Academic Integrity and the Role of the Academic Library

Josh Seeland is the Manager of Library Services at Assiniboine Community College (ACC) in Brandon, MB, Canada, where his portfolio items include academic integrity and copyright. He also serves as Chair of ACC’s Academic Integrity Advisory Committee. Seeland is a founding member of the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN), the Advisory Committee for 2023’s Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity, and the Canadian National Consortium of the International Center for Academic Integrity. His writing can be found in academicjournals including Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity and International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. Seeland is also a co-editor and author for the edited volume, “ContractCheating in Higher Education - Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy”.Jason Openo serves as the Dean of Medicine Hat College’s School of Health and Community Services' in Alberta, Canada.He holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington’s iSchool, and a Doctor of Education in Distance Education from Athabasca University. He spent over 20 years working in public and academic libraries, and he has led library projects that have won international, national, and provincial awards. Jason has also worked as an Assistant Lecturer in the University of Alberta’s online Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He co-authored “Assessment Strategies for Online Learning: Engagement and Authenticity,” published by Athabasca University Press (2018), and his other work has been published in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, The Canadian Journal for Learning and Technology, and Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity.

• 1.The Impact of Quality and Qualifications Ireland's National Academic Integrity Network: An Exploratory, Qualitative Study at CCT College Dublin.- 2. The Role of Embedded Library Instruction as a Preventative Measure for Addressing Academic Fraud in the First-Year University Students.- 3. An Academic Librarian’s Experience Using Plagiarism Detection Software as a Teaching Tool.- 4. COVID-19, the Catalyst for Updating an Antiquated Student Cheating and Plagiarism Policy.- 5. Grounding Academic Integrity in Positive/Proactive Pedagogy.- 6. Eliciting Emotional Engagement in Academic Integrity Instruction.- 7. Supporting Library Professionals in Academic Integrity.- 8. 100 Students Reflect on their Academic Misconduct.- 9. Academic Integrity Education for Graduate Students.- 10.  Collusion: the New Norm?.