From failure to success: working with under‐prepared transfer students

Abstract

Purpose

To present a successful collaboration between an instruction librarian and the director of a campus‐writing center for the benefit of some under prepared transfer students in an urban setting at a research university.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative. Librarian and writing instructor reflect on the pedagogy used and their collaboration.

Findings

Intensive librarian‐faculty collaboration using theoretical concepts and models from general education, writing pedagogy, and librarianship can create a successful learning space for under prepared students.

Originality/value

The actual voice of the teaching faculty is rarely heard in the library literature, but it is an integral part of this article.

Citation

Tipton, R.L. and Bender, P. (2006), "From failure to success: working with under‐prepared transfer students", Reference Services Review, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 389-404. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320610685337