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Ilana Stonebraker; Sarah LeMire – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This project sought to better understand why course instructors request librarian involvement to teach information literacy skills. Librarians at two large institutions surveyed 29 instructors and then interviewed 11 about their experiences working with librarians, their motivations for involving librarians in their courses, and their goals for…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Librarians, College Faculty, Library Instruction
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LeMire, Sarah; Graves, Stephanie J.; Anders, Kathy Christie – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This study assessed student research papers using a rubric to determine the information literacy skills of students in introductory composition classes. Librarians taught a pilot composition course that infused information literacy (IL) into the traditional English curriculum. The students' IL skills were compared to those of undergraduates…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Introductory Courses, Writing (Composition), English Curriculum
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Brea Henson – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This study presents curriculum mapping of noncore course offerings in political science curricula by an early-career librarian. It combines syllabi study and curriculum mapping methods to analyze the language of student learning objectives (SLOs) from course syllabi and to integrate SLOs with threshold concepts from the ACRL Framework for…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Concept Mapping, Curriculum Evaluation
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Samuelson, Todd; Coker, Cait – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
Instruction is a vital part of the academic librarian's public services mission, but the teaching efforts of special collections librarians can be overlooked due to the culture and particularities of teaching in an archival setting. This article documents the challenges special collections librarians face in integrating their teaching program into…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Materials, Special Libraries