Abstract
This article discusses the development and implementation of a case-based learning scenario activity intended to enhance primary source literacy among undergraduate business students. The activity was delivered in the context of a large Midwestern university’s undergraduate business course. This case is based on the ACRL RBMS-SAA Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy and gives students an opportunity to use digitized primary archival sources as part of the research process in connection with a modern business-related scenario in which they can apply primary source literacy skills. This guided activity also explores affective experiences as they occurred in student responses to this activity through Varnalis-Weigle’s Four Affects of Experience. This study examines which core guidelines from the ACRL RBMS-SAA Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy were met as well as which affective experiences were realized among students.
Keywords
business librarianship, case-based learning, information literacy, primary source literacy, primary sources
Date of this Version
12-27-2025
Recommended Citation
Bochenek, Annette and Troyer, Megan, "Developing and implementing a primary source literacy case scenario for the undergraduate business classroom" (2025). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 327.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fsdocs/327
Comments
This is the author-accepted manuscript version of Bochenek, A., & Troyer, M. (2025). Developing and implementing a primary source literacy case scenario for the undergraduate business classroom. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 1–24. Published by Taylor & Francis, it is made available here CC-BY-NC-ND, and the version of record is available at DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2025.2607880.