Online Research and Fact Checking: Integrating Reference Materials Into Wikipedia for the Research Experience

Posted by Raymond Pun on 3/2/17 12:46 PM

March is Women’s History Month!

First Year Experience, Trends in Reference, Uncategorized

March Social Media Content for Libraries

Posted by Credo Customer Support on 2/28/17 6:20 PM

We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!

Customer Success, Social Media, Uncategorized

Game On: Tips & Tools to Make Instruction More Engaging

Posted by Raymond Pun on 2/19/17 8:25 PM

By Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan

First Year Experience, Library Instruction, Uncategorized

Is Information Literacy the New Buzzword?

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 2/15/17 8:05 PM

One of the more heartening things to come of the past few months is that information literacy (along with media and digital literacy) has really come into its own as a mainstream topic. While talk of it used to reside mostly in niche library listservs, websites, and conferences, now it’s everywhere. Fake news may be responsible for many things, but its proliferation also seems to have spiked an interest in information literacy.  

Current Events, Information Literacy, Uncategorized

Core Value: New Titles this Month in Credo's Core Collections

Posted by Credo Customer Support on 2/13/17 10:50 AM

Every month we showcase some of the new and updated titles in our Academic, Public, and Student Core Collections. Click here for a full list of December’s titles!

Core Collections, Credo Collections, Customer Success, E-Reference Titles, Uncategorized

Taking on Fake News in First Year Experience and Beyond

Posted by Raymond Pun on 2/9/17 10:06 AM

It’s on the news, almost every single day. Fake news is being shared, discussed, and analyzed frequently online and in the classrooms. Studies from Stanford to Pew Research have suggested that this topic has been and will continue to be affecting students and their information consumption and research needs but how can librarians make sense of fake news in the research workflow?

First Year Experience, Information Literacy, Uncategorized

February Social Media Content for Libraries

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 2/1/17 8:09 PM

We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!

Customer Success, Social Media, Uncategorized

First Year Experience in Libraries: Facilitating High Impact Workshops

Posted by Raymond Pun on 2/1/17 12:50 PM

Raymond Pun is the first year student success librarian at California State University, Fresno. In the coming months, he will bring his unique perspective to a series of posts for the Credo Blog as our First Year Experience Correspondent. Stay tuned for more FYE insights from Raymond, and join him on March 8th for his webinar, The First Year Library Experience: Best Practices and New Directions.

First Year Experience, Information Literacy, Uncategorized

In Defense of Facts

Posted by Duncan Whitmire on 1/24/17 10:22 AM

Over the weekend, one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors rejected the premise that the president and his press secretary were spreading falsehoods about attendance at Friday’s inauguration. Kellyann Conway said that they were sharing “alternative facts,” a term that drew befuddled laughter from her interviewer.

Current Events, Information Literacy, Uncategorized

FYI: Libraries supporting FYE programs can impact retention

Posted by Mike Sweet on 1/19/17 11:02 AM

At the intersection of college preparation and student success is the first year experience program (FYE). More schools every year move beyond the simple orientation to offer some type of course or seminar with the goals of building a deeper relationship with their students, connecting these students to campus resources, and honing their academic skills.

Information Literacy, Trends in Reference, Uncategorized

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