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IMPACT Learning
Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education
- 1st Edition - February 13, 2018
- Author: Clarence Maybee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 0 7 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 1 0 3 - 3
IMPACT Learning: Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education describes how academic libraries can enable the success of higher education students by creating… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIMPACT Learning: Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education describes how academic libraries can enable the success of higher education students by creating or partnering with teaching and learning initiatives that support meaningful learning through engagement with information. Since the 1970s, the academic library community has been advocating and developing programming for information literacy. This book discusses existing models, extracting lessons from Purdue University Libraries’ partnership with other units to create a campus-wide course development program, Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT), which provides academic libraries with tools and strategies for working with faculty and departments to integrate information literacy into disciplinary courses.
- Describes how academic libraries can help students succeed through partnering with teaching and learning initiatives
- Helps teachers and students deal with information in the context of a discipline and its specific needs
- Presents an informed learning approach where students learn to use information as part of engagement with subject content
Academic librarians; teaching librarians; educators in higher education
- No. of pages: 182
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 13, 2018
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081020777
- eBook ISBN: 9780081021033
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Clarence Maybee
Information Literacy Specialist and Associate Professor, Purdue University, USA. Clarence has more than 10 years of experience as an information literacy educator in higher education. At Purdue University, he was one of co-designers of the Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT) program, which aims to enable Purdue instructors to create student-centered learning environments. In 2015, Clarence completed a PhD at the Queensland University of Technology. His doctoral research investigated experiences of using information within an undergraduate learning context. Clarence publishes and is invited to present regularly on information literacy. Clarence is a passionate advocate for the integration of information literacy into curricula, and the development of librarians to address this need in higher education
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Information Literacy Specialist and Associate Professor, Purdue University, USARead IMPACT Learning on ScienceDirect