Open AccessInstruction from the margins: Giving voice to community college librarians
Author(s) -
Heidi Julien,
Don Latham,
Melissa Gross
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1189
Subject(s) - negotiation , community college , set (abstract data type) , information literacy , pedagogy , literacy , public relations , sociology , psychology , medical education , political science , computer science , medicine , social science , programming language
This study explores the experiences of community college librarians in the United States with instructional responsibility, as they negotiate professional guidelines that challenge their existing practices. Community college environments, students, and programs differ significantly from those typically explored in information literacy research. Thus, the study gives voice to a relatively marginalized set of librarians, many of whom struggle to implement instructional approaches perceived to be more suitable for university contexts.