Libraries, education, pedagogy, academic libraries
Breaking the SEAL developed from a partnership between the James
Hardiman Library and the School of Education at the National University of Ireland
Galway. This initiative provides second-level students with opportunities to engage
with an academic library and archives. Tangible learning outcomes include critical
twenty-first-century skills: collaboration, critical engagement, academic writing,
and digital library and information literacy. This novel program brings the academic
library into contact with a wider audience while concomitantly advancing the strategic
aims of the university. In addition to narrating the development of Breaking the
SEAL, supporting materials, program time frames, and guidelines for adoption are
provided.