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The Writing Campus, a blog for WAC, at George Mason University has a blog entry about better library research assignments

discussing how to incorporate library instruction into the research process

Article in NCTE's Forum by Nicole Caswell, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, and Rebecca Jackson, "A Glimpse into the Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors." pp. A3-7. This issue of Forum focuses on "Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty." Vol. 18.1 (Fall 2014). Access on the NCTE site is limited to NCTE members, but readers may have access through institutional libraries with databases of online publications. Article focuses on who does the work of directing and what work do new directors perform.

"An Interactive Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism" with a quiz, put together by Monmouth University Library

a discussion of concerns related to writing centers housed in open plan libraries see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=12628140 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=12882123 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=14868131 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=17025124

a lengthy discussion of location

"College readiness has several dimensions, but of particular import is readiness to produce scholarly work that meets the expectations of college instructors. Differences from high school and college are well documented in the literature, and this study adds to that body of work by delineating the characteristics of first-year college assignments through a qualitative analysis of college faculty assignment instructions. Three themes emerge from the analysis: information literacy, especially initiating inquiry; academic writing, especially citing evidence in support of a thesis; learner dispositions, especially curiosity, open-mindedness, self-reliance, and perseverance. Findings have implications for high school library programs and high school teachers as well as librarians working with first-year college students."

crowdsourcing the bookshelf

A toolkit to help plan the space for a learning commons. There are photos of various spaces including the Penn Libraries Weigle Information Commons, the Utah Knowledge Commons, suggestions for group study, media production, open area work, etc.

resources related to writing process; types of writing; and grammar, punctuation, and style

discussing (the lack of) research on learning commons

discussing a library's plans to move a WC to the basement because of the "stigma" attached to WC use