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Author:   Theresa McDevitt ,  Caleb P. Finegan
Publisher:   Association of College & Research Libraries
Imprint:   Association of College & Research Libraries
ISBN:  

9780838946091

ISBN 10:   0838946097
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   30 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction. Everybody Wins: Empowering Students and Enhancing Community Connections through Library Related Applied Learning Experiences Part I. Library and Information Literacy Credit-Bearing Courses or Sponsors of Undergraduate Community Based Research Chapter One. Research for Non-Profits, a Service Learning Class in Grantseeking Research — Alyssa Wright Chapter Two. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Using Infographics to Visually Present Student Research — Dr. Terri Summey and Bethanie O’Dell Chapter Three. Using Service-Learning Experiences to Engage Students in Information Literacy Classes — Breanne Kirsch and Lola Bradley Chapter Four. In Service to Rutgers University Libraries’ Instruction Program: LIS Students Gain Instruction Experience through a Mutually Beneficial Collaboration — Leslin H. Charles Chapter Five. Community Research Assignments for an Information Literacy Class — Theresa McDevitt Chapter Six. Support for Student-Driven Projects: Library Mini-Grants and Service Learning — Amanda Peters Part II. Library Support for Courses with Applied Service-Based Projects in the Disciplines Chapter Seven. Moving Words: Building Community through Service-Learning in the Arts — Anne Marie Gruber, Angela Pratesi, and Angela Waseskuk Chapter Eight. A Storied Tale: Melding Digital Storytelling, Service-learning, and Digital and Information Literacy Skills for Pre-Service Teachers — Heather Beirne Chapter Nine. Public History Service Projects to Prepare Future Public Historians — Dr. Jeanine Mazak-Kahne and Theresa McDevitt Chapter Ten. Fostering Community Engagement through Intentionality and Faculty-Librarian Partnerships — Tracy Lassiter, PhD and James Fisk, MLS Chapter Eleven. Generating Buzz on Campus about Fair Trade through the Writing for Public Relations Course — Jen Jones, PhD and Amy Podoletz Chapter Twelve. Integrating Library Research and Information Literacy into Archaeological Service-learning — Lara Homsey-Messer Chapter Thirteen. How to Succeed in International Business (With a Lot of Trying) — Russell A. Hall and Mark Bestoso Part III. Library as Location for Student-Led Educational Outreach Events and Projects Chapter Fourteen. Putting Theory into Practice and Promoting Children’s Literacy through Service-Learning — Janet Pinkley Chapter Fifteen. Promoting Scholarly Conversations through an Undergraduate Research Conference in the Library: A Communication Class Project — Jen Jones, PhD Chapter Sixteen. Banned Books and Dangerous Fictions: Co-Creating an Annual Banned Books Read Out — Tanya Heflin Chapter Seventeen. Facets of Fashion: Utilizing Library Display Windows to Apply Visual Merchandising Techniques — Janet A. Blood, PhD Chapter Eighteen. The Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Critical Information Literacy and Public Service — Dr. Matthew A. Vetter and Cori Woods Chapter Nineteen. Service-Learning in the Oral History Archives — Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn Chapter Twenty. Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Constitution: A Poster Session for Undergraduate American Government Students in the Library — Dr. Aleea L. Perry Chapter Twenty-One. The ABCs of Nutrition and Literacy: Combining Children’s Books with Health Awareness in an Academic Service-Learning Project — Stephanie Taylor-Davis, PhD, RDN, LDN Chapter Twenty-Two. More about Experiential and Service-Learning Experiences for Libraries and Information Literacy Instruction Authors and Editors

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Theresa McDevitt is the government information/outreach librarian at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she has served since 1986. She has taught a one-credit information literacy course with a service-learning element for the last five years. She is a co-director of the universities’ Reflective Practice faculty development group and has an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD in American history from Kent State University. Caleb P. Finegan earned his BA (Spanish, 1988) and MA (Latin American Studies, 1993) from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. In 1999, he graduated with a doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Florida with a concentration in colonial Latin American history. Dr. Finegan currently teaches courses (sometimes in honors) in Latin American history. He has been the Director of IUP’s Robert E. Cook Honors College since 2014. From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Finegan also worked as the university’s director of civic engagement and student leadership activities.

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