Expert Teams in the Academic Library: Going Beyond Subject Expertise to Create Scaffolded Instruction |
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| Authors: | Christina L Wissinger Victoria Raish Rebecca K Miller Steve Borrelli |
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| Institution: | 1. Health Sciences Liaison Librarian, Paterno Library, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA, USA;2. Online Learning Librarian, Pattee Library, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA, USA;3. Head of Library Learning Services, Pattee Library, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA, USA;4. Head of Library Assessment, Paterno Library, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the way librarians define, leverage, and amplify expertise in a twenty-first century academic library. An expert team comprised of a nursing librarian, online learning librarian, information-literacy librarian, and assessment librarian sorted the learning outcomes from the Information-Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing created by the Health Sciences Interest Group taskforce of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) by grade-levels. Results found distinguishing experts within a library supports the customization of scaffolded instruction. Additionally, using expert teams in academic libraries supports the larger mission of universities to integrate libraries into teaching and research. |
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| Keywords: | nursing information-literacy expert teams assessment subject expertise functional experts liaison role |
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