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SPIRaL (Students Partners for Information Research and Literacy)

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SPIRaL is Purdue's two-semester students-as-partners undergraduate research programme in which information-studies students investigate societal information challenges while developing information-literacy and research skills.

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  • SPIRaL: a two-semester undergraduate research program in which students investigate societal information challenges: SPIRaL (Students Partners for Information Research and Literacy) is one of three educational programs developed at Purdue leveraging a students as partners approach. It is described as "a two-semester undergraduate research program in which students investigate societal information challenges." It pairs undergraduate research with information literacy development. (Maybee et al. (2025))

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  • Maybee, C., LeGrand, S., & Fundator, R. (2025). Disruptive Partnerships: Collaborating with Students to Create Empowering Learning Experiences in Information Studies. ALISE Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.2017
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