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Main Authors: Alex H. Poole, Denise Agosto, Xia Lin, Erjia Yan
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1343496
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author Alex H. Poole
Denise Agosto
Xia Lin
Erjia Yan
author_facet Alex H. Poole
Denise Agosto
Xia Lin
Erjia Yan
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Denise Agosto
Xia Lin
Erjia Yan
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contents "Librarianship as Citizenship": The Promise of Community-Based Learning in North American Library and Information Science Education Alex H. Poole Denise Agosto Xia Lin Erjia Yan Library Science Information Science Education Service Learning Experiential Learning Citizen Participation School Community Relationship Diversity Inclusion Justice Foreign Countries This article argues for the usefulness of experiential learning as a vehicle for democratic civic engagement in North American library and information science programs. First, we explore the literature on service learning, traditionally the primary type of experiential learning in LIS. We define and provide historical context and scrutinize service learning's benefits and challenges for students, faculty, LIS programs, and parent institutions. Second, we trace the evolution of experiential learning from service learning to community-based learning (CBL); we underline the ways in which such an approach in its epistemology and its practice transcends the traditional service-learning model. Finally, we unpack the novel ways in which one iSchool's LIS program is implementing community-based learning, namely by embracing data science and design thinking in its pedagogical approach to a new three-course, twelve-credit post-Bachelor's certificate (PBC). We discuss the institutional context for the certificate, the project partners, the 12 PBC Fellows, and the curriculum, which includes three new courses (Design Thinking for Digital Community Service, Data Analytics for Community-Based Data and Service, and a capstone).
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spellingShingle "Librarianship as Citizenship": The Promise of Community-Based Learning in North American Library and Information Science Education
Alex H. Poole
Denise Agosto
Xia Lin
Erjia Yan
Library Science
Information Science Education
Service Learning
Experiential Learning
Citizen Participation
School Community Relationship
Diversity
Inclusion
Justice
Foreign Countries
"Librarianship as Citizenship": The Promise of Community-Based Learning in North American Library and Information Science Education Alex H. Poole Denise Agosto Xia Lin Erjia Yan Library Science Information Science Education Service Learning Experiential Learning Citizen Participation School Community Relationship Diversity Inclusion Justice Foreign Countries This article argues for the usefulness of experiential learning as a vehicle for democratic civic engagement in North American library and information science programs. First, we explore the literature on service learning, traditionally the primary type of experiential learning in LIS. We define and provide historical context and scrutinize service learning's benefits and challenges for students, faculty, LIS programs, and parent institutions. Second, we trace the evolution of experiential learning from service learning to community-based learning (CBL); we underline the ways in which such an approach in its epistemology and its practice transcends the traditional service-learning model. Finally, we unpack the novel ways in which one iSchool's LIS program is implementing community-based learning, namely by embracing data science and design thinking in its pedagogical approach to a new three-course, twelve-credit post-Bachelor's certificate (PBC). We discuss the institutional context for the certificate, the project partners, the 12 PBC Fellows, and the curriculum, which includes three new courses (Design Thinking for Digital Community Service, Data Analytics for Community-Based Data and Service, and a capstone).
title "Librarianship as Citizenship": The Promise of Community-Based Learning in North American Library and Information Science Education
topic Library Science
Information Science Education
Service Learning
Experiential Learning
Citizen Participation
School Community Relationship
Diversity
Inclusion
Justice
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1343496