Scholarship

This page automatically compiles new writing from CUNY Academic Works related to the topic of information literacy. Follow the link to discover more writing, or see the most recent published work below. This page is connected to an RSS feed which automatically pulls new information literacy scholarship from Academic Works.

As a part of our Information Literacy Fellowship, we have also developed our Information Literacy Literature Review, which provides a synthesis of scholarship written by CUNY researchers since 2018. Also, please check out the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy for new writings on the broader subject of OER, open pedagogy, and information literacy!

• Creating an Interpretive Edition of "Sage and Spirit"
  This paper reports on a practice-based research project designed to create a critically edited score of Bob Weir’s Sage and Spirit for solo guitar. Since no score exists for the piece, potential performers must first go through the time-consuming process of transcription as a way to learn how it works. This may deter potential performers […]
• It’s So Liberating To Do The Work: Education In Archives Creates Space For People With Disabilities
  What are the barriers and possibilities archives education presents to the disabilities community? More specifically, how can archives education and teaching with primary sources provide opportunities for disabled students that they might not find in mainstream education settings? What matters when working with students with disabilities in archives, and what does it feel like to […]
• Bibliographic Instruction and the Need for “Librarian-Firstâ€� OER Repositories
• Evaluation of Undergraduate Research Topic Skill Development
  Inspired by the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy frame Research as Inquiry, Lehman College Library conducted an assessment to measure its undergraduate students’ ability to formulate research questions that are appropriately scaled, encourage critical inquiry, and can be supported by available information resources. Using a sample of first-year students enrolled in an English composition class, […]
• What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom
  Build confidence in delivering primary source–based instruction with easily adaptable, skill-based lessons that can be used in a variety of learning environments. Each lesson offers suggestions for differentiating instruction with diverse audiences, worksheets, and activity templates.What Primary Sources Teach provides practical and transferable lesson plans focused on skill-based instruction, including step-by-step instructions; ideas for differentiation; […]