Current Issue: July/August 2021
International Insights
Marcelo Rodríguez
A year on
Librarians monitoring COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
A year into COVID-19, the reality is that the Latin America and Caribbean region does not seem to be turning the page with regard to overcoming the pandemic. At the time of this writing, countries with previous low rates of infections such as Costa Rica, Uruguay, and several ...
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Bronars and Olivares
Mapping natural history field guide coverage for discoverability
A collaboration
In these times of emphasis on interdisciplinary research, it seems librarians are encouraged to collaborate more than ever and not work just in their own individual silos. This article describes collaborative web-based mapping ...
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Johnson, Abumeeiz, and McAulay
Teaching in the digital library
A partnership between teaching librarians and digital library staff
On March 10, 2020, UCLA announced a transition to remote teaching through the end of winter quarter. Remote teaching has been extended through all subsequent teaching periods through summer 2021. Similarly, remote work has remained ...
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Jarson and Morgan
From concept to creation
Shaping inquiry culture on campus with a co-curricular panel
How can a campus promote a culture of inquiry? How can students’ awareness of behaviors and attitudes involved in inquiry be cultivated? How can barriers between faculty/staff and students be reduced? Our experience developing a co-curricular, interdisciplinary panel discussion series spotlights how librarians and instructional designers shape inquiry culture on campus through programming.
In this series, panelists share a behind-the-scenes look at their scholarly, creative, and professional pursuits. Rather than focusing on polished final products and achievements, they highlight the inner workings and rough edges ...
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Olena Skachenko
Roads leading to the library
The experience of Ukraine in attracting freshmen to the university library
Traditionally, university libraries are associated among students as a place for reading, learning, and research. However, when serving freshmen, it is necessary to create an atmosphere of trust ...
Perspectives on the Framework
Erin Weber
You can improve
Using the Framework in How to Read workshops
Information literacy is inseparable from reading literacy, but neither are a basic or innate skill. Both take time, practice, repetition, and a host of willing instructors ready to engage in critical discussions about reading strategies. This is particularly true for first-generation, non-traditional, and marginalized students. Instruction librarians are uniquely positioned to promote and teach reading comprehension in a broader context of literacy, including information literacy.
In fall 2019, I hosted seven library workshops titled “How to Read Your Textbook” at the University of Tennessee-Martin, in which I provided ...