Open AccessLeveraging Existing Frameworks to Support Undergraduate Primary Source Research
Author(s) -
Brigitte Billeaudeaux,
Rachel Scott
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.58.4.7151
Subject(s) - information literacy , computer science , exploratory research , primary (astronomy) , library instruction , world wide web , object (grammar) , mathematics education , knowledge management , psychology , sociology , physics , astronomy , artificial intelligence , anthropology
This exploratory study aims to improve librarian support for undergraduate users as they find, access, evaluate, and appropriately use primary source materials in their research. By approaching object-based information literacy instruction via the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (Framework), this project will promote use of academic library special collections and archives in ways that reinforce the theoretical approach espoused by that document. Primary source evaluations collected before and after one semester of Framework-based instruction indicate that the concepts identified therein are relevant to and support learning with primary sources.