Resources

The Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC, founded 1996, to create, translate, and disseminate scholarship on the civic role of religion in a globalizing world. Its innovative partnerships link academics and the faith community to empower emerging leaders through various programs.

Campus Compact-- national coalition of 1,100+ university presidents committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. It promotes public and community service that develops citizenship skills, helps campuses forge effective community partnerships, and provides resources for faculty seeking to integrate civic-based. Membership includes public, private, two- and four-year institutions.

Project Pericles is a not-for-profit that encourages and facilitates commitments by universities to include social responsibility and participatory citizenship as elements of their education. It works directly with member institutions as they individually and collaboratively develop model civic engagement programs in their classrooms, on their campuses, and in their communities.

Harvard deans argue it’s time to reimagine higher education’s civic mission. The public purposes of education should go beyond benefits to individuals and focus on a tripod of intellect, morality, and action, all grounded in a knowledge base of American history and constitutional principles.

Website for Imagining America, a consortium of universities and organizations committed to advancing the public and civic purposes of humanities, arts, and design.

Importance of teaching civic engagement in humanities courses.

In 2001, 33 upperclassmen representing 27 colleges gathered at the Johnson Foundation for the Wingspread Summit on Student Civic Engagement. They participated in a group discussion focused on their “civic experiences” in college. Report captures the tensions and promise surrounding meanings that students assign to politics and development as citizens.

Due to the 21st century emphasis on digital collections and electronic resources, libraries face an uncertain future. Librarians have always been teaching, but now must conquer the disparaging status treatment to which they are subjected and evolve their profession by joining their teaching faculty colleagues in classrooms on campuses.

This presentation focuses on on-line workshops that librarians developed to help teaching faculty infuse information fluency into their courses.

Perhaps the most dramatic shift in library services is the transition from a purely physical to a physical/virtual environment. This article examines how 21stC online librarians deliver reference services to students and faculty, and explores the ramifications future librarians’ education, including areas of technology, instruction, interpersonal skills, intellectual property.