In order to teach students how to be life-long learners with the necessary critical thinking skills it will take the joint efforts of librarians and teaching faculty. Because information gathering skills are best-learned within a subject-context, teaching faculty have the most immediate influence in how well students incorporate information into the their coursework. Yet, because of the changing information environment it can be difficult to keep up with new resources and the different skills they require. For this reason, University Librarians have begun to seek ways to work with faculty and instructors how to better incorporate old and new information resources into course goals.
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