7-Layer Citation Salad—The Joy of Identifying Distinct Ingredients and Assembling a Glorious Delight: Students as Information and Citation Creators

In the 7-Layer Citation Salad critical-thinking exercise, students become apprentice chefs as they learn to create journal article citations adhering to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. The library instruction chef draws parallels to mise en place (“everything in its place”) and to assembling a structured salad as the apprentices discover the rewards of identifying each citation ingredient from articles and assembling the ingredients in the proper order. The library chef discusses the need to credit other authors for their ideas. The standard recipe may be adapted to any citation style and the number of layers modified

Let’s get serious: The role of academic libraries in preparing graduate students for their collegiate careers

The Outreach Librarian initiated a grand adventure with the Graduate College to discover the best approaches to reach out to graduate students. Then the Outreach Librarian met with the Graduate Student Advisory Board and gave them a presentation about the library services available to them. In addition, the Outreach librarian discussed the importance of academic libraries collaborating and partnering with graduate students and Graduate College teaching faculty. Since graduate students use the library in a manner that differs from undergraduate students and faculty, a small survey was given to the Graduate Student Advisory Board members. Survey responses were analyzed to determine what library services the Graduate Student Advisory Board members were already aware of and also what other library services should be made available to graduate students