Tag: Library Instruction

Teaching with Special Collections and Archives

Active Learning for Archives and Special Collections

DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives has a long-standing commitment to faculty collaboration and student instruction, yet our own mission starts with verbs describing materials– “collects, preserves, and shares rich primary source materials”—rather than teaching.  This focus on materials is understandable, since we are the stewards of rare, often unique and

English Department and Library Partner to Explore Information Fluency in the Discipline

This March, a team of DePaul University English department faculty members, Rebecca Cameron, Jennifer Conary and John Shanahan and librarian, Jessica Alverson participated in the  “Information Fluency in the Disciplines” workshop sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges in Louisville, KY.  The workshop included participants from 20 + private academic