Discovering research across the disciplines: Redesigning a librarian-taught honors course

Abstract

Academic librarians are leading credit-bearing courses to improve information literacy skills. Librarians at the University of Nevada, Reno teach an Honors College course focused on discovering research in multiple disciplines. This course was converted from a 1-credit course to a 3-credit course. Positive updates to the new course included more flexibility, new content and assignments, and more time to discuss a variety of disciplines. Changes to be revisited for future iterations include rescheduling units and assignments and developing more instructor knowledge of research methods. Teaching a semester-long credit-bearing course helps librarians experiment with teaching strategies that cannot be completed in one-shot instruction sessions.

Keywords:

• Credit-bearing courses
• honors programs
• information literacy
• library instruction
• reflection