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Perret, Robert – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
This study examines the current attitudes of librarians toward the practice of librarians teaching classes beyond the domain of library skills and information literacy. An electronic survey was sent to ILI-L (Information Literacy Instruction List), the Association of College and Research Libraries library instruction e-mail list. The author…
Descriptors: Librarians, Librarian Attitudes, Library Skills, Library Instruction
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Cano, Andrew J. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2018
Like most of its peer institutions, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries faced the challenge of meeting the needs of a growing number of students taking online courses. The author, hired as the new Virtual Learning Librarian in January 2016, was charged with creating a new Virtual Learning Program. This tutorials-based program was first…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Entomology, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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McAfee, Erin L. – College & Research Libraries, 2018
In 1986, Constance Mellon found that 75 to 85 percent of undergraduate students experienced library anxiety as well as shame about their anxiety. Fifteen years earlier, Helen Block Lewis began her groundbreaking research in shame theory. This paper explores the affective components of library anxiety using the pioneering research of Constance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Academic Libraries, Psychological Patterns
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Deborah Mutnick – College Composition and Communication, 2018
This article describes how a first-year learning community combining library, archival, and digital literacies facilitated students' grasp of threshold concepts of academic research and writing. It argues that critical-rhetorical processes and pedagogies can help counteract neoliberal educational trends that interpellate students as consumers…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communities of Practice, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Archives
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Turner, Jennifer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Librarians in many types of libraries frequently find themselves positioned as instructors in formal and informal educational settings. Librarians can help ensure that learner needs are better defined and addressed by gaining basic competency in instructional design (ID), an intentional process used to create effective, efficient educational and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Librarians, Skill Development, Educational Benefits
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Cox, John – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
A strong position in the institution is vital for any academic library and affects its recognition, resourcing, and prospects. Higher education institutions are experiencing radical change, driven by greater accountability, stronger competition, and increased internationalization. They prioritize student success, competitive research, and global…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Role, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
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Brownlie, Stacey R. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2018
In the Spring 2017 semester, an instructional designer, a writing center coordinator, and a director of distance library services initiated a pilot project for a seven-campus, eight-satellite center, public university system to cross-train virtual writing tutors in baseline research skills. This case study describes the collaborative pilot…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Writing Instruction, Laboratories, Writing (Composition)
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Martin, Ann M. – Knowledge Quest, 2016
Reaching the "leadership zone" happens when librarians tap into the extraordinary skills lying within to overcome obstacles and transform sometimes-difficult situations into meaningful outcomes. Maturing into an experienced leader who stays in the leadership zone requires knowledge, training, and practice. This article provides tactical…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Skills, Library Services, School Libraries
Schnabel, Stephanie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Collaboration between school libraries and classroom teachers can have a powerful impact on student learning. School librarians routinely collaborate with English language arts and social studies curriculum and less frequently with areas in STEM education. This research examines middle school mathematics teachers' extent of or willingness to…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Librarians
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Luetkenhaus, Holly; Hvizdak, Erin; Johnson, Corey; Schiller, Nicholas – Communications in Information Literacy, 2017
This study shows the value of library instruction in the building of first-year students' information literacy skills and it illustrates librarians as partners in leading student learning outcome assessment. Using research papers from a required first-year course, raters from units across the institution evaluated student information literacy (IL)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Outcomes of Education
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Bieraugel, Mark; Neill, Stern – College & Research Libraries, 2017
Our research examined the degree to which behaviors and learning associated with creativity and innovation were supported in five academic library spaces and three other spaces at a mid-sized university. Based on survey data from 226 students, we apply a number of statistical techniques to measure student perceptions of the types of learning and…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Creativity, Innovation, Academic Libraries
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George, Sarah; Munshi, Tasnim – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2016
Employers are increasingly requiring a range of "soft" skills from chemistry graduates, including the ability to search for and critically evaluate information. This paper discusses the issues around encouraging chemistry students to engage with information skills and suggests curricular changes which may help to "drip-feed"…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Information Skills, Information Literacy
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Cowden, Chapel D.; Santiago, Manuel F. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Interdisciplinary approaches to research in the sciences have become increasingly important in solving a wide range of pressing problems at both global and local levels. It is imperative then that science majors in higher education understand the need for exploring information from a wide array of disciplines. With this in mind, interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Problem Based Learning, Biochemistry, Science Instruction
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Brown, Elizabeth – Education Libraries, 2017
Library orientations continue to excite, or plague, instruction librarians everywhere. Reaching first year students early can preempt academic heartache and research woes, yet the question of "what students really need" continues to evolve. This article presents a case study of a large-scale implementation of library orientations. The…
Descriptors: Library Orientation, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Larson, Agatha Gifty; Owusu-Acheaw, Michael – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2016
The study focuses on the information needs of distance learners of the Winneba Study Centre of the University of Education, Winneba. The main objective was to investigate the information needs of this group of students who live far away from their host institution and have minimal interaction with their tutors. The study was a survey and made use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Questionnaires, Distance Education
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