Be Credible: Information Literacy for Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing Students

This project was funded by KU Libraries’ Parent’s Campaign with support from the David Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright and the Open Educational Resources Working Group in the University of Kansas Libraries.This free and open textbook teaches college-level journalism students to become information experts. Using the themes of credibility and information literacy, the book helps today’s students, who start out all their research with Google and Wikipedia, to specialize in accessing, evaluating, and managing information that often is not accessible through Google searches. The book includes chapters on public records, freedom of information requests, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, scholarly research, public data, interviews and more. Through current examples, instructional videos, suggested classroom activities, and practitioner insights, the authors challenge students to examine the credibility of the sources they use as current and future professional communicators

The Politics of College Reading Programs in South Carolina: A case study of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate, 2013-2014

This study analyzes the political response to and the resulting state budget cuts of the college reading programs at the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2013-2014 academic year. Three participants in the events were interviewed: the directors of both reading programs and one state senator involved with the political debate. Coupled with an analysis of media reports, these interviews provided insight into why and how state politicians elected to cut the budgets for program and how these budget cuts affected the programs. Studying the South Carolina cases provides an example of how reading program directors can cope with political backlash, and how reading programs can simultaneously build and disrupt community.Master of Science in Library Scienc

Pizzagate and a slice of free speech: Media literacy outside of the classroom

Since 2016, the public eye has turned to the problems of mis- and disinformation. As a result, many librarians sprang into action to spread the good news about information and media literacies. At the University of Kansas (KU), we initially joined the rush and created a media literacy LibGuide

“A Supernova that Sparks in Every Direction”: A Long-Term Assessment of the Research Sprints Faculty Engagement Program

Article will be published in College & Research Libraries in March 2024. This is the accepted version of the manuscript prior to copyediting.PREPRINT: Article to be published in College & Research Libraries in March 2024. This is the accepted version of the manuscript prior to copyediting. The Research Sprints program offers faculty partners the opportunity to collaborate intensively and exclusively for one week with a team of librarians to achieve significant progress on research or teaching projects. This longitudinal study extends previous immediate and short-term assessments by interviewing Research Sprints participants at two research-intensive institutions 2-4 years after their concentrated week. The authors evaluate the enduring impact of the program on the participants’ projects, research/teaching practices, and relationships with the library. Participants report achieving project goals, improved skills and student success, and greater awareness and appreciation of librarians’ work

From Passive Participants to Active Learners

In this article, the authors argue that partnering with course faculty to develop and use open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy to integrate information literacy (IL) into the curriculum. OER and open pedagogy can sustainably replace or compliment one-shot library sessions. As this case study indicates, creating an OER allowed a team of librarians and a professor to effectively scaffold the “Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” (Framework) throughout a required large-enrollment undergraduate journalism course. Including openly licensed student tutorials in the OER created a more inclusive space for students to learn and become peer-educators. This case study outlines a process for using OER and an open pedagogy assignment to teach IL, and offers tips for how library workers can incorporate open educational practices (OEP) into their instructional sessions and collaborations.

Tech with a Twist: Utilizing Recording software such as Microsoft Mix and Adobe Captivate to Flip your Classroom

This presentation focuses on technology, application, and pedagogy to engage your students outside of the classroom. We will present tools for recording instructional videos on research and critical thinking needed to implement flipped classroom strategies. Presenters include an instructional designer, educational technologist, and librarian from The University of Kansas. You will take away best practices, recommended technologies, and practical application for designing tools related to student learning and research. Tools used for this demonstration will include both Microsoft Mix and Adobe Captivate