Delivering Information Literacy Instruction for a Joint International Program: An Innovative Collaboration Between Two Libraries

Alleyne, Jiselle Maria; Rodrigues, Denyse

doi:10.1080/10691316.2011.577697

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“…Nothing exemplifies this better than the collaboration of Bermuda College Library in Hamilton, Bermuda, with Mount Saint Vincent University Library in Nova Scotia, Canada. The librarians, Alleyne & Rodrigues (2011) showcase how technology enabled them to support students enrolled in the joint programs. The librarians used web conferencing technologies to offer online library workshops and orientations for students to learn to use library resources at both institutions.…”

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Interinstitutional Library Collaboration: Support for a Joint Master of Public Health Program

Ford

Zeigen²

2013

Mergers and Alliances: The Operational View and Cases

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Library-related and resource access issues confronting students enrolled in an inter-institutional joint master's degree program in public health are addressed in this chapter. It details a crossinstitutional collaborative effort to identify and provide research resources to inter-institutional joint degree students and faculty and analyzes the program through the lens of literature on collaboration in higher education and in library instruction. Reports on findings from qualitative feedback and quantitative card sort analysis data were gathered to inform development of content for, and organization of, a library research guide. Bureaucratic structures and policies often affect library services to students and faculty in inter-institutional joint degree programs. Therefore more salient information about library policies, services, and resources was needed in order for the affected libraries to coordinate instruction, collections, and services to best support such programs. One of the limitations of the case study was that limited qualitative and quantitative feedback was received. Also there was no prior formal needs assessment. Nevertheless, the chapter provides insight to challenges facing libraries and librarians supporting inter-institutional joint degree programs. It also points to administrative opportunities to create rich library collaborations. Existing literature does not adequately address obstacles of in-person interinstitutional joint degree programs. The contribution of this chapter is that it identifies the complications of access, library policies, and administrative procedure that will need to be address by two or more libraries that want to support joint degree programs at the college or university level.

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Interinstitutional Library Collaboration: Support for a Joint Master of Public Health Program

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Zeigen²

2013

Mergers and Alliances: The Operational View and Cases

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“…Gervedink Nijhuis, Voogt, and Peiters (2012) found that international collaborations are most successful when participants and organizations are stakeholders in the outcomes. As with Alleyne and Rodrigues (2011), Sun and Puterbaugh found that the acceptance by their parent organizations helped shape shared goals and outcomes, defined responsibilities, and provided the support for a successful and sustainable project.…”

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Using Social Media to Promote International Collaboration

Sun¹,

Puterbaugh²

2013

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This paper explores the use of social media or Web 2.0 services for an international collaborative project.2 Participants in this collaboration used free and inexpensive social media tools to communicate and work together. This case study presents a model for using inexpensive social media tools to forge new partnerships among academic libraries. Academic libraries can now tap the expertise of fellow librarians in other countries and explore new cultures to improve and extend their services without the huge financial cost once attributed to international collaboration. The Possibilities of Social Media to Promote International CollaborationWhen considering the global scope of higher education in the 21st century, can the path opened by social media for professional collaboration among international academic libraries be ignored? This article discusses a unique collaboration between two academic librarians, one in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA), and the other in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The article relates how international collaborations may occur through the use of social media, the difficulties faced by such collaborations, and the necessity and benefits of working with international colleagues. This article addresses the issues in forming international collaborations, taking into consideration distance, technological differences, language, culture, and the role that computer-mediated communication through social media tools can play in overcoming these obstacles. The growth of the Internet and the ease of professional networking that accompanied its expansion helped to make the individual members of OCLC stronger. Thousands of researchers and catalogers have gained greatly from this macro-level effort to build WorldCat. Macro-Level Collaborations Meso-Level Collaborations"International partnerships are becoming prevalent in tertiary education. These agreements and memorandums of understanding are often done at the higher administrative levels filling the gaps in program offerings, and increasing enrolment in both institutions" (Alleyne & Rodrigues, 2011, p.261). Micro-Level CollaborationsWith micro-collaborations, a whole new model of interaction is brought into focus. This type of collaboration, according to Gazan (2010), is defined as "brief, informal expressions of mutual interest and mutual effort toward seeking information on a given topic" (p. 693). Studies of transactions conducted in Naver's Knowledge-In (South Korea), Answerbag, and Yahoo Answers have shown that the ability to transact meaningful collaborations in online social Q&A communities has much to do with the social capital a participant has accrued within a community. "High-status" individuals will draw attention in any environment and more easily make the connections for successful collaboration. Gazan (2010) postulated a social site different from that of the traditional question-and-answer (Q&A) site, one that would allow participants to follow questions by joining the convers...

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Literature Review of Online Learning in Academic Libraries

Maddison

Doi

Lucky

et al. 2017

Distributed Learning

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Online learning refers to instruction that is delivered electronically through various multimedia and internet platforms and applications. It is used interchangeably with other terms such as "online learning," "web-based learning," "e-learning," "computer-assisted instruction," and "Internet-based learning" (Ruiz, Mintzer, & Leipzig, 2006). This chapter includes a review of the literature published between 2010 and 2015 on online learning in information literacy instruction in academic libraries. Information about the landscape of online information literacy instruction is presented including summaries about the technology used to create online instructional resources and the technology used to present and access online instruction. Both limitations and best practices relating to online instruction for information literacy are discussed.

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Delivering Information Literacy Instruction for a Joint International Program: An Innovative Collaboration Between Two Libraries

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Interinstitutional Library Collaboration: Support for a Joint Master of Public Health Program

Interinstitutional Library Collaboration: Support for a Joint Master of Public Health Program

Using Social Media to Promote International Collaboration

Literature Review of Online Learning in Academic Libraries

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