It Takes a Village: Assembling Meaningful Access to Information Literacy Through Library–Writing Center Partnerships

Abstract

Research and writing can be challenging tasks for undergraduate students, and evaluating online sources for use in papers can be especially difficult to do well. This chapter discusses a partnership between a library and a writing center to teach writing consultants the basics of the Information Literacy Framework and online source evaluation. This included providing additional education for peer writing consultants. Consultants became more fluent in the aspects of evaluation and provided perspective on how and why undergraduate students struggle with this in the research and writing process, establishing the value of assembling networked pedagogical models for teaching information literacy.

Citation

Clements, J. and Bracke, M.S. (2020), "It Takes a Village: Assembling Meaningful Access to Information Literacy Through Library–Writing Center Partnerships", Sengupta, E., Blessinger, P. and Cox, M.D. (Ed.) International Perspectives on Improving Student Engagement: Advances in Library Practices in Higher Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 26), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 31-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120200000026003