Recent articles: librarians' teaching beliefs; information needs; students and information literacy

Volume 50 issue 1 (2024) of the Journal of Academic Librarianship (a priced publication) includes the following:
- Exploring the connections between teaching librarians' beliefs about teaching and their teaching methods by Ashlynn Kogut "Thirteen teaching librarians from three R1 doctoral universities in Texas were interviewed ... Three themes were identified across institutions and instructional contexts related to teaching methods: engaging students in the teaching interaction, connecting information literacy content to the real world, and creating a supportive atmosphere. Three themes were identified related to teaching beliefs: beliefs in the importance of understanding students' unique learning needs, understanding students' affective dimensions of learning, and respecting the knowledge students bring to the teaching interaction." Academic instruction librarians' feelings of job control: Quantitative analysis of responses to a job control inventory by Matthew Weirick Johnson
- Tracking information in the field: An assessment of the information needs and services of a field station library by Thomas Gerrish, Scott Martin
- Investigating curriculum integrated information literacy by Simone Bernard " First-year undergraduate students at University of Guyana responded to an online questionnaire and participated in online interviews to share perceptions of their information literacy competencies during the second semester of academic year 2021/2022. SPSS was used to analyze the quantitative data and the qualitative data was coded to identify common themes. The results of the study revealed information literacy courses positively impacted students' perceptions of their information literacy self-efficacy, skills, and attitudes."
Go to https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/vol/50/issue/1
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