Librarians as Teachers: Effecting Change in Composition Instruction
Date
2023-04
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Abstract
This study assessed student research papers using a rubric to determine the information literacy skills of students in introductory composition classes. Librarians taught a pilot composition course that infused information literacy (IL) into the traditional English curriculum. The students' IL skills were compared to those of undergraduates enrolled in a traditional composition class, who received only a one-shot library instruction session. Students in the information literacy composition course scored better than their counterparts in six of seven IL skill categories. Results support greater integration of information literacy and composition curricula as a path forward for student success.
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Keywords
composition, writing, rhetoric, library instruction, information literacy
Citation
LeMire, S., Graves, S.J., & Anders, K.C. (2023). Librarians as teachers: Effecting change in composition instruction. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 23(2), 293-312. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2023.0011