IT- Library Collaboration and Faculty - Library Collaboration

This session will use the InfoCommons at Northwestern Library as a case study to examine a very successful partnership in technology application and space planning between two high-profile campus entities.

WSU Vancouver faculty, librarians, and IT created a series of required one-credit e-portfolio courses for incoming freshman and transfer students. This presentation will cover how we selected an e-portfolio, integrated it into the courses, and used it to assess student progress toward the university learning goals.

The author discusses the delicate balance of creating collaborative relationships between faculty, librarians and IT staff. One such Fellowship effort is sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). In attracting recent Ph.D.s who believe that there are opportunities to develop meaningful linkages between disciplinary scholarship, libraries, archives, and evolving digital tools, the program brings scholars with both teaching and digital experience into the academic library so that they may serve as a bridge between librarians, faculty, and IT professionals.

Integrating information literacy into the academic curriculum requires the participation of technology specialists, faculty, librarians, and administrators. This research bulletin describes the integral part each of these professionals plays in helping learners take advantage of the electronic tools used in today's higher education environment.