Posts Tagged ‘peer-to-peer services’
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They CAN and they SHOULD and it’s BOTH AND: The role of undergraduate peer mentors in the reference conversation
2018–12–26 | 1 commentTags: college students, high impact practices, peer-assisted learning, peer-to-peer services, reference services, student employmentIn Brief: Academic libraries hire and train student employees to answer reference questions which can result in high-impact employment experiences for these students. By employing students in this role, opportunities are created for peer-to-peer learning and for a learning community to develop among the student employees. However, not everyone supports this practice. Some believe undergraduates…