Mary O’Kelly|Julie Garrison|Brian Merry|Jennifer Torreano
Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library
academic libraries well lauded offering supportive spaces students selfdirected study significant resources dedicated librarian instruction classroom many academic libraries lack however middle ground routine way students help one another using best practices peertopeer learning theory new nonauthoritative supplemental service students students began grand valley state university allendale mi fall 2012 cohort peer research consultants students learn information literacy skills welltrained peer untethered hierarchy inherent formal instruction environments paper describes program design training conclusions two academic years operation argues value peer tutoring libraries