Moving Beyond Willpower: A New Direction for Media Literacy Instruction
In brief Academic librarians and others often engage with media literacy instruction by promoting fact-checking strategies, such as lateral reading or Mike Caulfield’s SIFT. Evidence... Read More
Librarians’ Roles in Supporting Students’ Mental Health through Teaching Practices
In Brief Mental health and well-being is of increasing concern on college campuses. Grounded in feminist pedagogy and an ethic of care, this study asks... Read More
Shifting the Balance of Power: Asking Questions about the Comics-Questions Curriculum
In Brief We shift the balance of power in this paper by discussing a particular library lesson, the Comics-Questions Curriculum, with some of the students... Read More
They CAN and they SHOULD and it’s BOTH AND: The role of undergraduate peer mentors in the reference conversation
In Brief: Academic libraries hire and train student employees to answer reference questions which can result in high-impact employment experiences for these students. By employing... Read More
“It was information based”: Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular Sources
In Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell?... Read More
Archives Alive!: librarian-faculty collaboration and an alternative to the five-page paper
In brief: The short research paper is ubiquitous in undergraduate liberal arts education. But is this assignment type an effective way to assess student learning... Read More
“I’m Just Really Comfortable:” Learning at Home, Learning in Libraries
Throwback Thursday for January 28, 2016: Exploring ways to serve commuter students better?! Grab a cup of coffee or tea and get comfy because Mariana... Read More
Adopting the Educator’s Mindset: Charting New Paths in Curriculum and Assessment Mapping
Throwback Thursday for June 18, 2015: In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes Bethany Messersmith to our Editorial Board! In honor of Throwback Thursday,... Read More
Ice Ice Baby: Are Librarian Stereotypes Freezing Us out of Instruction?
In Brief: Why do librarians struggle so much with instruction? Part of the problem is that we have so many facets to consider: pedagogy, campus culture,... Read More
Students As Stakeholders: Library Advisory Boards and Privileging Our Users
In Brief: This article investigates the idea of library student advisory boards as mechanisms for building more student-centered libraries at colleges and universities. Benefits of these... Read More