Leslie A Sult

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Kline, E., Wallace, N. A., Sult, L. A., & Hagedon, G. M. (2016). Embedding the Library in the LMS: Is it a Good Investment for Your Organization's Information Literacy Program?. In Distributed Learning: Incorporating Online Options into Your Information Literacy Instruction. Chandos Publishing.
• Sult, L. A. (2013). Developing and Sharing an Open Source Software Tool that Supports Online, Interactive Learning. In E-Learning in Libraries Best Practice(pp 63 – 78). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
• Blakiston, R. L., Mery, Y. D., Brewer, M. M., Blakiston, R. L., Sult, L. A., Kline, E., Kline, E., Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., & Brewer, M. M. (2011). Developing an Online Credit IL Course for a Freshman Writing Program in a University Setting. In Best Practices for Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses(pp 77-92).
• Brewer, M. M., Brewer, M. M., Rebecca, B., Sult, L. A., Elizabeth, K., Blakiston, R. L., Yvonne, M., Kline, E., Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., Brewer, M. M., Rebecca, B., Elizabeth, K., Yvonne, M., Sult, L. A., Brewer, M. M., Rebecca, B., Elizabeth, K., Yvonne, M., & Sult, L. A. (2010). Integrating an Online Credit IL Course into the Freshman Writing Program in a University Setting. In Best Practices for Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses. Chicago: ACRL.
• Mery, Y. D., Mery, Y. D., Blakiston, R. L., Blakiston, R. L., Kline, E., Kline, E., Sult, L. A., Sult, L. A., Brewer, M. M., & Brewer, M. M. (2010). Developing an online credit –bearing information fluency course: Lessons learned. In Best practices for credit-Bearing information literacy courses. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Journals/Publications

• Paschke-wood, J., Dubinsky, E., & Sult, L. A. (2020). Creating a Student-Centered Alternative to Research Guides: Developing the Infrastructure to Support Novice Learners. In the Library with the Lead Pipe.
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  Research and course guides typically feature long lists of resources without the contextual or instructional framework to direct novice researchers through the research process. An investigation of guide usage and user interactions at a large university in the southwestern U.S. revealed a need to reexamine the way research guides can be developed and implemented to better meet the needs of these students by focusing on pedagogical support of student research and information literacy skill creation. This article documents the justification behind making the changes as well as the theoretical framework used to develop and organize a system that will place both pedagogically-focused guides as well as student-focused answers to commonly asked questions on a reimagined FAQ/research page. This research offers academic libraries an alternative approach to existing methods of helping students. Rather than focusing on guiding students to a list of out-of-context guides and resources, it reconceptualizes our current system and strives to offer pedagogically-sound direction and alternatives for students who formerly navigated unsuccessfully through the library’s website, either requiring more support, or failing to find the assistance they needed.
• Mery, Y. D., Sult, L. A., Kline, E., & DeFrain, E. (2014). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tools for Online Database Instruction.. Communications in Information Literacy, 8(1).
• Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., Kline, E., & Blakiston, R. L. (2013). A New Approach to Online Database Instruction: Developing the Guide on the Side. Reference Services Review, 41(1).
• Mills, V., & Sult, L. (2006).

  A blended method for integrating information literacy instruction into English composition classes

  . Reference Services Review, 34(3), 368-388. doi:10.1108/00907320610685328
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  Purpose – During Spring semester 2005, budgetary constraints, personnel reductions, and questions of efficacy challenged librarians at the University of Arizona to develop more integrated methods for assisting faculty, instructors, and students in teaching and learning information literacy skills. In order to meet this challenge, University of Arizona librarians collaborated with the University's English Composition Program to develop an instructor‐led, librarian facilitated approach to integrating information literacy instruction into the English Composition curriculum. This was a natural fit because there are fundamental similarities between the educational goals of the English Composition Program and the outcomes espoused by the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The approach that the University of Arizona Library has developed is described in the following pages in the hopes that it can serve to assist librarians elsewhere in d...

