Librarians' Toolbox: Professional Reading: Special Topics

Week One

• Carlson, J., and Kneale, R. (2011). Embedded librarianship in the research context: Navigating new waters. College & Research Libraries News, 72(3), p. 167-170. Retrieved from, https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/8530/8848
   
• Daly, E. (2010). Embedding library resources into learning management systems. College & Research Libraries News, 71(4), 208-212. Retrieved from, https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/8358/8504
   
• Kasuboski, A. (2012). What is an embedded librarian?  Retrieved from, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc3SIy-pE9c
   
• Kolowich, S. (2010, June 9). Embedded librarians. Inside Higher Education.  Retrieved from, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/09/embedded-librarians
   
• Leeder, C. and Lonn, S. (2014). Faculty Usage of Library Tools in a Learning Management System. College & Research Libraries, 75(5), p. 641-663 Retrieved from, https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/1637
   
• Shumaker, D., and Talley, M. (2009).  Models of embedded librarianship final report.  Retrieved from, https://embeddedlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/models-of-embedded-librarianship_finalreportrev.pdf
   
• Tchangalova, N. (2015). Sail with the wind: Inspiring students and faculty to reach horizons of academic success. Poster presented at 2015 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting. Retrieved from, https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/17145/MAC%20Poster_Asheville.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
   
• Tumbleson, B. and Burke, J. (2013). Librarians in the LMS: Embedded librarianship.  Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ftTy8vo4sKw
  This 47- minute webinar explains two librarians' experience with embedded librarianship including a marketing plan and pilot program.

Week Two

• Blakely, J. (2013). Embedded librarian into. Retrieved from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHOyzxlhX-s
• Feliú, V. and Frazer, H. (2010). "Embedded Librarians: Teaching Legal Research as a Lawyering Skill." ExpressO. Retrieved from, http://works.bepress.com/vicenc_feliu/2/
• Hoffman, S., and Ramin, L. (n.d.). Best practices for librarians embedded in online courses.  Retrieved from, http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67620/m2/1/high_res_d/BestPracticesEmbeddedLibrarians_article.pdf
• Ismail, L., Ward, J. S., & Moore, S. N. (2016). Partnerships that work: teaching research skills through successful faculty-librarian collaborations. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2016/2016/11/
• Shumaker, D. (2013). Disruption alignment and embedded librarianship.  Webinar presented for the SLA Leadership & Management Division. Retrieved from, https://www.slideshare.net/davidshumaker/disruption-alignmentandembeddedlibrarianship
• Shumaker, D. (2012). The embedded librarian. Retrieved from, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYg4HQhuJNo
  This 13 minute video highlights Catholic University of America professor David Shumaker's new book, The Embedded Librarian, surveys the growing practice of embedding librarians into teams as partners with the individuals and groups that need their expertise.
• Sullivan, B., & Porter, K. (2016). From one-shot sessions to embedded librarian: Lessons learned over seven years of successful faculty-librarian collaboration. College & Research Libraries News, 77(1), 34-37. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.77.1.9431

Week Three

• Woodward, K. (2015, March). Information literacy in competency-based education. Reflections on the Flex Option at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. College & Research Libraries News, 76(3), 118-121.  Retrieved from, http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9273/10334
• Palmer, C., Booth, C., and Friedman, L. (2012, May). Collaborative customization: Tutorial design across institutional lines. College & Research Libraries News, 73(5), 243-248.  Retrieved from, https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/8756
• Courtney, K. (2013, November). Strategies for MOOCs and syllabus materials. College & Research Libraries News, 74(10), 514-517.  Retrieved from, http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9023/9834
• Roles and strengths of teaching librarians. (July, 2017). College & Research Libraries News, 78(7). Available at: https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/16698/18179
• Vohra, R., and Chou, M. (2011). Using internal grant to foster faculty-librarian collaboration. CALA Occasional Paper Series, 9, 1-6.  Retrieved from, http://cala-web.org/files/ops/OPS0009_201105_no.9.pdf
• Rankin, M. (2009, May). The Twitter experiment. YouTube. Retrieved from:  https://youtu.be/6WPVWDkF7U8
• Cantwell, L. P. (2013, October). A MOOL in a MOOC: Librarians in massive open online courses. YouTube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwAHNOkEcM
• Fields, E. (2014, January). The Future? Open Online Courses and the Library.  YouTube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3xMdJptgb8

Week Four

• Alverson, J., Schwartz, J., & Shultz, S. (2019). Authentic Assessment of Student Learning in an Online Class: Implications for Embedded Practice. College & Research Libraries, 80(1), 32. Retrieved from, https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16889/19365
• Kvenild, C. (2012). The future of embedded librarianship: Best practices and opportunities.  Paper presented at California Conference on Library Instruction, Sacramento, CA.  Retrieved from, http://www.cclibinstruction.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CCLI2012proceedings_Kvenild.pdf
• Gonzalez, A. (2017). Embedded Academic Librarians Instilling Life-Long Learning Skills: A Proposed Methodology for Assessing Self-Perceived Information-Seeking Behaviors of Undergraduate Students. Qualitative And Quantitative Methods In Libraries, 2(3), 245-249. Retrieved from, http://www.qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/98
• Thomas, E., and McIntosh, A. (2013, October). Embedded librarianship: A collaboration that improves student learning outcomes. League for Innovation in Community Colleges, 8(10). Retrieved from, https://www.league.org/innovation-showcase/embedded-librarianship-collaboration-improves-student-learning-outcomes

