The Power of Partnerships: Building Institutional & Community Alliances to Transform Research & Learning
ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Spring Program
April 20, 2018 at Muhlenberg College
Session Reports
On a sunny spring day, librarians gathered to share and learn about libraries partnering with other stakeholders within and outside their home institutions. To begin the day, program planners experimented with a later start time. This played out with many early arrivals who took advantage of the extra time to network o
r visit with other attendees. Presenters told in-the-trenches implementation stories and lessons learned from their experiences. Here are brief summaries of what was shared along with links to the presenters’ slides.
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The current political climate has called into question basic ideals of information quality. Objectivity, bias, opinion, fact, and evidence are thrown into question at every turn. The old standbys for teaching source evaluation now seem insufficient. So how do we teach our students to be smart and ethical information consumers and producers? We heard from media scholars and journalists about professional practices and principles and the impact of technology and other forces that shape the news. We also heard from librarians who are using innovative methods for teaching students to critically examine sources of information.