Faculty-library collaboration: two pedagogical approaches
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Øvern, K. M. (2014) Faculty-library collaboration: two pedagogical approaches. I: Journal of Information Literacy, 8(2), s. 36-55. 10.11645/8.2.1910Abstract
The aim of this article is to discuss some of the challenges and possibilities that librarians may face when engaging in faculty-library collaboration. The main objective is to present findings from two case studies of embedded librarianship at Gjøvik University College (GUC) and to compare these findings with results from a literature review. The literature review is concentrated around collaboration challenges, a possible role-expansion for librarians, team-teaching and assessment of information skills courses. Another objective is to present two pedagogical approaches that are in use at GUC; the tutor approach and the team-teaching approach. Findings from the case studies suggest that faculty staff were impressed with the librarian’s knowledge and they quickly became comfortable with team-teaching and/or leaving the librarian in charge of the students. However there were concerns from both the teacher and librarian about the time-consuming nature of collaborative work. This paper contributes to the literature through a literature review, two case studies and teaching approaches that highlight factors leading to success when collaborating with faculty.
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This article is designed as ”Open Access”. This is the journal's PDF originally published in The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL), http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/8.2.1910