Nursing educators' perceptions of collaboration with librarians

Partnership for the Advancement of Information Literacy in a Nursing Program

“…Although this is the optimal method, literature suggests that partnerships can be difficult. Nevertheless, Schute and Sherwill-Navarro (2009), the National League of Nursing (2004), and Morgan et al (2007) agree that collaboration between nursing and librarian faculty is a good approach to solidifying information literacy skills. Courey et al (2006) advised that it Information Literacy in a Nursing Program 5 is a nurse educator's duty to "address the apparent missing link between information literacy and evidence-based nursing in nursing education program design and curriculum development" (323).…”

Librarians as Partners of the Faculty in Teaching Scholarly Inquiry in Nursing to Undergraduates at Brigham Young University

“…More recently, Sherwill-Navarro (2004) discussed the science librarian as a nursing faculty member who provides information on multiple databases and effective searching methods. The findings of a 2009 study and supporting literature indicated that while nurse educators highly valued information literacy they did not fully implement collaboration with librarians to foster information literacy (Klem and Weiss 2005;Schulte and Sherwill-Navarro 2009). Other information literacy programs in nursing and presentation methods are highlighted in the literature.…”

Preparing for practice: a higher education perspective. Commentary on … A clinical librarian pilot project in psychiatry

“…Nonetheless, acknowledging that these skills need to be taught and finding time in the curriculum to do so has been difficult in many institutions. 8,9 In some, the approach to information literacy is still bottom-up and piecemeal, but a number of universities have taken a more strategic approach. 10 For example, in 2003 Leeds University adopted an institution-wide 'information literacy strategy', 11 which has made it easier for librarians to work with academic colleagues to embed information literacy more systematically within the curriculum.…”