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The Burkean Parlor as Boundary Object: A Collaboration between First-Year Writing and the Library
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Walsh, Lynda; Zytkoskee, Adrian M.; Ragains, Patrick; Slater, Heidi; Rachal, Michelle – Composition Studies, 2018
This article details a collaboration between the fyw program and the library at the University of Nevada, Reno. The departments share a goal of helping students develop better research-writing skills; however, institutional and disciplinary boundaries presented well-known challenges. To surmount these challenges, the cross-disciplinary team…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, College Libraries, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Academic Librarians' Perceptions on Information Literacy: The Israeli Perspective
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Aharony, Noa; Bronstein, Jenny – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
Information literacy (IL) is a necessary skill crucial for effective functioning in today's knowledge society. This study seeks to explore Israeli librarians' perspectives toward major components of information literacy. Do librarians find there is a need to redefine the concept? Who do they think should teach it? How do they think Web 2.0…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Academic Libraries, Librarian Attitudes
The Measureable Effects of Closing a Branch Library: Circulation, Instruction, and Service Perception
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Lange, Jessica; Lannon, Amber; McKinnon, Dawn – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This article explores the closing of the Howard Ross Library of Management at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. We hypothesized that closing a branch library would result in a decline in the use of library services. We measured library service using circulation statistics, library instruction workshop statistics, and data from the online survey…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Research, Library Role, Library Networks
Measuring Association between Library Instruction and Graduation GPA
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Wong, Shun Han Rebekah; Cmor, Dianne – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Academic libraries devote considerable human resources in delivering library instruction programs. This study attempts to determine if these instructional efforts have any measurable effect on student performance in terms of overall grades. Library workshop attendance and graduation GPA of over 8,000 students was analyzed at Hong Kong Baptist…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Academic Achievement, Workshops
The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement.
Lance, Keith Curry – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Reports on a study that provides evidence of the positive impact of library media centers on academic achievement in 221 Colorado public schools during the 1988-89 school year. The importance of library media expenditures in making staff and collections available and the library media specialist's instructional role are verified. (two references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement.
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Lance, Keith Curry; And Others – 1992
This study provides evidence of the positive impact of library media centers (LMCs) on academic achievement in 221 Colorado public schools during the 1988-89 school year. The importance of the library media specialist's instructional role is also verified. In contrast to previous research on the relationship, this study uses schools rather than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education