As information literacy continues in its centrality to many academic libraries' missions, a line
of inquiry has developed in response to ACRL's charge to develop information literate …

university students. Students of color, LGBTQ students, first-generation students, and
students with disabilities are infrequently considered in library and information research …

Librarians of color make up a small proportion of information professionals, but their
perspectives should still be included in theory and best practices. This study seeks to create …

This article discusses the creation of a new philosophical model of librarian-patron
interaction. Directly influenced by the classical Indian text The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, the …

Socratic questioning, the act of asking questions in order to prompt critical thinking and
reflection, expands the boundaries of librarianship by borrowing from the fields of …

This qualitative secondary analysis reanalyzes data from a Q methodology study with 66
participants from a variety of library types in Slovenia, South Africa, and the United States. In …

Education. Information literacy is described as “a key component” of lifelong learning that
contributes to producing educated students and citizens. Phrases such as “informed …

Instruction consultation, the process of negotiating a lesson plan with an instructor, plays an
important part in the success or failure of a class visit to an archives or special collections …

This study explores the phenomenon of reference work from the perspective of practitioners.
The objectives are to analyze in-depth the attitudes, values, beliefs, stories, and thoughts of …

What education and training needs emerge from the changing roles of the hybrid library and
particular in the new context of reference and information work? It is expected that library …