Community of Online Research Assignments

Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation : Reenvisioning Library-Writing Program Connections

This book is intended to help widen and deepen the conversations between librarians and compositionists. How can we further build and strengthen teaching partnerships that invite students to engage in writing and information seeking and use as processes of inquiry, critical reflection, and meaning making? And what sometimes stands in the way of doing so? Written for both librarians and writing instructors, this publication considers these questions from multiple angles, including an explorations of:

Teaching Information Literacy and Library Skills to Online Nursing Students: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Annotated bibliography with themes that include embedded librarianship, nurse educator/librarian collaboration, adaptability and flexibility with new and emerging technologies, and collaboration with instructional designers. The primary audience for the bibliography is nursing and health science liaison librarians, but distance learning, outreach, and instruction librarians may also find it useful and applicable to their specializations.

Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks

Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks highlights the clear connections between two important disciplinary documents—the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (CWPA, NCTE, and NWP, 2011) and the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL, 2016)—and examines partnerships between librarians and their colleagues who are teaching information literacy in new and impactful ways.

Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment

A white paper published by the Association of College & Research Libraries. Written by a working group of leaders from many parts of the association, this white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication.

Common Ground at the Nexus of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication

"Common Ground at the Nexus of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication" presents concepts, experiments, collaborations, and strategies at the crossroads of the fields of scholarly communication and information literacy. The seventeen essays and interviews in this volume engage ideas and describe vital partnerships that enrich both information literacy and scholarly communication programs within institutions of higher education.

Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think About Information

Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think About Information explores how librarians and faculty work together to teach students about the nature of expertise, authority, and credibility. It provides practical approaches for motivating students to explore their beliefs, biases, and ways of interpreting the world. Examines how academic libraries assess liaison activities and offers recommendations for documenting the impact of programs and services.

In the Library with the Lead Pipe

In the Library with the Lead Pipe is an open access, open peer reviewed journal founded and run by an international team of librarians working in various types of libraries. In addition to publishing articles and editorials by Editorial Board members, Lead Pipe publishes articles by authors representing diverse perspectives including educators, administrators, library support staff, technologists, and community members.