“It’s Like Holding History in Your Hands”: Using Inquiry-Based Learning in an Interdisciplinary Special Collections Instruction Session
As undergraduate curricula move toward an active, interdisciplinary model, librarians and archivists are able to implement new, more inquiry-based activities into library instruction sessions. This opportunity allows students to develop their information literacy skills in an engaging and personal learning laboratory environment while benefiting from a rich classroom experience. This article discusses a collaboration between the library and an emerging academic program at a small professional liberal arts school that paired special collections and primary sources with an inquiry-based activity to maximize student learning, demystify special collections, and promote critical thinking.
Knoff, M. & Cech, M. (2019). “It’s like holding history in your hands”: Using inquiry-based learning in an interdisciplinary special collections instruction session. The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections, 4(1), 6-24. https://readingroom.lib.buffalo.edu/PDF/vol4-issue1/its-like-holding-history-in-your-hands.pdf Please note that the Recommended Citation may not be appropriate for your discipline. For help with other citation styles, please visit http://libguides.misericordia.edu/citationguide.