Fake News and Digital Literacy

• Breakstone, et al. “Why We Need a New Approach to Teaching Digital Literacy.” (March 8, 2018, Phi Delta Kappan: The Professional Journal for Educators). 
• Swanson, Troy. "Critical Thinking Is Emotional Thinking" (October 11, 2018)
• Caulfield, Mike. “Yes, Digital Literacy, but Which One?" (December 19, 2016)
• Caulfield, Mike. SIFT (The Four Moves). June 19, 2019. 
• IFLA. "IFLA Statement on Fake News." (August 20, 2018). 
• Bluemle, Stefanie. “Post-Facts: Information Literacy and Authority after the 2016 Election.” portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2018), pp. 265–282.
• Boyd, Danah. “Did Media Literacy Backfire?” Data & Society: Points, (January 5, 2017).
• Bulger, Monica and Patrick Davison. "The Promises, Challenges, and Futures of Media Literacy." (February 2018, Data & Society). 
• Harvard Kennedy School. "Stop Calling It Fake News." (January 31, 2018,  Harvard Kennedy School Policycast) [Talk also available as an audio podcast on page]

Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning

• Pew Research Center. "Partisan Antipathy: More Intense, More Personal."(October 10, 2019)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology. “Facts, Beliefs, and Identity: The Seeds of Science Skepticism.” (January 22, 2017)
• Boden, Elizabeth. "Keeping Up with…Debiasing." (November 2017); Keeping Up with…, ACRL)
• Cruz, Mimi Ko. “Watchworthy Wednesday: The Importance of Media Literacy in Partisan Times.” (March 15, 2017, Connected Learning Alliance). 
• original study: Kahne, Joseph and Benjamin Bowyer. “Educating for Democracy in a Partisan Age: Confronting the Challenges of Motivated Reasoning and Misinformation.” (February 2017; American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 54:1).
• Konnikova, Maria. "I Don't Want to Be Right." (May 16, 2014, The New Yorker.
• Pew Research Center. “Political Polarization in the American Public.” (June 12, 2014) 
• Mitchell et al. “Political Polarization & Media Habits.”(October 21, 2014, Pew Research Center) 
• Yudkin, Daniel. "The Psychology of Political Polarization." (November 17, 2018, New York Times)
• Lenker, Mark. “Motivated Reasoning, Political Information, and Information Literacy Education.” (2016, portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 16: 3).

Media Bias

• “Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or Controversial Topics.” (Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan). 
• "What is the QFT?" (Question Formulation Technique) Right Question Institute. 
• Benjes-Small, C., et al. (2013) "Teaching Web Evaluation: A Cognitive Development Approach." Communications in Information Literacy, 7(1).
• “Understanding Implicit Bias.” (Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University).  
• "How Does Your Favorite News Source Rank on the Truthiness Scale? Consult This Chart." (Shawn Langlois, Market Watch, December 17, 2016). 
  

Evaluating Online Information
 

• Caulfield, Mike. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. (January 8, 2017)
• Caulfield, Mike. Check Please! Starter Course (first released September 2019)
• "Four Moves & a Habit." American Association of State Colleges and Universities. 
• “Infographic: Beyond Fake News – 10 Types of Misleading Information.” (July 26, 2017, EAVI/The European Association for Viewers Interests). 
• Allsides
• "How Media Frames Structure Our Political Perceptions." (December 9, 2011, Big Think)
• "Blue Feed, Red Feed." The Wall Street Journal
• Olsen et al. “Skills Practice: Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion” (December 13, 2013, The New York Times Learning Network) 
• Media Bias/Fact Check: Methodology 

Cognitive Bias

• Simons, Daniel J. "The Monkey Business Illusion" (video). (April 28, 2010).  https://youtu.be/IGQmdoK_ZfY
• "Can You Solve This" (video). (February 24, 2014, Veritasium). https://youtu.be/vKA4w2O61Xo

Identity & Belief

• Facing History & Ourselves. “How Journalists Minimize Bias” (video and transcript)
• “Social Identity Wheel.” (August 16, 2017; University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts)

News Media & Trust

• Alison J. Head, John Wihbey, P. Takis Metaxas, Margy MacMillan, and Dan Cohen, “How Students Engage with News: Five Takeaways for Educators, Journalists, and Librarians ” Project Information Literacy Research Institute. (October 16, 2018). (See 2-page executive summary if time is limited).
• Linker, Maureen. “Do Squirrels Eat Hamburgers?: Intellectual Empathy as a Remedy for Residual Prejudice.” (2011, Informal Logic: Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice, vol. 31:2) 
• Indicators of News Media Trust: A Gallup/Knight Foundation Survey. (2018)