Library Service and Learning

Theresa McDevitt is the government information/outreach librarian at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she has served since 1986. She has taught a one-credit information literacy course with a service-learning element for the last five years. She is a co-director of the universities’ Reflective Practice faculty development group and has an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD in American history from Kent State University.Caleb P. Finegan earned his BA (Spanish, 1988) and MA (Latin American Studies, 1993) from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. In 1999, he graduated with a doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Florida with a concentration in colonial Latin American history. Dr. Finegan currently teaches courses (sometimes in honors) in Latin American history. He has been the Director of IUP’s Robert E. Cook Honors College since 2014. From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Finegan also worked as the university’s director of civic engagement and student leadership activities.

• Introduction. Everybody Wins: Empowering Students and Enhancing Community Connections through Library Related Applied Learning ExperiencesPart I. Library and Information Literacy Credit-Bearing Courses or Sponsors of Undergraduate Community Based ResearchChapter One. Research for Non-Profits, a Service Learning Class in Grantseeking Research — Alyssa WrightChapter Two. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Using Infographics to Visually Present Student Research — Dr. Terri Summey and Bethanie O’DellChapter Three. Using Service-Learning Experiences to Engage Students in Information Literacy Classes — Breanne Kirsch and Lola BradleyChapter Four. In Service to Rutgers University Libraries’ Instruction Program: LIS Students Gain Instruction Experience through a Mutually Beneficial Collaboration — Leslin H. CharlesChapter Five. Community Research Assignments for an Information Literacy Class — Theresa McDevittChapter Six. Support for Student-Driven Projects: Library Mini-Grants and Service Learning — Amanda PetersPart II. Library Support for Courses with Applied Service-Based Projects in the DisciplinesChapter Seven. Moving Words: Building Community through Service-Learning in the Arts — Anne Marie Gruber, Angela Pratesi, and Angela WaseskukChapter Eight. A Storied Tale: Melding Digital Storytelling, Service-learning, and Digital and Information Literacy Skills for Pre-Service Teachers — Heather BeirneChapter Nine. Public History Service Projects to Prepare Future Public Historians — Dr. Jeanine Mazak-Kahne and Theresa McDevittChapter Ten. Fostering Community Engagement through Intentionality and Faculty-Librarian Partnerships — Tracy Lassiter, PhD and James Fisk, MLSChapter Eleven. Generating Buzz on Campus about Fair Trade through the Writing for Public Relations Course — Jen Jones, PhD and Amy PodoletzChapter Twelve. Integrating Library Research and Information Literacy into Archaeological Service-learning — Lara Homsey-MesserChapter Thirteen. How to Succeed in International Business (With a Lot of Trying) — Russell A. Hall and Mark BestosoPart III. Library as Location for Student-Led Educational Outreach Events and ProjectsChapter Fourteen. Putting Theory into Practice and Promoting Children’s Literacy through Service-Learning — Janet PinkleyChapter Fifteen. Promoting Scholarly Conversations through an Undergraduate Research Conference in the Library: A Communication Class Project — Jen Jones, PhDChapter Sixteen. Banned Books and Dangerous Fictions: Co-Creating an Annual Banned Books Read Out — Tanya HeflinChapter Seventeen. Facets of Fashion: Utilizing Library Display Windows to Apply Visual Merchandising Techniques — Janet A. Blood, PhDChapter Eighteen. The Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Critical Information Literacy and Public Service — Dr. Matthew A. Vetter and Cori WoodsChapter Nineteen. Service-Learning in the Oral History Archives — Juliana M. NykolaiszynChapter Twenty. Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Constitution: A Poster Session for Undergraduate American Government Students in the Library — Dr. Aleea L. PerryChapter Twenty-One. The ABCs of Nutrition and Literacy: Combining Children’s Books with Health Awareness in an Academic Service-Learning Project — Stephanie Taylor-Davis, PhD, RDN, LDNChapter Twenty-Two. More about Experiential and Service-Learning Experiences for Libraries and Information Literacy InstructionAuthors and Editors