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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the authors
Community colleges are a cornerstone of higher education and serve the unique needs of the communities in which they reside. In 2019, community colleges accounted for 41 percent of all undergraduate students in the United States.
Community college librarians are engaged in meaningful work designing and delivering library programs and services that meet the needs of their diverse populations and support student learning. The Community College Library series is meant to lift the voices of community college librarians and highlight their creativity, tenacity, and commitment to students.
The Community College Library: Reference and Instruction collects research, programs, and new approaches to reference and instruction implemented by community college librarians around the U.S. Chapters include sample activities and materials and cover topics including using race-centered and trauma-informed practices in the reference interview; incorporating online workshops into an existing information literacy program; and using student-driven pedagogy to navigate the early stages of research.
This book demonstrates the innovative and replicable ways community college librarians are meeting the information and research needs of their college population both in person and remotely, all while providing a safe, inclusive space for students to explore and learn.
Introduction
Chapter 1. “We Need to Be at the Table”: Community College Librarians Discuss the ACRL Framework
Susan Wengler
Chapter 2. Aligning Values with Practice: Embedded Librarianship within Community Colleges
Cristina Springfield
Chapter 3. Building Connections with Students through Research Coaching
Ann Roselle
Chapter 4. Incorporating Race-Centered and Trauma-Informed Practices into the Reference Interview
Nicole Williams and Emma Antobam-Ntekudzi
Chapter 5. Kindness as Professional Practice: Harnessing the Power of Empathy and Strength-Based Assumptions at the Reference Desk
Amanda Choi and Erica Watson
Chapter 6. Trauma Approaches (at) the Reference Desk: The Case for Incorporating Trauma-Informed Thinking into Reference Work
Michael J. Krasulski and Larry McCollough
Chapter 7. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: The Benefits and Challenges of Providing Chat Reference at a Suburban Community College Library
Erica Swenson Danowitz
Chapter 8. We Evolved as You Evolved: Engaging in Reflective Practices to Serve Changing Student Needs at Bunker Hill Community College Library
Andrew McCarthy
Chapter 9. Synchronizing with Online Learners: Incorporating Online Workshops into an Existing Information Literacy Program
Michael LaMagna
Chapter 10. Librarians as Game Masters: A Place For Virtual Games in the Information Literacy Classroom
Kristen Cinar
Chapter 11. The Perfect Host: A New Approach to Integrated Library Instruction in the Community College FYS Curriculum
Janice Grover-Roosa
Chapter 12. Self-Awareness through Analyzing Family Primary Sources: A Partnership for Implementing Global Diversity Learning Outcomes
Madeline Ruggiero
Chapter 13. The Cultural Artifact Collaboration: An Info Lit Love Story between a Sociologist and a Librarian
Erika Montenegro and Marcellino Morales
Chapter 14. What Is It For? Using CART to Teach Source Selection
April D. Cunningham and Richard Hal Hannon, Jr.
Chapter 15. Team Science: A Library Instrument to Support Scientific Literacy
Cathy Burwell, Luciana Caporaletti, and Alvin Coleman
Chapter 16. Making Research Meaningful: Librarian Interventions in First-Year Research
Emily Bush, Heidi Blaisdell, and Michael A. Kiggins
Chapter 17. Game On! Not Your Traditional One-Shot Instruction
Lisa Blake
Chapter 18. Advancing Information Literacy: Librarians Developing and Teaching Critical Thinking and Capstone Community College Credit Courses
Brandy Whitlock
Chapter 19. A Tale of Two Literacies: Merging Information Literacy and Scientific Literacy in a Learning Community
Laura Burt-Nicholas and Beth Shaffer-McCarthy
Chapter 20. Is This Source a Little White? Teaching Students to Expose Information Biases through Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses
Faith Bradham
Chapter 21. From Skills to Habits of Mind: Redesigning Information Literacy Competencies
Jill E. Burke, Elizabeth G. Godwin, Anne M. Sleeman, and Jamie Witman
Chapter 22. Information Literacy: Pathways to Success
Rebecca Osa Mendell
Chapter 23. Inhabiting Uncertainty: Using Student-Driven Pedagogy to Navigate the Precarious Early Stages of Research
Molly Ledermann and Meghan Rose
Chapter 24. Opportunity Knocking: How Chandler-Gilbert Community College Information Literacy Program Created Multiple Models to Meet Multiple Needs
Kim Chuppa-Cornell, Mary Beth Burgoyne, Barbara Howe, Monica Johnson, and Christine Kilbridge