Author Archives: Rachel Vacek

Institution: University of Lethbridge Writing 1000, or “Introduction to Academic Writing”, is a 3-credit hour introductory course in academic writing offered at the University of Lethbridge “designed to develop skills in critical reading and writing at the university level. The … Continue reading →

Institution:  Augustana Campus Library, University of Alberta The augustana human library brings to the Augustana Campus (Camrose, AB) of the University of Alberta and the Camrose community a public outreach opportunity to discuss prejudice, stereotypes and diversity with persons who … Continue reading →

Institution:  Anne Arundel Community College English department faculty bring classes to the library for information literacy instruction; librarians encourage students to use reliable resources found within the library catalog and databases.  We analyzed 481 student Works Cited pages citing 3381 … Continue reading →

Institution:  Lupton Library, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Take one librarian enrolled in a game design class, add seven more librarians from different departments with ideas and energy, stir in a liberal dose of popular culture and a new crop of … Continue reading →

Institution:  University of Houston Libraries The peer mentor project was designed to offer faculty members a new option for incorporating information literacy instruction into their classes by providing specialized training to selected peer mentors. The project has been successful because … Continue reading →

Institution: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries Imagine a space that transforms learning experiences for students of an entire university, a vision that encourages collaboration and was built through innovative teamwork, a new mission in a historic library. Completed in September 2010, … Continue reading →

Institution:  Texas Tech University Libraries Cynthia Henry, Personal Librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries, was interested in meeting students where they were… literally, so she developed the Roving Reference project. After applying for and receiving the Libraries’ internal research grant, … Continue reading →

Institution:  Albert S. Cook Library of Towson University When Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University’s only library, was built in 1969 the total student enrollment for the university was 8,859.  By 2011, the university’s enrollment had grown to 21,840.  Since … Continue reading →

Institution:  Champlain College In the summer of 2010 the group of teaching librarians (TLs) at Champlain College began reassessing and reworking their lesson plan for their Core 110 classes, the required first year, fall semester course in Champlain’s general education … Continue reading →

Institution:  Georgia Institute of Technology Library Overview In January 2010, Georgia Tech’s User Engagement Librarian (Ameet Doshi) and the Library’s East Commons Coordinator (Charlie Bennett) collaborated with Georgia Tech students Jonathon Walker, Avinash Sastry and Kyle Tait to launch the … Continue reading →

Institution:  Kansas State University Libraries The typical model of embedded librarianship, where a librarian is incorporated into a course as a co-instructor, has been applied as a means to overcome the limitations of “one-shot” library instruction classes. However, while the … Continue reading →

Institution: US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the lead  medical research laboratory for the U.S. Biological Defense Research Program. Its mission is to conduct basic and applied … Continue reading →

Institution:  University of Texas Libraries When our proposal to integrate information literacy into the new undergraduate core curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin was accepted, we were overjoyed, but soon realized we didn’t have the resources to support … Continue reading →