Engaging first-year students in meaningful library research : a practical guide for teaching faculty

Aimed at teaching professionals working with first-year students at institutions of higher learning, this book provides practical advice and specific strategies for integrating contemporary information literacy competencies into courses intended for novice researchers. The book has two main goals - to discuss the necessity and value of incorporating information literacy into first-year curricula; and to provide a variety of practical, targeted strategies for doing so. The author will introduce and encourage teaching that follows a process-driven, constructivist framework as a way of engaging first-year students in library work that is interesting, meaningful and disciplinarily relevant.

1. The Millennials go to the library : or do they? Introducing the Millennials -- Characteristics of this new generation -- What is information literacy and do contemporary undergraduates really need it? -- Attitudinal shifts : addressing truculence in the faculty lounge -- 2. Information literacy in the context of the first year. Attending to novice researchers -- Process-centered library research -- How can course content and information literacy co-exist? -- 3. Pragmatic pedagogical approaches. From the start : advice from librarian colleagues -- Creating effective library experiences -- The next step : advancing information literacy beyond the first year -- One final note.