments. The project brought to light the importance of clearly specifying student learning outcomes, creating meaningful assessments, strong project management, and the composition and dynamics of the design team.

Re-Conceptualizing Access: The New Role Of Information Literacy In Post-Secondary Education, Jennifer Andreae, Erin Anderson

Communications in Information Literacy

In this paper, we propose a new conceptual model of access in which information literacy plays a vital role in understanding and utilizing information to its fullest potential. The traditional approach, where access is equated to a static item (such as a computer lab or a list of links on a website), limits post-secondary students in their capacity to effectively navigate through the ever expanding plethora of information. Our new model, in which technological and information literacies are equally combined to form a true access outcome, offers a simple framework for post-secondary institutions to re-conceptualize access.

Biology And Nursing Students' Perceptions Of A Web-Based Information Literacy Tutorial, Sharon Weiner, Nancy Pelaez, Karen Chang, John Weiner

Communications in Information Literacy

This study assessed student perceptions about an online information literacy tutorial, CORE (Comprehensive Online Research Education, to plan for the next generation of tutorials. The CORE tutorial includes seven modules: "Planning Your Project," "Topic Exploration," "Types of Information," "Search Tools," "Search Strategies," "Evaluating Sources," and "Copyright, Plagiarism, and Citing Sources." First-year students in biology and nursing courses responded to a survey after they completed the CORE modules. The students liked learning through an online tutorial. They thought that the tutorial could be improved with shorter modules and the addition of video and audio content. Few students reported learning important information …

Academic Libraries And The Credit-Bearing Class: A Practical Approach, Margaret G. Burke

Communications in Information Literacy

Academic librarians are expanding their teaching roles and increasing numbers are involved in teaching information literacy by means of the credit-bearing class. Librarians at the Axinn Library at Hofstra University have been teaching credit-bearing classes since 2001. While doing research on the subject, the author found that the literature contained very little practical information concerning this important responsibility for academic librarians. In order to answer some questions that arose from Axinn librarians' experiences with credit-bearing classes, a survey was conducted using the Association of College and Research Libraries' Information Literacy Instruction's Discussion List as the study group. Among the topics …

Hot Topics From E&Rl – Electronic Resources And Libraries Annual Conference 2012, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

A report on the 7th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference

Technology In Practice. Click Here To Engage, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The article presents discussion of applied librarianship with technology. Particular attention is given to ways in which librarians offering instruction session can utilize communication and presentation technology to best reach as many patrons as possible. Details are given highlighting the interest which patrons exhibit to novel technology tools, ways of using technology to foster communication with different personalities, and using the social media platform Twitter.

Community Archives And The Limitations Of Identity: Considering Discursive Impact On Material Needs, Cristine N. Paschild

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This article examines how a postmodern-influenced discourse of identity shapes and influences critical analysis of community archives, both internally and externally, and asks if the accompanying terms of engagement shift focus, to negative effect, from the more pressing needs and challenges of these institutions and projects. Looking to archival professional literature and to a recent self-assessment of the Japanese American National Museum, the article argues that an overarching emphasis on questions of identity can distract community institutions from pragmatic evaluations of sustainable practice and can inadvertently mire archivists in a marginalizing rhetoric that blurs the issues at hand.

Heard On The Net: Library Resources A La Carte And Prix Fixe, Selection In The Age Of Budget Scarcity, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This column explores the question "how do we arrive at selection criteria and collection development policies that provide for both a la carte ordering and prix fixe purchasing?"

Merging Critical Thinking And Information Literacy Outcomes - Making Meaning Or Making Strategic Partnership?, Robert Schroeder

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The following book chapter will look at critical thinking, how librarians perceive its relationship to information literacy, and what useful strategies can result when these two concepts are combined. To set the stage a few of the major psychological and philosophical theories of critical thinking will be briefly noted. In order to gauge our profession's understanding of critical thinking and its relationship to information literacy, a survey of library literature will be performed. The more rigorous articles from this survey will then be discussed in order to discern the range of positions librarians have taken on the relationship of these …

Innovation On A Shoe String: High Impact Space And Technology Updates In A Low-Funding Environment, Joan Petit, Thomas Bielavitz

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Even in a low-funding and space-constrained environment, Portland State University (PSU) Library has created and renovated new technology-rich learning spaces for students. Collaboration with other campus departments and an entrepreneurial spirit were essential for many of these efforts. First, the library developed a list of desired improvements and space use ideas. Then, the library used a phased approach, taking advantage of opportunities and planning for others as possible, resulting in a series of high-impact space updates. PSU Library offers a space-planning model that allows academic libraries to be agile, entrepreneurial, and collaborative, and to improve learning spaces in a difficult …

Participatory Technologies, Pedagogy 2.0 And Information Literacy, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Purpose: This paper seeks to explore the impact participatory technologies have had on education and the information environment in which students operate. It seeks to define a pedagogical approach that will capitalize on the benefits of participatory technologies in the classroom and applies this "pedagogy 2.0" to information literacy instruction.

