Library Instruction

●Credibility of resources may be based on information needs, and authority may look different in different communities (Authority Is Constructed and Contextual) [FIL #1]
● Information comes in a variety of formats and is valued differently depending on the context or information need (Information Creation as a Process) [FIL #2]
● Information is a commodity, a means of education, a means to influence, it is a privilege (Information has Value) [FIL #3]
● Research is a process that depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in turn develop additional questions (Research as Inquiry) [FIL #4]
● Knowledge develops as scholars and users share and discuss ideas (Scholarship as Conversation) [FIL #5]
● Research is a complex experience involving inquiry, discovery, and serendipity, understanding of available resources and creative strategies (Searching as Strategic Exploration) [FIL #6]

(Dempsey & Dalrymple, 2025) 

References

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Bowles-Terry, M. (2012). Library Instruction and Academic Success: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of a Library Instruction Program. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 7, 82–95. https://doi.org/10.18438/b8ps4d

Contrada. C. (2019). Reference and information literacy in the community college library. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 59(1), 12–16. https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.59.1.7220

Dempsey, M., & Dalrymple, J. (2023). Gaps in Information Literacy Preparedness Between Students at Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 49(1), 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2023.2256253

Julien, H., Gross, M., & Latham, D. (2018). Survey of information literacy instructional practices in U.S. academic libraries. College & Research Libraries, 79(2), 179–199. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.79.2.179  

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Terrile, V. “Critical Pedagogies to Combat the Deficit Model in Community College Libraries: A Perspective,” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 45, no. 5 (2019), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.02.003.