Collaborative Learning

Analyzing Archival Intelligence: A Collaboration Between Library Instruction and Archives

“…The lack of standards has arguably contributed to a corresponding lack of assessment models for archival instruction. Some archivists have compensated for this by collaborating directly with teaching faculty in order to meet disciplinary curricular needs (Mazak & Manista, 1999;Wosh, Bunde, Murphy & Blacker, 2007;Mazella & Grob, 2011 Illinois, 2006), before they attend the inperson session held at the SLC Archives. The Primary Source VILLAGE was "created using materials from [the SLC Archives] holdings, defines a primary source, provides information about using the Archives' online database, and walks the student through an exercise on analyzing a primary source" (Swain, 2013, p. 154).…”

Connecting Researchers with Funding Opportunities: a Joint Effort of the Libraries and the University Research Office

“…By way of illustration, McInnis Bowers, Chew, et al (2009) described one such association in teaching an entry-level, undergraduate business course at Birmingham-Southern, a liberal arts college. Mazak and Manista (2001) discussed the incorporation of resources available in the Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections into a course offered by the Department of American Thought and Language. In support of students" research experience, Stamatoplos (2009) presented the expansion of librarians" roles into undergraduate research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, which includes not only meeting the information needs of student-researchers but a role in program development.…”