Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration--eEditions e-book
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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the authors
Winner of the 2007 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
Centers for Learning examines the potentials inherent in partnerships between libraries and writing centers. By focusing on shared concepts and practices, the editors suggest that such partnerships might respond more coherently to the needs of today's students. Case studies highlighting the possibilities of collaborations form the body of the book. A conclusion reflects on the implications of these case studies from a writing center perspective.
Chapter One
Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration: A Basis in Theory.
James K. Elmborg
Chapter Two
Teaching Librarians and Writing Center Professionals in Collaboration: Complementary Practices
Sheril Hook
Chapter Three
Roots Entwined: Growing a Sustainable Collaboration
Michele Eodice and Lea Currie
Chapter Four
Yours, Mine and Ours: Collaboration among Faculty, Library, and Writing Center
Sarah Leadley and Becky Reed Rosenberg
Chapter Five
From Cross-referencing to Co-construction: Contemplating Collaborative Potentials for Reference and the Writing Center at Southwest Missouri State University
Casey Reid
Chapter Six
Library and Learning Center Collaborations: Within and Outside Walls
Judy Arzt
Chapter Seven
It Might Come in Handy: Composing a Writing Archive at the University of New Hampshire
Cinthia Gannett, Elizabeth Slomba, Kate Tirabassi, Amy Zenger, John C. Brereton
Chapter Eight
The Wesley College Library and Writing Center: A Case Study in Collaboration
Michele R. Giglio and Constance F. Strickland
Chapter Nine
More Connected Student Learning: Research and Writing Project Clinics at Bowling Green State University
Colleen Boff and Barbara Toth
Chapter Ten
Gaining a Scholarly Voice: Intervention, Invention, and Collaboration
Donna Fontanarose Rabuck, Pat Youngdahl, Kamolthip Phonlabutra, and Sheril Hook
Chapter Eleven
A Library, Learning Center, & Classroom Collaboration: A Case Study
Carolyn White and Margaret Pobywajlo
Chapter Twelve
Off Center Collaborations
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran and Thomas P. Miller
James K. Elmborg
James K. Elmborg is associate professor, School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa.
Sheril Hook
Sheril Hook is coordinator of Instructional Services at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.