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Direct linkLeibiger, Carol A.; Aldrich, Alan W. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic required shifting information literacy instruction from face-to-face to online formats at the University Libraries of the University of South Dakota. This case study narrates how the instructional team there introduced innovations into a Freshman Writing course that enabled instrumental (that is, goal-oriented)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
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
Gammons, Rachel W.; Wilson, Suzanne; Carpenter, Lindsay Inge; Shaw, Benjamin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries quickly switched to online teaching and learning. This disruption created a chance for innovation, allowing the UMD Libraries to scale back nonessential functions and focus on improving mission-critical work. The authors present the teaching program at UMD…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Learning, Library Instruction, COVID-19
Lenker, Mark – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
The developmentalist conception of information's value makes learning the central consideration for evaluating information. Following philosopher Richard Kraut, this article argues that developmentalism provides an important complement to prevalent methods of teaching the evaluation of information. These methods emphasize (a) trustworthiness--for…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Teaching Methods, Librarians
Rapchak, Marcia; Cipr, Ava – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
Collaborating with teaching faculty is a well-established method of making library instruction more meaningful and engaging to students, and learning communities provide an excellent opportunity to work closely with both teaching faculty and a cohort of students. A typical learning community brings students together around a similar discipline or…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, College Faculty, Information Literacy
Mery, Yvonne; Newby, Jill; Peng, Ke – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
This study investigates whether the type of instruction (a single face-to-face librarian-led instruction, instructor-led instruction, or an online IL course--the Online Research Lab) has an impact on student information literacy gains in a Freshman English Composition program. A performance-based assessment was carried out by analyzing…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Bibliographies, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
