Recent articles: Collaborating on teaching IL for marketing; IL in journalism; Citizen diplomats

- McGowan, B.S. (2025). Cultivating citizen diplomats: information diplomacy as pedagogy in contested information environments. Information and Learning Sciences [early online publication]. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-01-2025-0001 (open access)

- Bates, M., & Whitver, S. M. (2025). Negotiating discomfort: Learning from teaching library instruction in unfamiliar contexts. The Reference Librarian, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2025.2583122 (priced) 

- Mross, E.L., & Bartholomew, d. (2025). A Joint Effort: Librarians and Faculty Teaching Undergraduate Students Marketing Research Skills Using an Information Literacy Instruction Approach. Pennyslvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2025.316 (open access) "This case study details a semester-long research project using an embedded information literacy instruction (ILI) approach using a two-part library instruction series. This program helped students learn how to conduct marketing research using licensed and free business intelligence resources in an introduction to marketing course to complete a semester-long, two-part marketing plan. ... The embedded librarian approach contributed to grade increases between parts one and two of the assignment."
Photo by Sheila Webber: lost cap, November 2025: part of the lost item series