Welcome Part-time Faculty
Library Faculty and Staff
Margaret Bausman, LCSW-R, MSLIS; Head Librarian; mbausman@hunter.cuny.edu
Adina Mulliken, MLIS, MS; Social Work Librarian; am2621@hunter.cuny.edu
Andrea Rudner, MLIS, Adjunct Social Work Librarian, ar1311@hunter.cuny.edu
Isabel Taylor; Electronic Reserves Manager; itaylo@hunter.cuny.edu
Ann Thompson; Circulation & Stacks Manager; athompso@hunter.cuny.edu
Print and Electronic Course Reserves
Print and Electronic Course Reserves Manager : Isabel Taylor
For More Information about Information Literacy Instruction
Please Contact:
Margaret Bausman, LCSW-R, MSLIS
Associate Professor
Head, Social Work & Urban Public Health Library
Step-by-Step Guides for Adjuncts
Adina Mulliken, MLIS, MS
Associate Professor
Social Work Librarian
The following guides were created by Prof Mulliken.
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The Information Literate Social Worker
Information Literacy Defined
“Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.”
Association of College & Research Libraries
Information Literacy & Social Work Practice
“The information literate social worker possesses the agency, capacity, and critical thinking to reflectively negotiate the information universe; to ethically discover, evaluate and integrate new knowledge into practice; and to apply an anti-oppressive, social justice foundation to their use and dissemination of information on behalf of their practice, communities of service, and profession.”
Johnson, S.C., Bausman, M., & Ward, S.L. (2021). Fostering information literacy: A call for collaboration between academic librarians and MSW instructors. Advances in Social Work, 21(1).https://doi.org/10.18060/24697
Information Literacy Instruction at Silberman
One hour information literacy modules for social work practice are embedded in the following courses:
| Module | Course | Content | Application |
| Module 1 | Social Work Practice Lab I | Sources of Knowledge: Foundational, Emerging, and Experiential | Group & final projects |
| Module 2 | Social Welfare Policy II | The Expanding Information Universe: Integrating Subscription and Publicly Available Information Sources | Position paper or advocacy memo |
| Module 3 | Research I | Social Work Research: Advanced Database Searching | Literature review |
| Module 4 | Professional Seminar |
The Professional Seminar Project & the Information Literate Social Worker |
Final paper or project |
Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) : The Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education
"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.
"The Framework opens the way for librarians, faculty, and other institutional partners to redesign instruction sessions, assignments, courses, and even curricula; to connect information literacy with student success initiatives; to collaborate on pedagogical research and involve students themselves in that research; and to create wider conversations about student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the assessment of learning on local campuses and beyond."