Proceedings Publications

• Sult, L. A., Paschke-wood, J., Dubinsky, E., & Hennig, N. (2021). Learning from Failure: Creating Better Subject Guides and Course Guides Using Critical Information Literacy Practices. In LOEX 2021.
• Mery, Y. D., Sult, L. A., & DeFrain, E. (2013, June). A New Spin on an Old Classic: Effective Online Database Instruction.. In LOEX 2013 Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., & DeFrain, E. (2013, June). A New Spin on an Old Classic: Effective Online Database Instruction.. In LOEX 2013 Annual Conference Proceedings.
• Blakiston, R. L., Mery, Y. D., Sult, L. A., Blakiston, R. L., Mery, Y. D., & Sult, L. A. (2011, December). Developing an Online Credit-bearing Information Fluency Course: Lessons Learned. In LOEX 2009: Blazing Trails on the Path to Information Literacy.

Presentations

• DeFrain, E. L., & Sult, L. A. (2024, Spring). Gathering evidence to inform practice: A scoping review of library research guides effectiveness studies. Evidence Synthesis Institute Conference.. Minneapolis, MN: Evidence Synthesis Institute , University Libraries at University of Minnesota.
• Sult, L. A., & DeFrain, E. L. (2024, Spring). Gathering evidence to inform practice: A scoping review of library research guides effectiveness studies. Evidence Synthesis Institute Conference. Minneapolis, MN.: Evidence Synthesis Institute.
• DeFrain, E. L., & Sult, L. A. (2023). Paving the way or still charting a path: How are we measuring the learning effectiveness of library research guides?. Association of College and Research Libraries Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section 2023 Virtual Research Forum. Virtual: Association of College and Research Libraries Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section.
• Sult, L. A. (2023, May). Paving the way or still charting a path: How are we measuring the learning effectiveness of library research guides. Association of College and Research Libraries Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section 2023 Virtual Research Forum. Online: Association of College and Research Libraries Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section.
• Paschke-wood, J., Sult, L. A., Dubinsky, E., & Hennig, G. (2021). Learning from Failure: Creating better subject and course guides using critical information literacy practices. LOEX.
• Sult, L. A., & Mery, Y. D. (2017, Summer). Interactive Instruction for All: Using Efficacy Studies to Guide Best Practices in Tutorial Design. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference. Phoenix, Arizona: Special Libraries Association.
• Bose, D. K., Godfrey, J. S., Pagowsky, N. F., & Sult, L. A. (2016, February). Collaborating at scale at The University of Arizona. Association of College & Research Libraries: Framing the Framework webinar series, Webinar 2ACRL.
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  Presentations on collaborations between university libraries and writing programs on using the new ACRL Framework and WPA Outcomes.
• Blakiston, R. L., Mery, Y. D., Sult, L. A., Blakiston, R. L., Mery, Y. D., Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., Blakiston, R. L., & Sult, L. A. (2015, June). Creating Better Tutorials Through User-Centered Instructional Design. American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.
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  Full day preconference workshop for the Library Information Technology Association (LITA)
• Mery, Y. D., & Sult, L. A. (2013, July). Creating Great Tutorials. Instruction, First-Year, and Assessment Librarians Summit. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State Univeristy Librareis.
• Mery, Y. D., & Sult, L. A. (2013, June). The Guide on the Side: A Transformation in Database Instruction. American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL: Library and Information Technology Association.
• Sult, L. A. (2013, June). About the Guide on the Side. American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association - Cutting-Edge in Library Services Award Panel.
• Sult, L. A., & Hagedon, G. M. (2013, November). Guide on the Side. Greater Western Library Alliance Student Learning Outcomes Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada: Greater Western Library Alliance.
• Sult, L. A., & Hagedon, G. M. (2013, November). Guide on the Side. Student Learning Outcomes Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada: Greater Western Library Alliance.
• Sult, L. A., Mery, Y. D., & DeFrain, E. (2013, May). A New Spin on an Old Classic: Effective Online Database Instruction. 41st Annual LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange). Nashville, TN: LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange).
• Sult, L. A., & Kline, E. (2012, Spring). Supporting Students Where They Are When They Need It: Scaling Instruction at the University of Arizona Libraries. Living the Future 8 Conference. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Libraries.
• Blakiston, R. L., Kline, E., Mery, Y. D., & Sult, L. A. (2011, March). The Accidental Instruction Design Librarian or: How I learned to stop worrying and love e-learning. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
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  3-hour workshop
• Blakiston, R. L., Sult, L. A., & Mery, Y. D. (2009, May). Developing an Online Credit-bearing Information Fluency Course: Lessons Learned. LOEX Annual Conference 2009: Blazing Trails. Albuquerque, NM.