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Instructional Programming

The articles and web sites on this page examine library instruction at the macro-level. They discuss issues surrounding the planning and development of information literacy and library instruction programming at the academic level. They also offer suggestions for the promotion and integration of such programs into the college or university curriculum.

Articles

Arp, L., B. S. Woodard, J. Lindstrom, and D. D. Shonrock. (2006). Faculty-librarian collaboration to achieve integration of information literacy. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 46 (1), 18-23.

Cox, J. L., and D. VanderPol. (2004). Promoting information literacy: A strategic approach. Research Strategies 20 (1/2), 69-76.

D'Angelo, B. J., and B. M. Maid. (2004). Moving beyond definitions: Implementing information literacy across the curriculum. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30 (3), 212-217.

Gonyea, R. M., and G. D. Kuh. (2003). The role of the academic library in promoting student engagement in learning. College and Research Libraries, 64 (4), 256-82.

Hrycaj, P. L. (2005). Elements of active learning in the online tutorials of ARL members. Reference Services Review, 33 (2), 210-18.

Maybee, C. (2006). Undergraduate perceptions of information use: The basis for creating user-centered student information literacy instruction. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32 (1), 79-85.

Owusu-Ansah, E. K. (2004). Information literacy and higher education: Placing the academic library in the center of a comprehensive solution. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30 (1), 3-16.

Sanborn, L. (2005). Improving library instruction: Faculty collaboration. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31 (5), 477-481.

Stec, E. M. (2006). Using best practices: Librarians, graduate students and instruction. Reference Services Review, 34 (1), 97-116.

Web Sites

American Library Association. ACRL Instruction Section, (2005). Information Literacy in the Disciplines. Retrieved December 6, 2006, Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/projectsacrl/infolitdisciplines/index.htm.

Information Literacy Committee, (2000-2003). Intergrating Information Literacy Into the Liberal Arts Curriculum. Retrieved December 6, 2006, from The Five Colleges of Ohio project, Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum, a grant funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Web site: http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/index.html.

Rader, Hannelore B. (1998). Faculty - librarian collaboration in building the curriculum for the millennium the US experience. Retrieved December 6, 2006, from IFLANET, 64th IFLA General Conference, August 16 - August 21, 1998 Web site: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/040-112e.htm.