Planning Partnerships

Libraries

Graduates

Project Information Literacy

• New Grads find answers quickly, but Employers want comprehensive answers.

AAC&U Employer Survey

• Think Critically
• Communicate Clearly
• Solve Complex Problems

Capacity For Continued Learning

"vanilla doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s all about what chocolate sauce, whipped cream and cherry you can put on top." Thomas Friedman

Faculty/Librarian Collaboration

“It is imperative that librarians collaborate with and support faculty on a college campus to reinforce overall academic success.” (Massis 90)

“The need for librarian-faculty cooperation and the challenge of doing so has long been a part of professional literature” (Meulemans and Carr 80).

“A well-documented concern in the field of library instruction – or as it [is] more commonly known in the 21st century, Information Literacy (IL) – is a lack of faculty interest and cooperation with librarians in course-based instruction” (Gardner and White-Farnham 235).

"Nearly all librarians think communication between faculty and librarians could be better (98%), but less than half of faculty (45%) feel the same need” (Schwartz 39)."

Reasons for Disconnect

Reasons

• Campus culture - concerns about academic freedom
• Disciplinary assumptions about what constitutes research
• Awareness of what librarians do and how they can help
• MLS Degree and Faculty Status for librarians

Change

Our Context

Library Liaison To The Honors College

• Works with upper level thesis students
• Teaches library instruction for Honors 100 (first-year HC writing course)
• Teaches library instruction for Honors 105 (first-year seminar for Honors)

Background

The Assignment

The Old Assignment

The Old Assignment

• Librarians not a part of the assignment development
• Group work
• Assigned topics
• Requirements misaligned with library collection

General Education Reform at UNLV

• University Undergraduate Learning Outcomes
• Push to incorporate research skills into the First-Year Seminar

New Course Objectives

• To help you understand the relevance of a liberal arts education in creating the life you want.
• To help you navigate university life and find resources for success.
• To help you form meaningful interpersonal connections with the Honors College community.

The New Assignment

Creative Work of the Mind

Select a creative work of the mind that fascinates and excites you. This could be an invention, a novel, a piece of art, an engineering feat, a musical composition, etc.

Questions Answered in Essay

• Who created it?
• Who might benefit from the creative work?
• How has this creative work influenced culture?
• What new possibilities have opened as a result of this creative work?

Connect Information

Create a Canvas

Assignment Revision

What's Next?

Curriculum Mapping

Questions and Discussion