Barbara, McCormack
(2017)
Embedding
unique and
distinctive
collections
into the
curriculum.
Sconul Focus, 68.
pp. 77-80.
Abstract
Unique and distinctive collections (UDCs) provide library and information
professionals with new and exciting opportunities to engage with library users
through dynamic hands-on information literacy (IL) sessions using materials
such as manuscripts, early printed books, archives and artefacts. This approach
to IL instruction is particularly useful in an academic library environment as
it enables library practitioners to integrate this material fully into the wider
academic curriculum, thereby contributing to the strategic aims of the
institution and furthering the development of information-literate graduates.
At Maynooth University Library we are actively involved in the integration of
UDCs into the curriculum through a multidisciplinary approach that involves
the delivery of IL sessions in controlled reading rooms in the library coupled
with sessions in classrooms and lecture halls around the university. This
approach aims to exploit this material and embed it in the curriculum while
also facilitating various learning styles, particularly in terms of active learning.
This article will provide an overview of IL activities using UDCs at Maynooth
University Library. It will outline the practicalities involved as well as the benefits
of this approach to IL in order to assist practitioners working in this area.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Embedding; unique;
distinctive;
collections;
curriculum; |
| Academic Unit: |
University Library |
| Item ID: |
8617 |
| Depositing User: |
Ms Barbara McCormack
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| Date Deposited: |
16 Aug 2017 13:46 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Sconul Focus |
| Publisher: |
Sconul |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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