...Christy Groves Purpose A large, predominantly undergraduate university in Tennessee partnered with a local magnet school aiming to assist high school seniors with their college-level research assignment. The partnership began as a pilot, but quickly expanded to include other high schools...

...; commonalities and differences with native first-year students; and the value of partnerships in fostering student success. Practical implications This review contextualizes conversations regarding transfer student experiences, providing a resource for librarians to understand this population from multiple...

... Maurice Whitver can be contacted at: smwhitver@ua.edu 17 10 2016 13 03 2017 21 03 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information literacy Mentoring Collaboration Professional development Partnerships Library...

... collaborate in the future. Originality/value – Much of the literature on library partnerships focuses on the creation of collaborations, but does not elaborate on ways to keep lines of communication open and encourage continued collaborative work once partnerships are already in place. Information...

... Information literacy Partnerships Library instruction west BEAM Collaborative instruction Liberal arts colleges develop skills in information literacy, scholarly writing and rhetorical criticism; and learn to conduct and present research using the methods of rhetorical criticism...

... process. Social implications – This case study examines how librarians can have an influence over college/university curricula by forming strategic partnerships and designing practical assessments. Originality/value – Few reports exist in the library literature regarding information literacy...

... towards the common goal of getting students to think critically? The authors discuss the need for librarians to initiate more collaborative conversations with professors in order to establish true partnerships with them and go on to describe how they did this using a strikingly and alarmingly frank...

...Ilene F. Rockman Forging partnerships between businesses and individuals can serve the library well, especially in the completion of a building project. Working in tandem with government officials and library administrators, such voluntary citizen groups can often raise needed funds to assist...

... the framework for library bibliographic instruction, analyzes current information literacy initiatives, and reviews efforts of the Olin Library, Rollins College in promoting active learning and critical thinking skills through partnerships with classroom faculty and professionals of information technology...

...G. Margaret Porter Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtables (TLTRs) are present at over 600 campuses nationwide. They provide the academic community with excellent opportunities to form collaborative partnerships among a variety of campus groups and individuals. The process used to investigate...

...Tammy S. Sugarman; Constance Demetracopoulos This article discusses the efforts of two liaison librarians at William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University, to build a long‐term, sustainable partnership among teaching faculty, graduate students, and librarians in the development...

... Pasts” which contains first person accounts in text, photographs, and sound. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Librarians Higher education Partnerships Learning Thinking styles World Wide Web The American Social History Project’s New Media Classroom (NMC) initiative has helped librarians...

.... The libraries, compared to other university libraries in Mexico, ranked among the best, according to a benchmark study carried out among the top 20 Mexican universities, including public and private institutions. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Education Partnerships Academic libraries Teachers...

... their lifetime. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Academic libraries Strategy Learning Nurses Partnerships World Wide Web Students Since the 1970s, many educators and librarians have advocated incorporating information literacy into the curriculum, but this is much easier said than accomplished...

... school teachers. This unique three‐way partnership was called the Electronic Learning Partnership. This article discusses the BI, the pedagogy used, the goals of information literacy in an urban high school environment, and the evaluation of the program. The campus Department of Education, though small...