From failure to success: Working with under-prepared transfer students

Abstract

Purpose - To present a successful collaboration between an instruction librarian and the director of a campus-writing center for the benefit of some under prepared transfer students in an urban setting at a research university. Design/methodology/approach - Qualitative. Librarian and writing instructor reflect on the pedagogy used and their collaboration. Findings - Intensive librarian-faculty collaboration using theoretical concepts and models from general education, writing pedagogy, and librarianship can create a successful learning space for under prepared students. Originality/value - The actual voice of the teaching faculty is rarely heard in the library literature, but it is an integral part of this article.