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Faculty Voices on the Framework: Implications for Instruction and Dialogue
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Guth, LuMarie F.; Arnold, Judith M.; Bielat, Veronica E.; Perez-Stable, Maria A.; Vander Meer, Patricia Fravel – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
Librarians from two research institutions developed a qualitative and quantitative survey to bring faculty voices into the discussion of incorporating the "Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education" into instruction. The survey aimed to (1) gauge the level of faculty support for information literacy; (2) solicit rankings of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Information Literacy, College Faculty
Using Open Educational Resources to Empower Student Creators
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Kohout-Tailor, Jessica; Sheaffer, K. E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
As students are asked to complete multimodal assignments in their higher education courses, librarians can guide students to the use of open educational resources (OER), as many librarians are already teaching students about copyright and how to respect intellectual property rights. Two instructional librarians designed a one-shot lesson for…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Student Empowerment, Assignments, Higher Education
Creating the Academic Commons: Guidelines for Learning, Teaching, and Research
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Gould, Thomas H.P. – Scarecrow Press, 2011
Today's library is still at the heart of all university activities, helping students and faculty become better learners, teachers, and researchers. In recent years there has emerged the formalizing of one or more of these activities into an Academic Commons. These centers of information have been labeled variously but they all share a commonality:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Guidelines, College Libraries, Student Empowerment
What Academic Librarians Should Know about Creative Thinking.
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Olson, John A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Describes creative thinking as an underutilized problem-solving skill that can be learned and applied to any situation. Explains how academic librarians can understand, develop, and use their creative thinking abilities and skills in the workplace and discusses library organizational culture, institutional culture, and empowerment. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Creative Thinking, Empowerment, Higher Education
Information Instruction: Considerations for Empowerment.
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Huston, Mary M.; Perry, Susan L. – Research Strategies, 1987
Describes a course aimed at developing library self-reliance in students that was offered through a predominantly Black outreach program at Evergreen State College. Highlights include the classroom environment and course content, which were constructed collaboratively by students and librarians, and guidelines for similar courses. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Black Students, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
The Role of the Library in the First College Year. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series No. 45
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Hardesty, Larry, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2007
While the library is at the center of many campuses physically, it is often an overlooked and underused resource in improving the learning and success of first-year college students. Librarians, classroom faculty, administrators, and higher education researchers come together to explore the potential of the library in shaping the student…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, College Freshmen, Change Agents