ABSTRACT At Oregon State University, writing instructors and librarians collaboratively teach research information literacy in first year composition courses. A four-week unit focuses on the connections between critical thinking, learning, literacy. This article describes process of developing, implementing, refining this collaborative curriculum. By using assignments texts that model a recursive for students, help students think more deeply critically about their topics.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate librarians' attitudes towards instruction in virtual reference transactions and review relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach Librarians who provide services are surveyed about providing via software. In addition gathering demographic information respondents asked rate agreement or disagreement with statements references using a six‐point Likert scale. Findings librarians see value during the encounter, but also identify concerns...

Students today perform research in a disintermediated environment, which often allows them to struggle directly with the process of selecting tools and choosing scholarly sources. The authors conducted qualitative study twenty students, using structured observations ascertain processes students use select databases choose sources for typical undergraduate assignment outside classroom. Based on these observations, developed three personas depicting different approaches process. make...

At Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries, librarians are evaluating the decade-old information commons in transition to a learning commons. Visits spaces at libraries across country provided perspective on this transition. This paper describes development of OSU Libraries Information Commons, identifies themes from our trips other commons, and discusses idea that we need incorporate concepts throughout library recognition wherever students becomes their

Student success units, like Writing Centers, are logical partners for academic libraries. It is not uncommon to find tutoring or support services located in library Learning Commons spaces. At Oregon State University, we recently launched a Research and Studio that takes these partnerships the next level. This column examines relevance of service design approach collaborative space planning. further challenging process applying idealized general models theories reality our daily work local contexts.

Abstract This article details the development of Library Instruction Wiki (http://instructionwiki.org): an effort to develop a web-based, knowledge-sharing resource. Though some library instruction is specific given institution or class, much what librarians teach similar. instructors have repeatedly expressed desire share resources, ideas, and expertise. With increasing presence social software applications, options for technology-enabled knowledge sharing grown dramatically in recent...

SUMMARY Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University's Valley Library have been working to build a “teaching library” supported by clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that needed assess teaching library's impact, not only determine success or failure of our efforts but also demonstrate need for intentional, proactive information literacy on campus. No single assessment tool method proved adequate effectively measure student learning happening both inside...

At the 2008 ALA Annual Conference, a wonderful Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) preconference was presented entitled Library Instruction 2.0: Building Your Online Toolkit. The presentation enlightening provided numerous valuable recommendations for Web 2.0 sites that can facilitate enliven library instruction sessions. In this issue, Internet Resources column features commentary evaluations from conference presenters Rachel Bridgewater, Anne-Marie Deitering, Karen Munro,...