The Natural Alliance between Librarians and English Teachers In Course-Related Library Use Instruction

Significant advantages come from recognizing that course-related library use instruction should more accurately be thought of as research paper-related ~nstruct~on. The English department is the primary locus of research paper mstructwn, and a recent survey reveals a much greater commitment to it than had been realized. Therefore, librarians should consider mounting an effort on several levels to create a special librarian-English teacher alliance. Furt~ermore, the structure of the writing curriculum offers an increasing potentwl for staged course-related library use instruction nationwide.