Design/methodology/approach: A thorough literature review was conducted on the use of participatory technologies in education as well as theories related to collaborative learning. This review formed the basis of the proposed pedagogy 2.0 model.

Findings: Web 2.0 and the growth in use of participatory technologies has had a tremendous impact …

Consensus Decision-Making And Its Possibilities In Libraries, Emily Ford

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The article focuses on the author's view on the consensus of decision making and its effect in libraries. She notes that the concept of consensus decision-making has been permeated to American psyche due to the Occupy Wall Street movement. She mentions that she has inquired on what really is consensus decision-making in relation to its intelligibility and democratic process.

Research Guide Technologies, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Research guides (also known as subject guides, course guides, or pathfinders) provide targeted information on a particular topic to support student or faculty research in that area. Similar instructional tools have been around since before the birth of the web, but are now almost exclusively provided by libraries online as part of the library’s web presence. Research guide software enables librarians without web design skills to quickly and easily create and update web content. The technologies for creating research guides run the gamut from proprietary and open source software specifically designed for creating guides to open source and third-party-hosted applications …

Supporting Omph Students And Professionals: The Case Of The Research Guide, Emily Ford, Laura Zeigen

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This poster showcases the research guides supporting public health students in the Oregon Master of Public Health program.

Technology In Practice. Providing The Tools, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

In this article the author discusses the role of digital technologies in libraries in the U.S. She emphasizes the role of libraries as a resource for digital creation technologies, as many users do not have access to such technologies in their homes. Several libraries are highlighted, including the Fayetteville, New York Free Library, the Chicago, Illinois Public Library, and the Skokie, Illinois Public Library. Topics include digital media labs, 3-D printers, and software.

Er&L 2012 Offers Virtual Conference Experience, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Update on Electronic Resources & Libraries 2012 Conference

Bibliobouts, Karen Markey, Christopher Leeder, Amy R. Hofer

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The article reviews the online social game BiblioBouts from the University of Michigan.

An Assessment Of Peer Coaching To Drive Professional Development And Reflective Teaching, Caroline Sinkinson

Communications in Information Literacy

Given the competing demands on librarian's time, teaching and instruction are often a professional responsibility experienced in isolation with minimal colleague feedback beyond summative assessment. This article will describe a peer coaching pilot designed to increase teacher reflection, teacher collaboration, and to indentify future training and professional development needs. The article will report on the program's assessment facilitated by participant surveys. The peer coaching program described offers a model for fostering a community of teachers who are intent on improving and invigorating teaching practice.

Information Literacy For Multiple Disciplines: Toward A Campus-Wide Integration Model At Indiana University, Bloomington, Brian Winterman, Carrie Donovan, Rachel Slough

Communications in Information Literacy

Within disciplines are a set of shared values and thought processes that students must master in order to become participants of that discipline. Information literacy as defined by the ACRL is a set of standards and principles that can apply to all disciplines. In order to produce information literate undergraduates in a given discipline, information literacy standards must be integrated with the values and processes of the discipline. In this study, librarians partnered with faculty in gender studies and molecular biology to integrate information literacy with courses in those areas. Student performance and attitudes improved as a result of the …

Privileging Peer Review: Implications For Undergraduates, Amy E. Mark

Communications in Information Literacy

Librarians and teaching faculty privilege peer review articles out of ideals rooted in academic culture more then for pedagogical reasons. Undergraduates would find greater benefit in the opportunity to search and critique sources related to their personal and creative interests as well as relevant to academic research projects. Librarians can adopt the role of change-agents by engaging relevant teaching faculty in discussions about the goal of research assignments relative to peer review literature. Framing this discussion is Paulo Freire's theory of banking information discussed in Pedagogy of the Oppressed (2000).

Teaching Matters: Developing As A Teacher/Librarian. Budding Researchers And The Process Of Framing Research Questions, Patrick P. Ragains

Communications in Information Literacy

This column stresses the importance of questioning in research. Librarians must keep this in mind when in order to help students who may have framed their topic or thesis statement prematurely.