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Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
The purpose of this study was to implement information literacy (IL) into Science, Technology, En... more The purpose of this study was to implement information literacy (IL) into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) writing courses at an urban community college, investigate if students’ information literacy (IL) skills were improved through library one-shot instruction, and determine if there was an association between IL skills and students’ writing performance. Students in the experimental group attended the library instructional class and students in the control group had no library class. Students’ research papers were scored using the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Information Literacy VALUE Rubric to grade the effectiveness of the library instruction. While the scores of the papers did not differ between groups, data indicated that there was a statistically significant difference (p = .011) in IL scores between students in the experimental group (M = 9.70) and students in the control group (M = 8.73). The results also showed that infor...
Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2021
This article describes various approaches of Queensborough Community College-CUNY to institutiona... more This article describes various approaches of Queensborough Community College-CUNY to institutionalize, promote, and support undergraduate research (UR); approaches to handling the challenging aspects of sustaining UR at a community college; and recent initiatives to expand UR across disciplines. Although a large proportion of the research occurs within STEM fields, the social sciences, nursing, business, arts, and the humanities are also represented and have increased research activity each year.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
The purpose of this study was to implement information literacy (IL) into Science, Technology, En... more The purpose of this study was to implement information literacy (IL) into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) writing courses at an urban community college, investigate if students’ information literacy (IL) skills were improved through library one-shot instruction, and determine if there was an association between IL skills and students’ writing performance. Students in the experimental group attended the library instructional class and students in the control group had no library class. Students’ research papers were scored using the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Information Literacy VALUE Rubric to grade the effectiveness of the library instruction. While the scores of the papers did not differ between groups, data indicated that there was a statistically significant difference (p = .011) in IL scores between students in the experimental group (M = 9.70) and students in the control group (M = 8.73). The results also showed that infor...
Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2021
This article describes various approaches of Queensborough Community College-CUNY to institutiona... more This article describes various approaches of Queensborough Community College-CUNY to institutionalize, promote, and support undergraduate research (UR); approaches to handling the challenging aspects of sustaining UR at a community college; and recent initiatives to expand UR across disciplines. Although a large proportion of the research occurs within STEM fields, the social sciences, nursing, business, arts, and the humanities are also represented and have increased research activity each year.