Papers by Mary Anne Hansen
College & Research Libraries News, 2016
Advances in Library and Information Science, 2015
Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries is about librarians taking an a... more Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries is about librarians taking an active role in engaging with the community they are supposed to serve. The editors recognize that "[m]any students and faculty alike do not turn to the library first for either their research or their social needs" (xvi). The challenge for libraries in the new century is to be more visible and active. Outreach has become more and more the focus of academic libraries. In the introduction the editors present their view that academic-only outreach alone is not sufficient. Bonnand and Hansen want to move the understanding of outreach beyond more technology or coffee shops to building relationships. Social outreach to students is now part of what libraries must do; this engagement is what creates community. This book presents a wide variety of projects that academic libraries have undertaken to build community, expand the borders of engagement with library users, and broaden what the library understands as community. Editors Sheila Bonnand and Mary Anne Hansen are library faculty at Montana State University. Sheila Bonnand is the Instructional Services Librarian. Mary Anne Hansen is the Research Commons Librarian. Both women have advanced degrees in education and cumulatively over fifty years' experience in libraries. This book is seventeen chapters, divided into four sections. Each section focuses on a particular aspect of outreach: information literacy instruction, targeted outreach to specific groups, library events, and library as space. The chapters, for the most part, follow the writing pattern of scholarly articles found in most peer-reviewed journals for a discipline in the social sciences or information science: statement of the problem, literature review, methodology, assessment and evaluation, and then conclusion. It will be a familiar type of writing for the librarians for whom this book is intended. This book provides case studies from academic libraries, but the exact type of academic library varies. From private liberal arts colleges to large public universities to community colleges, the outreach contexts include learning communities, college and K-12 partnerships, online graduate programs, and community partners outside the campus.
School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
This study examined the extent of information literacy instruction in grades 6 and 7 and the degr... more This study examined the extent of information literacy instruction in grades 6 and 7 and the degree to which a variety of supportive factors are in place in classrooms and school library programs in one western Canadian province. Based on responses to questionnaires from teachers and teacher-librarians, four trends emerged: (a) the existence of broad-level support in schools including a constructivist teaching and learning environment, principals' support of information literacy, and teachers' knowledge of information literacy; (b) the need for school- and district-level frameworks of information literacy; (c) the need for increased attention to teaching ethical and critical thinking aspects of information literacy; and (d) challenges to increasing the potential role of the school library program. Implications for teacher-librarians as school leaders of the "new literacies" required to participate in the Information Age are presented.
portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
abstract:Many areas of the United States still fall short of digital equity and inclusion, define... more abstract:Many areas of the United States still fall short of digital equity and inclusion, defined as the ability of individuals to access and use information and communication technologies to participate fully in society, democracy, and the economy. This is especially true in Montana, the authors’ rural state. Only 63.6 percent of Montana citizens have broadband access, and the average cost of the Internet is $91.54 per month—the third highest in the nation. The seven American Indian reservations in the state face even more barriers to access, with some having as low as 23 percent of the population with access to broadband. The lack of high-speed Internet coupled with the increase of remote learning (and remote work) added stress to many college and university students’ lives as they struggled to complete their coursework during the COVID-19 pandemic.Though no campus entity gathers information about student Internet access, the Montana State University Office of Planning & Analysis reports that 61 percent of the university’s students are Montana residents, and so many face access challenges similar to the rest of the state’s population. To ease the digital divide and improve students’ academic success, two Montana State University librarians wrote a successful grant proposal to purchase Wi-Fi hot spots to loan to students with poor or no Internet access. The hot spots were offered to students with high need on mediumto long-term checkouts and were initially marketed to programs and services on campus that work closely with underrepresented students.
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Databases and More for Research in Health & Human Development Learn more about Open Access, Schol... more Databases and More for Research in Health & Human Development Learn more about Open Access, Scholarly Communication & Data Management......
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