Location
Benson Center, Parlor C
Start Date
11-8-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
11-8-2014 1:45 PM
Description
Service learning can dramatically increase opportunities for librarian and teaching faculty collaboration, broadening the librarian’s role in curriculum design and creating a fluid social contract with students. Such engagement positions the library as a dynamic partner in civic education. This presentation will discuss the collaboration between the Indiana University Libraries and the ACE (Advocates for Community Engagement) Program. The presentation will focus specifically on several innovative approaches used in strengthening information literacy within a service learning context as well as methods for creating and collaborating with campus and community partners in an academic library context.
Short bio of the presenter(s)
Michael Courtney is Outreach and Engagement Librarian at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) where he is also the Librarian for Online Learning. As a member of the Department of Teaching and Learning in the IUB Libraries, he also serves as the Service Learning liaison to the Advocates for Community Engagement (ACE) Program and the Global Village Living Learning Center. In addition, Michael is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Library and Information Science (IUB) and serves on the Faculty Advisory Board for Books & Beyond, a collaborative service learning project. Prior to coming to IUB, he has worked in many facets of librarianship, in both public and technical service positions within public and academic libraries. Michael holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Georgia and Indiana University.
The Library as Social Contract: Linking Information Literacy and Practice in a Service Learning-Based Context
Benson Center, Parlor C
Service learning can dramatically increase opportunities for librarian and teaching faculty collaboration, broadening the librarian’s role in curriculum design and creating a fluid social contract with students. Such engagement positions the library as a dynamic partner in civic education. This presentation will discuss the collaboration between the Indiana University Libraries and the ACE (Advocates for Community Engagement) Program. The presentation will focus specifically on several innovative approaches used in strengthening information literacy within a service learning context as well as methods for creating and collaborating with campus and community partners in an academic library context.
