Extending Our Reach: Using Day Camps at Academic Library Makerspaces to Include Homeschoolers
In Brief The makerspace at Abilene Christian University has been operational since 2015. It is unusual in that it is an academic space at... Read More
Beyond saints, spies and salespeople: new analogies for library liaison programmes
In Brief Academic libraries in the UK are placing an increased emphasis on engagement and partnership building with academics. Attempts to articulate what is meant... Read More
Without Foundations, We Can’t Build: Information Literacy and the Need for Strong School Library Programs
In Brief Information literacy is an essential life skill, and learning information literacy starts when students begin their schooling in the K-12 years. However, a... Read More
Finding foundations: A model for information literacy assessment of first-year students
In Brief This article presents a case study in establishing an information literacy instruction and assessment program for first-year university students at the University of... Read More
Following the Yik Yak: Using Social Media Observations to Understand Student Needs on College Campuses
In Brief: What can social media tell us about our patrons? We look at Yik Yak through the lens of library ethnography, suggesting that anonymous... Read More
Social Media at The College of New Jersey Library
In Brief: This article discusses how and why The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Library decided not to develop library-specific social media channels and why... Read More
Critical Pedagogy, Critical Conversations: Expanding Dialogue about Critical Library Instruction through the Lens of Composition and Rhetoric
In Brief: As interest among academic librarians in critical pedagogy has grown, discussions about this concept and its implications for librarianship have been richly expanding... Read More
The Collective Approach: Reinventing Affordable, Useful, and Fun Professional Development
In Brief: In 2014, a small group of librarians at the University of Tennessee set out to redefine the library conference landscape. Frustrated by the... Read More
Unpacking and overcoming “edutainment” in library instruction
Photo by Flickr user Jen Kim (CC BY 4.0) In Brief Within our field, and more widely, there is a way of thinking that equates effective teaching with... Read More
Archives Alive!: librarian-faculty collaboration and an alternative to the five-page paper
In brief: The short research paper is ubiquitous in undergraduate liberal arts education. But is this assignment type an effective way to assess student learning... Read More