... community. The underlying conviction of this work is that collaborating across differences is necessary for social transformation and critical for the well-being of our community and its members. Workshops that emphasize relationship-building, authentic personal connection, and personal experience...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Faculty Outreach Collaboration Open education Affordability Social proof Gratitude Video Social proof Persuasion Library “Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.” – Hausa...

... Diversity Professional development Collaboration Social justice Outreach In September 2015, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was selected to host the final presidential debate (Velotta, 2015). Both the university and the UNLV University Libraries planned special election-related...

...Maggie Murphy Purpose This paper aims to explore how collaborative research assignment design consultations between instruction librarians and new graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) have the potential to improve the design of research assignments for first-year writing courses. Design...

... to a local high school that required its students to access college-level research materials. The paper details how both the Library and the high school recognized the impact of collaborating to expose these students to the information literacy skills needed for college readiness. Findings The paper...

... This project fills a need to help college students understand how to use critical literacy skills and become critical consumers of information. The initiative also fostered meaningful collaboration between a Reference and Instruction Librarian and colleagues in the College of Education while expanding...

...Teressa M. Keenan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate one library’s role in the development of a new collaborative captioning service to provide accessible media for classroom use. This pilot project created a new workflow for on-demand captioning of videos. Design/methodology...

... rights only Academic libraries Higher education Collaboration Undergraduates Partnerships Transfer students For those who work in higher education, the first image that may come to mind upon hearing the phrase “new student” is that of an 18-year-old freshman, transitioning from high...

...Sara Maurice Whitver Purpose Library literature is filled with studies that lament the challenges of the faculty–librarian relationship. While many examples of productive collaborations can be found in recent literature, librarians still find it challenging on the local level to reshape old...

... are increasingly required both in and outside of the classroom. Design/methodology/approach An embedded, collaborative instructional team comprising the instructor, librarians and writing specialists re-designed a first-year inquiry-based learning course, incorporating research and writing instruction...

... more information about the unique role that community colleges fill in the higher education ecosystem. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Collaboration Information literacy Community colleges Transfer students Two...

...Stephanie J. Graves; Kathy Christie Anders; Valerie M. Balester Purpose The study aims to explore collaborations between writing centers and libraries which create opportunities for providing information literacy intervention for students doing researched writing. This case study gathered data...

... and expertise are well-suited to contributing to the improvement of health literacy for various populations in various settings. Librarians are actively engaging in a wide variety of health literacy initiatives in collaboration with other professionals and organizations. Practical implications Specific...

... implications Librarians and nurse educators collaborating on complex concepts such as these should use available definitions, and evidence, to reach shared understanding. Librarians are encouraged to communicate with database developers to address questions and inconsistencies in subject headings...

...Assoc. Prof. Louise Feldmann ,Dr Beth Kaylor; Raymond Pun Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the various roles of academic librarians in a particular startup university and how they embrace the “entrepreneurial spirit” by collaborating with many departments as the “embedded...

... literacy Collaboration Library instruction west Disciplinary faculty Situated learning Socio-cultural theories of learning and instruction posit that students optimally learn through authentic activities that take place within situated contexts of real-world communities of practice...

...Diana K. Wakimoto; Christine Susan Bruce Purpose – This paper aims to explore the varying ways in which academic archivists in the USA experience archives, how these experiences compare to those of academic librarians and how we can use these findings to improve communication and collaboration...

... coordinator collaborated with writing instructors and the Writing Program Administrator on the initial design of information literacy outcomes. The librarian and instructors created a modular curriculum with multiple lessons and activities aligned to each outcome. The curriculum was housed in the course...

... programs that have passed through a college/university governance system to become a formal part of the curriculum. Christine Bombaro can be contacted at: Bombaroc@Dickinson.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Case study Assessment Partnerships Information literacy Collaboration...

...Elise Ferer Purpose The purpose of this article is to survey the means through which libraries and writing centers are collaborating to determine best practices and applications. Design/methodology/approach Examples of collaboration between libraries and writing centers were examined...