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Adult education and academic libraries
Bordonaro, Karen (EmeraldInsight, 2018)Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this review is to offer practicing academic librarians an overview of adult education theories as a way to more deeply understand and further foster adult learning in academic ... -
Adult learning theories and autoethnography: Informing the practice of information literacy
Bordonaro, Karen (Sage, 2020-03)The learning theories of self-directed learning and lifelong learning can inform the practice of information literacy in higher education for adult learners. These theories lend themselves to the use of autoethnography, ... -
Drop-In Clinics for Environmental Studies Students
Jacklin, Marcie; Bordonaro, Karen (2008)The delivery of library instruction to students in those areas of the sciences and the social sciences dealing with biology and the environment has a long history (Bowden & Di Benedetto 2001; Kutner 2000; Kutner & Danks ... -
ESL Collections, University Libraries, and Internationalization
Bordonaro, Karen (LEAA (Lenguas en Aprendizaje Autodirigido) Revista Electronica, 2015-03)This research study examines the content, types of materials, locations, and library collection development policies concerning ESL (English as a second language) materials collections on university campuses in the United ... -
The Experience of International Students at Cross-Border University Libraries
Bordonaro, Karen (International Journal of Librarianship, 2017-12)This article describes the results of a small research study investigating international student library use and perceptions in a cross-border setting. The graduate degree program at the center of this study ... -
Forging Multiple Pathways: Integrating International Students into a Canadian University Library
Bordonaro, Karen (Association of College & Research Libraries, 2019-01)This chapter describes five different projects undertaken at the Brock University Library in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, which represent different pathways toward integrating international students into academic ... -
Internationalization in German Academic Libraries: Moving beyond North American Perspectives
Bordonaro, Karen; Rauchmann, Sabine (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015-10)This paper explores how internationalization is understood and experienced in German academic libraries. Its main purpose is to move the discussion of internationalization in academic libraries beyond the boundaries of ... -
Librarians and ESL Instructors as Campus Partners in Collaboration and Alliance Building
Bordonaro, Karen (Collaborative Librarianship, 2018-06)Librarians and English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors can be campus partners to improve student learning. This article describes one way for librarians to begin working collaboratively with their ESL instructor ... -
Libraries and the Arctic: Language Education Support
Bordonaro, Karen; Angalik, Shelby (LIBREAS: Library Ideas, 2018-05)The Arctic inspires awe. This unique region of the world has been studied in many ways by many different disciplines. The discipline of librarianship can also add to its study. In this article, the authors, a practicing ... -
Overcoming Language Barriers for Non-Native Speakers of English: Learner Autonomy in Academic Libraries
Bordonaro, Karen (Association of College & Research Libraries, 2019)The purpose of this chapter is to give librarians a brief overview of the theory of learner autonomy and to explain how fostering its presence in libraries can help overcome language barriers for non-native speakers of English. -
Scholarship as a Conversation: A Metaphor for Librarian-ESL Instructor Collaboration
Bordonaro, Karen (2015)Invoking the metaphor of scholarship as a conversation offers academic librarians an excellent way to connect information literacy to university ESL (English as a second language) classes. This article describes how this ... -
Self-Directed Second Language Learning in Libraries
Bordonaro, Karen (International Society for Self-Directed Learning, 2018-11)This content analysis research study investigated self-directed language learning of adult English as a second language (ESL) learners in libraries. ESL learners are a growing population in libraries, and understanding ...