“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
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
A New Polemic: Libraries, MOOCs, and the Pedagogical Landscape
In Brief: The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged in the past few years as the poster child of the online higher education revolution. ... Read More
Stop the Snobbery! Why You’re Wrong About Community Colleges and Don’t Even Know It
By Kim Leeder Several weeks ago I attended my first community college commencement. Despite my staff status, I was pleased to be invited to sit among... Read More
Understanding library impacts on student learning
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome guest author Derek Rodriguez. Derek serves as a Program Officer with the Triangle Research... Read More
Making it their idea: The Learning Cycle in library instruction
by Eric Frierson Librarians are always struggling to convince someone of something: convincing voters to say ‘yes’ to a library bond; persuading a library director... Read More
Critical Literacy? Information!
Throwback Thursday for February 12, 2015: Take another look at Heather Davis’s article on the ACRL Standards from 2010. Stop back on February 25th for a critical information literacy... Read More
What water?
by Sara Seely Recently I was lucky enough to come across the publication of a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace in 2005 to... Read More
[RE]Boot Camp: Share Some. Learn More. Teach Better.
By Ellie Collier Setting the Stage Last fall, as a part of the Texas Library Association’s “Transforming” initiative, my library held its own transforming retreat. Austin... Read More