Beyond Mechanics: Reframing the Pedagogy and Development of Information Literacy Teaching Tools

In this paper, compositionist Wendy Hayden and librarian Stephanie Margolin describe how the newest movements in their respective fields helped drive their collaborative development of a rich but simple Research Toolkit. With student-facing worksheets and exercises and a Faculty Guide, it was built to meet students and faculty “where they are” and to advocate for a pedagogy that moves beyond mechanical proficiency to a deeper and more critical experience of inquiry-based research.