Do-It-Yourself Information Literacy: Using LibGuides to Foster Self-Directed Learning at a Distance

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You Can Take It with You: Information Literacy from Classroom to Workplace

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Go Research! Building an Information Literacy Tool that Bridges the Gap

With the increase in online learning, identifying new ways to develop the information literacy skills of distance learners is paramount. Developing a research question, selecting resources, searching databases, refining search results, getting full text, and citing sources in the online environment can be especially challenging for nontraditional learners who may not have the same digital know-how as traditional students or digital natives. Global Campus librarians at Central Michigan University (CMU) travel to CMU’s remote centers to provide information literacy instruction for core research courses. But how do they reach everyone, including students taking classes online? Because distance students are typically expected to explore resources and manage assignments independently, Global Campus Library Services (GCLS) librarians developed a self-paced, interactive tutorial to help them develop the basic research skills needed to be successful in their coursework. All CMU students can access the LibGuides-based Go Research! tutorial online to assess what they already know, interact with multimedia tools and resources that foster specific information literacy skills, and evaluate their own learning outcomes. To promote its use, GCLS librarians incorporate the tutorial into ongoing library instruction, and work with selected faculty to integrate the tutorial into research-intensive classes. This presentation describes the collaborative planning, design, implementation and evaluation of this information literacy tutorial, and discusses how its content and use have been modified over time to facilitate flipped classroom instruction and better meet the needs of online students and faculty

A population of proinflammatory T cells coexpresses αβ and γδ T cell receptors in mice and humans

T cells are classically recognized as distinct subsets that express αβ or γδ TCRs. We identify a novel population of T cells that coexpress αβ and γδ TCRs in mice and humans. These hybrid αβ-γδ T cells arose in the murine fetal thymus by day 16 of ontogeny, underwent αβ TCR–mediated positive selection into CD4+ or CD8+ thymocytes, and constituted up to 10% of TCRδ+ cells in lymphoid organs. They expressed high levels of IL-1R1 and IL-23R and secreted IFN-γ, IL-17, and GM-CSF in response to canonically restricted peptide antigens or stimulation with IL-1β and IL-23. Hybrid αβ-γδ T cells were transcriptomically distinct from conventional γδ T cells and displayed a hyperinflammatory phenotype enriched for chemokine receptors and homing molecules that facilitate migration to sites of inflammation. These proinflammatory T cells promoted bacterial clearance after infection with Staphylococcus aureus and, by licensing encephalitogenic Th17 cells, played a key role in the development of autoimmune disease in the central nervous system

Off-Campus but not Alone: Supporting the Research Needs of Nontraditional Students Using Digital Resources

Julie LaDell-Thomas is the Off-Campus Librarian at Central Michigan University, Atlanta, GA.While most libraries have implemented changes that integrate electronic resources with traditional library services, and reference and instruction methods have become more effective at reaching library users in their new digital space, many nontraditional students who have chosen a face-to-face classroom environment for their education may not have the necessary level of digital literacy to access, evaluate, and use electronic resources that are critical to their research efforts. Central Michigan University offers master's degree programs designed to meet the unique needs of working adults. Face-to-face classes meet at over 60 locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and CMU's Off Campus Library Services (OCLS) continually looks for ways to ensure that off-campus students benefit from library resources even if their digital comfort level is low and the physical library building is many miles away. This session will begin with an overview of CMU's Off-Campus Library Services and the resources – digital and traditional - available to a diverse and widely distributed student population. A summary of OCLS strategies for providing research assistance and document delivery will familiarize session participants with the overall environment. Background information about the Atlanta MA in Education program will be presented, along with a description the student population. An overview of the requirements for the capstone research project that completes the degree will be followed by a snapshot of capstone project data for the Atlanta-based program. The session will review some of the barriers to timely and successful completion of capstone projects, and offer further discussion of the library's role in supporting student research, with an emphasis on serving working adult learners in an off-campus environment. The presentation will outline OCLS' ongoing research and program development efforts designed to better understand the needs of students, and to identify the best methods for providing additional support during this research intensive time in their program. The presenter will describe the Atlanta Metro Center's recently implemented capstone research labs and individual consultation services, which provide an opportunity for students accustomed to face-to-face classroom environments to also consult face-to-face with OCLS librarians. These services are intended to help students develop the digital literacy needed for online research - to build comfort with the research process, with online searching, and with using electronic resources

Win-Win: Embedding Future Librarians to Extend Service to Online Classes

This paper (which appears as a chapter in the book Virtually Embedded: The Librarian in an Online Environment, c 2014) details the Central Michigan University Libraries' experiences with embedding library school graduate students from San Jose State University into CMU graduate classes. The graduate students were trained, mentored, and supervised by CMU librarians as they served as embedded librarians  for a semester. The experience allowed the CMU Libraries to extend its reach into online classes and the SJSU students to gain valuable professional experience. <br