InfoLit Learning Community: A Collaborative Space Hosted by Credo Reference

Looking for ways to engage your users on social media while also promoting your digital resources? We can help: https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/credo-reference-january-social-media-content-for-libraries/

January-themed social media content for libraries is ready for the taking! Help yourself on the Credo Blog: https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/credo-reference-january-social-media-content-for-libraries/

January social media content for libraries is live on the Credo Blog: https://www.infobase.com/press_releases/credo-reference-january-social-media-content-for-libraries/

From instruction to collaborative opportunities, The Second-Year Transition Guide provides a blueprint for libraries looking to build off the success of FYE programming: http://mktg.credoreference.com/the-credo-second-year-transition-guide

The Credo Second Year Transition Guide Often lost in the transition between the welcoming support of the First Year Experience and the relationships formed with faculty once students select their major, second-year students present a unique set of needs. From navigating new social pressures, to forming their self-identity, to honing thei...

"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education." ~ Harold Howe

Student Employment as a High-Impact Practice https://blog.credoreference.com/student-employment-as-a-high-impact-practice-part-i

Student Employment as a High-Impact Practice, Part I Tips for treating student employment as a high-impact practice to help your library contribute to retention, graduation rates, and student success.

Add this new study to the gigantic pile of research showing that if you want to improve retention, librarians have an important role to play:
https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/want-improve-student-retention-enlist-some-librarians

Want to Improve Student Retention? Enlist Some Librarians A national, multi-institutional study finds that academic library instruction helps keep undergraduates in school.

Helpful post here for prospective academic librarians: https://ischool.syr.edu/infospace/2019/04/19/the-academic-librarian-job-interview-preparation-experience/

Preparing for The Academic Librarian Job Interview - Information Space Graduate student Nazia Ahlam shares how the got through the interview process for an academic librarianship, along with some tips and resources for other students.

Student engagement librarian Beth Black delves into the research around collaborations between libraries and campus writing centers: http://blog.credoreference.com/campus-collaborations-the-library-and-the-writing-center

Campus Collaborations: The Library and the Writing Center Librarian Beth Black shares tips for maximizing partnerships on campus: this week she delves into research about libraries and writing centers

Interesting look back here. Then and now: How Libraries have changed since 1994 https://news.wsu.edu/2019/08/27/now-wsu-libraries-changed-since-1994/

Then and now: How WSU Libraries have changed since 1994 | WSU Insider | Washington State University The rapid pace of technology and the internet have transformed the libraries like many other areas within the university.

"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim." ~ Linton Weeks

Citing sources: University Libraries serve key role supporting student research https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2019/information-literacy

Citing sources: University Libraries serve key role supporting student research | University of Nevada, Reno Subject librarians train students to find credible resources in a vast sea of information

Campus Collaborations: The Library and the Writing Center http://blog.credoreference.com/campus-collaborations-the-library-and-the-writing-center

Campus Collaborations: The Library and the Writing Center Librarian Beth Black shares tips for maximizing partnerships on campus: this week she delves into research about libraries and writing centers

Paradoxes in Instruction: Practical Ideas from “The Courage to Teach” https://blog.credoreference.com/paradoxes-in-instruction-practical-ideas-from-the-courage-to-teach

Paradoxes in Instruction: Practical Ideas from “The Courage to Teach” Student engagement librarian Beth Black shares tips for creating dynamic paradoxes within library instruction to help students learn.

Librarians, Start New Game: How academic librarians support videogame scholars https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/11/01/librarians-start-new-game-videogame-collections/

Librarians, Start New Game | American Libraries Magazine For librarians at universities with videogame design programs, maintaining a large, accessible gaming collection isn’t a Final Fantasy. It’s a Call of Duty.

Student engagement librarian Beth Black has provided an indispensable resource for libraries with the new Credo Second-Year Transition Guide. Check it out here: http://mktg.credoreference.com/the-credo-second-year-transition-guide

"I examined the Brooklyn Public Library as a model of heightened engagement through collective knowledge creation." https://hyperallergic.com/525985/why-libraries-have-a-public-spirit-that-most-museums-lack/

Why Libraries Have a Public Spirit That Most Museums Lack A broad swath of society seems to feel more welcome in a public library rather than a museum. I examined the Brooklyn Public Library as a model of heightened engagement through collective knowledge creation.

Last chance to grab some free November-themed social media content from the Credo Blog: http://blog.credoreference.com/social-media-content-for-libraries-1

Social Media Content for Libraries Trivia, this day in history, and humor to help your library promote e-reference sources through social media platforms.

Teaching Categories and Types of Sources with Credo Reference https://blog.credoreference.com/teaching-categories-and-types-of-sources-with-credo-reference

Teaching Categories and Types of Sources with Credo Reference Student engagement librarian Beth Black shares an activity she uses for teaching students how to identify different types of sources in their research.

Some amazing librarians contributed to this podcast series the First Year Experience Toolbox! http://mktg.credoreference.com/the-first-year-experience-toolbox-a-podcast-series-exploring-librarianship-in-the-first-year-experience

Credo in Action: Success Stories from Libraries Who Enriched Research Instruction with Credo https://blog.credoreference.com/credo-in-action-success-stories-from-libraries-who-enriched-research-instruction-with-credo

Use this November-themed content to boost your library's social media presence: http://blog.credoreference.com/social-media-content-for-libraries-1

Social Media Content for Libraries Trivia, this day in history, and humor to help your library promote e-reference sources through social media platforms.

From finding sources, to avoiding bias, to narrowing a topic, our Research Quick Tips feature helps students overcome obstacles to their assignments at the point-of-need: http://mktg.credoreference.com/empower-your-research-process-with-research-quick-tips

What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries? via https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-26-what-can-schools-learn-from-the-successful-transformation-of-public-libraries

What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries? - EdSurge News In her 2018 bestseller “The Library Book,” author Susan Orlean uses the history of a fire that destroyed parts of the Los Angeles Public Library in ...

Trivia, this-day-in-history, and fun facts your library can use to engage users through social media: http://blog.credoreference.com/social-media-content-for-libraries-1

Social Media Content for Libraries Trivia, this day in history, and humor to help your library promote e-reference sources through social media platforms.

Special Report: Democracy in Action. New from
on prepping your library for the 2020 elections: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/11/01/special-report-democracy-in-action/

Special Report: Democracy in Action | American Libraries Magazine The upcoming elections will be crucial for issues impor­tant to libraries, such as information literacy, net neutrality, and how the 2020 Census will shape future funding. Our special report on libraries and democracy encourages libraries to lean into their strengths and expand their election-year ...

Connecting With Faculty Through Teaching and Learning Centers https://blog.credoreference.com/connecting-with-faculty-through-teaching-and-learning-centers

Connecting With Faculty Through Teaching and Learning Centers Librarian Beth Black shares tips for connecting with professors through faculty institutes and workshops.

"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." ~ Walter Cronkite

Looking for ways to engage your users on social media while also promoting your digital resources? We can help: http://blog.credoreference.com/social-media-content-for-libraries-1

Social Media Content for Libraries Trivia, this day in history, and humor to help your library promote e-reference sources through social media platforms.

Top Six Of The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandramacgregor/2019/11/03/top-six-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries

Top Six Of The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Knowledge can be both edifying and aesthetically uplifting. Here are six of the world's most beautiful libraries.