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Oberlies, Mary K.; Kirker, Maoria J.; Mattson, Janna; Byrd, Jason – College & Research Libraries, 2021
How do the personal epistemological beliefs of instruction librarians inform their teaching practices? By learning about their personal beliefs about knowledge acquisition, are librarians better equipped to create an environment more conducive to student learning? These questions informed a mixed-methods research study. Using the Approaches to…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Librarians, Library Instruction, Beliefs
Huber, Sarah; Bosman, Lisa; Bartholomew, Scott – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
As students are increasingly required to consume visual information, so too are they expected to create such information. In a Midwestern research university, students in an engineering technology portfolio class assembled a visual career board and visual résumé. The instruction and research team collaborated to provide an active learning module…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Visual Literacy, Active Learning, Information Literacy
Rachael Harding; Robyn McWilliams; Tricia Bingham – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
Increasingly, tertiary librarians are required to teach as part of their role. There is recognition that ongoing professional development (PD) is required in teaching and learning as this is not generally provided as part of formal library qualifications. Using an education design-based research approach, this collaboration aimed to enhance the…
Descriptors: Librarians, Faculty Development, Library Instruction, Teaching Methods
Muszkiewicz, Rachael – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
Library orientations do their part to familiarize students with information literacy, and how the library fits within university life. But what if an orientation could give a student a strong introduction to their academic librarians? Research in academic libraries has noted that library anxiety remains a continual problem among current students.…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Orientation, Anxiety, College Freshmen
Johnson, Karlie Loren; Westbrooks, Kimberly – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2021
From 2016-2019, Jacksonville State University (JSU) librarians embraced the call to incorporate increased active learning into traditional library information instruction. Librarians began this process by integrating the use of a scavenger hunt into the Houston Cole Library's new orientation tailgate event. Breakout EDU Escape Room kits with a…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Nontraditional Education, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries
Rysavy, Monica D. T.; Michalak, Russell; Hunt, Kevin – American Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The Digital Archival Advertisements Survey Process (DAASP) model is a collaborative active learning exercise designed to aid students in evaluating primary source documents of print-based advertisements. By deploying DAASP, the researchers were able to assess the students' ability to evaluate their biases of the advertisements in a first-year…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Archives
Mills, Jenny; Wiley, Claire; Williams, Judy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education calls on librarians to teach complex concepts rather than discrete skills, but many librarians have struggled with implementing such teaching. This article reports on a revised lesson for information literacy instruction in First Year Writing classes, created using Grant Wiggins and Jay…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Writing Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty
Halpern, Rebecca – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
This study served to investigate how information literacy instruction can alleviate information anxiety in online learners. While there has been much research to demonstrate that hands-on or activity-based learning is beneficial in reducing library anxiety, those studies have not been conducted for the online classroom. Using a required,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Information Literacy, Anxiety, Electronic Learning
Hawes, Sandra Lee; Mason Adamson, Jane – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
This case study both shines a light on the flipped classroom paradigm and exemplifies successful faculty-librarian collaboration. The co-authors leveraged an existing collegial relationship into a productive partnership to create a multi-faceted flipped classroom module. The module, developed over the course of three and a half years, was designed…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Virtue, Alicia; Dean, Ellen; Matheson, Molly – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2014
More and more of today's scholars conduct their research in a digital realm rather than using a print collection. The University of Arizona Libraries Guide on the Side tutorial software offers an opportunity to apply the principles of active learning with real world research scenarios. This paper reports on the design and introduction of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Information Literacy
Gregory, Kathleen – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2013
Active learning is a hallmark of the traditional science laboratory class, making it a natural place for librarians to integrate active information literacy instruction. The course structure of science lab classes, particularly large entry-level undergraduate classes, can make the logistics of such integration a challenge. This paper presents two…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Integrated Activities, Science Laboratories, College Science
Brown, Amanda H.; Losoff, Barbara; Hollis, Deborah R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) is known for strong programming in the sciences and a teaching faculty at the forefront of science education and reform. Librarians at CU-Boulder, in collaboration with science faculty, are challenged to improve undergraduate science education. Using rare, historic, and artistic works from Special…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Active Learning, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Academic Libraries
Buck, Stefanie; Steffy, Christina – Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
Libraries are continually changing to meet the needs of users; this includes implementing discovery tools, also referred to as web-scale discovery tools, to make searching library resources easier. Because these tools are so new, it is difficult to establish definitive best practices for teaching these tools; however, promising practices are…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Educational Practices, Library Instruction, Librarian Attitudes

Marcus, Sandra; Beck, Sheila – College & Research Libraries, 2003
This study addresses finding the best means of introducing community college freshmen to the library and the skills and concepts of information literacy. Compares results of a traditional librarian-led orientation tour with those of a self-guided treasure hunt. Results indicate an educational advantage in the self-guided tour, supporting active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Freshmen, College Libraries, Community Colleges