Hands-on Learning in Special Collections: A Pilot Assessment Project
This study examined how hands-on work with original primary materials affects students’ information literacy and critical thinking skills. The project team developed rubrics to evaluate document analyses from before and after student time in special collections. Most scores did not vary significantly between the pre- and posttests, although students’ ability to analyze the materiality of documents did improve. They also examined papers from classes that had and had not used special collections against the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ information literacy rubric and found no significant differences. The authors hope this project will serve as a pilot for future assessment of student learning in special collections.
Posted in: Recommended Reads, Research Items Filed under: 2016, Archival/Primary Source Literacy, Archives/Special Collections, Assessment, Empirical Research, Higher Ed, Journal Article, Library Science, Mentions ACRL VL Standards, United States
Growing the Art Image and Visual Literacy Garden: The Journey to Create a Practice Guide for Student Employees
Expanding upon my poster titled “Art Instead of Just Images: Training Students to See Beyond the Screen” presented at the 2016 ARLIS/NA + VRA Third Joint Conference in Seattle, I detail the current journey of my project to create a practical guide for student employees to understand and manipulate images of art.
Posted in: Recommended Reads, Research Items Filed under: 2016, Academic Libraries, Higher Ed, Library Science, Mentions ACRL VL Standards, Teaching Idea, Trade Article, Training (student, pre-service, teacher), United States, Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Literacy
Describing Images: A Case Study of Visual Literacy and Information Science Students
This paper reports on a study that examined the development of pedagogical methods for increasing the visual literacy skills of a group of library and information science students. Through a series of three assignments, students were asked to provide descriptive information for a set of historical photographs and record reflections on their experiences via blog posts.
Posted in: Recommended Reads, Research Items Filed under: 2016, Based on the ACRL VL Standards, Empirical Research, Higher Ed, Journal Article, Library Science, Training (student, pre-service, teacher), United States, Visual Literacy
Audiovisual and Chill: An Evaluation of Video Digital Libraries and Catalogues
This research investigates how well video digital libraries and catalogues used in academic libraries meet user expectations. This is in the context of increasing use and demand for online audiovisual content by the wider community, as well as growing use of audiovisual materials for teaching, learning, and research at academic institutions. It also aims to give an understanding of how well libraries are meeting the challenges of delivering audiovisual materials to users in an on-demand world.
Posted in: Recommended Reads, Research Items Filed under: 2016, Academic Libraries, Australia, Dissertation/Thesis, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Higher Ed, Library Science, Mentions ACRL VL Standards, Systematic Review