Crossing Disciplines, Creating Space: Using Drop-In Research Labs to Support an Interdisciplinary Research-Intensive Capstone Course

Authors

  • Jill E Anderson Georgia State University
  • Jason Puckett Georgia State University

Keywords:

Instruction, Subject Specialists, Information Literacy

Abstract

Research labs — scheduled group consultations — can be an effective means to provide focused library assistance to a high-needs class. Confronted with students from a single journalism history course suffering from library anxiety and requesting individual and intensive help from librarians, the authors developed over several semesters a set of best practices for conducting research labs. They found that holding one to two scheduled group consultations in the library during class time has helped librarians bring the amount of time spent on this one class down to a more reasonable segment of their overall workload, while also allowing them to provide flexible, individualized, and in-person support to students. 

Author Biographies

Jill E Anderson, Georgia State University

Jill E. Anderson is History, African-American Studies, and Women's Studies Librarian and Assistant Professor at Georgia State University Library.

Jason Puckett, Georgia State University

Jason Puckett is Communication Librarian and Assistant Professor at Georgia State University Library.

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Published

2014-05-16

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