Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education

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Main Authors: O'Brien, Heather L., Freund, Luanne, Jantzi, Leanna, Sinanan, Samantha
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Published: 2014
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author O'Brien, Heather L.
Freund, Luanne
Jantzi, Leanna
Sinanan, Samantha
author_facet O'Brien, Heather L.
Freund, Luanne
Jantzi, Leanna
Sinanan, Samantha
O'Brien, Heather L.
Freund, Luanne
Jantzi, Leanna
Sinanan, Samantha
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contents Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education O'Brien, Heather L. Freund, Luanne Jantzi, Leanna Sinanan, Samantha Investigations Service Learning Models Information Science Education Community Services Experiential Learning Peer Teaching Tutoring Undergraduate Students Teaching Assistants Library Instruction Professional Development Professional Identity Transcripts (Written Records) Research Skills Student Research Statistical Analysis Qualitative Research Web 2.0 Technologies Electronic Publishing Student Journals Content Analysis Interpersonal Competence Metacognition Interaction Process Analysis Foreign Countries This research explores the professionalization of Library and Information Science (LIS) students who participated in a peer-tutoring service, "Research Rescue." Research Rescue was a collaboration of the Chapman Learning Commons and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia. The purpose of the service was to provide an experiential learning opportunity for LIS students, benefit undergraduate students in need of assistance with term papers, and increase undergraduates' awareness and use of the campus libraries through targeted referrals. Research Rescue interactions were documented as "shift notes" in a wiki, which was moderated by a learning services librarian and SLAIS faculty. The wiki acted as a shared learning resource and a means of observing and exploring LIS students' learning and professional development as an outcome of participating in the service. In this paper, we report on our qualitative analysis of the shift notes, which provide evidence that peer tutors took steps towards the formation of their professional identities. We explore the learning and socialization that occurred as part of tutors' involvement in Research Rescue, while also advocating that peer tutoring is a viable model for LIS education.
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spellingShingle Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education
O'Brien, Heather L.
Freund, Luanne
Jantzi, Leanna
Sinanan, Samantha
Investigations
Service Learning
Models
Information Science Education
Community Services
Experiential Learning
Peer Teaching
Tutoring
Undergraduate Students
Teaching Assistants
Library Instruction
Professional Development
Professional Identity
Transcripts (Written Records)
Research Skills
Student Research
Statistical Analysis
Qualitative Research
Web 2.0 Technologies
Electronic Publishing
Student Journals
Content Analysis
Interpersonal Competence
Metacognition
Interaction Process Analysis
Foreign Countries
Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education O'Brien, Heather L. Freund, Luanne Jantzi, Leanna Sinanan, Samantha Investigations Service Learning Models Information Science Education Community Services Experiential Learning Peer Teaching Tutoring Undergraduate Students Teaching Assistants Library Instruction Professional Development Professional Identity Transcripts (Written Records) Research Skills Student Research Statistical Analysis Qualitative Research Web 2.0 Technologies Electronic Publishing Student Journals Content Analysis Interpersonal Competence Metacognition Interaction Process Analysis Foreign Countries This research explores the professionalization of Library and Information Science (LIS) students who participated in a peer-tutoring service, "Research Rescue." Research Rescue was a collaboration of the Chapman Learning Commons and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia. The purpose of the service was to provide an experiential learning opportunity for LIS students, benefit undergraduate students in need of assistance with term papers, and increase undergraduates' awareness and use of the campus libraries through targeted referrals. Research Rescue interactions were documented as "shift notes" in a wiki, which was moderated by a learning services librarian and SLAIS faculty. The wiki acted as a shared learning resource and a means of observing and exploring LIS students' learning and professional development as an outcome of participating in the service. In this paper, we report on our qualitative analysis of the shift notes, which provide evidence that peer tutors took steps towards the formation of their professional identities. We explore the learning and socialization that occurred as part of tutors' involvement in Research Rescue, while also advocating that peer tutoring is a viable model for LIS education.
title Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education
topic Investigations
Service Learning
Models
Information Science Education
Community Services
Experiential Learning
Peer Teaching
Tutoring
Undergraduate Students
Teaching Assistants
Library Instruction
Professional Development
Professional Identity
Transcripts (Written Records)
Research Skills
Student Research
Statistical Analysis
Qualitative Research
Web 2.0 Technologies
Electronic Publishing
Student Journals
Content Analysis
Interpersonal Competence
Metacognition
Interaction Process Analysis
Foreign Countries
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