Training College Students in Information Literacy: Profiles of How Colleges Teach Their Students To Use Academic Libraries 2006-2007
Primary Research Group, October 2006, Pages: 73
The report profiles the information literacy efforts of a broad range of North American colleges including: Syracuse University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Windsor, Ulster County Community College, the University of North Texas, the University of California Berkeley, the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, South-eastern Oklahoma University, Central Connecticut State University and Seattle Pacific University.
Participants discuss how they promote information literacy at their institutions, how they win support of key faculty and administrators, and how they develop courses, guidelines, tutorials and standards. Other major issues include student assessment, instructor training, integration of info literacy into other curriculum’s, grants and institutional financial support, the impact of new educational technologies, and the role of learning and computer centers in supporting the info literacy effort, among other issues.
Indiana University library officials discuss info literacy efforts for specialized populations, such as athletes, while librarians at the University of California, Berkeley explain their grant funded information literacy outreach program that reaches all corners of the University.
University of North Texas librarians relate how they are developing special classrooms to ready themselves for the likely move towards more formal information literacy classes, while faculty at Ulster County Community College explain how the college developed a required information literacy course that is delivered through traditional means and through the college’s distance learning program.
Instructional library faculty at North Carolina State Wilmington explain the political process of getting a required information literacy course approved at their university, while Seattle Pacific University librarians discuss the challenges of student assessment.
As North American colleges move towards mandated information literacy courses, this study can help information literacy coordinators to reduce the time and effort involved in developing courses and tutorials, and assist them in dealing with in-house politics and in finding useful institutional models and best practices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS & INTERVIEWEES
INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
More than Love
EXPLAINING LIBRARY EDUCATION
ONE CREDIT or MORE?
ASSESSMENT
SPECIALIZED COURSE IN BLOGS & RSS FEEDS
INFORMATION LITERACY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
MARKETING AND OUTREACH
INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION LITERACY with classroom work
HOW FAR ADVANCED ARE SMALLER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES?
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
INFORMATION LITERACY REQUIREMENTS
ONLINE TUTORIALS
POLICY ON USE OF TUTORIALS OF OTHER COLLEGES
THE TRAILS PROGRAM: TEACHING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
MOVING TOWARDS AN INFORMATION-LITERACY GRADUATION REQUIREMENT
ADVICE FOR PEERS
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
INFORMATION LITERACY CONCERNS ASCENDANT
INFORMATION LITERACY IN THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT
TRENDS IN THE LIBRARY TEACHING LOAD
GET IT IN WRITING
USE OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
TUTORIALS
ADVICE TO PEERS
ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
THE ORIGINS OF LIBRARY 111
THE ASSERTIVE LIBRARIAN
TRAINING FACULTY IN OTHER DISCIPLINES TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY
BECOMING A LIBRARY 111 INSTRUCTOR
ONLINE AND HYBRID VERSIONS OF LIBRARY 11
DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID ONLINE/IN-CLASS LIBRARY 111
ADVICE FOR PEERS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
MOVEMENT TOWARDS FORMAL INFORMATION LITERACY CLASSES
TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
ONLINE TUTORIALS
STAFFING
INFORMATION LITERACY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
CHAT SERVICE IN INFORMATION LITERACY
TOWARDS A FULL CREDIT INFORMATION LITERACY COURSE
ADVICE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
DESCRIPTION OF UNC CHAPEL HILL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY’S INFORMATION LITERACY
APPROACH TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASSES
APPROACH TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
ONLINE TUTORIALS
GENERAL STATE OF STUDENT INFO LITERACY
NEW INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
VIRTUAL REFERENCE AND INFORMATION LITERACY
ADVICE FOR PEERS
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
DESCRIPTION OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
INSTRUCTION IN THE INFORMATION COMMONS
INFORMATION LITERCY REQUIREMENTS
REDUCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CAMPUS BRANCH LIBRARIES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
EFFECTIVENESS OF GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE
ADVICE FOR PEERS
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES (USC)
DESCRIPTION OF THE USC HEALTH SCIENCES COMPLEX
TUTORIALS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
BASIC DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
THE TEACHNING LIBRARY
INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION
TEACHING LABORATORY
THE MELLON PROGRAM
PART TWO: CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES
INFORMATION LITERACY AT SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: SCALING THE HEIGHTS
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
OBJECTIVES AND PRACTICES
ASSESSMENT
Successes and Challenges
CREATING A THREE CREDIT HOUR INFORMATION LITERACY COURSE: ONE LIBRARY’S EXPERIENCE
DIMENSIONS OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION AT NC STATE WILMINGTON 50
INITIAL EFFORTS AT STAND ALONE INFORMATION LITERACY COURSES
COLLABORATION WITH THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
THE POLITICS OF ADOPTING A LIBRARY COURSE PREFIX 51
ONE LIBRARY’S APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT: SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE
NEW INFORMATION LITERACY INITIATIVES DRIVEN BY ACCREDITATION RECCOMENDATION
INFORMATION LITERACY INITIATIVES AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE DESCRIPTION
STAFF AND CLASSES
ASSESSMENT
COMBINING 1-CREDIT INFORMATION LITERACY CLASSES WITH ENGLISH, PSYCHOLOGY & HISTORY 3-CREDIT CLASSES
ONLINE TUTORIALS AND REACHING DISTANCE STUDENTS
OTHER REPORTS FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP
BEST PRACTICES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS
TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INFORMATION LITERACY: PROFILES OF HOW COLLEGES TEACH THEIR STUDENTS TO USE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
CREATING THE VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICE
PRIVATE COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS
LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT: BEST PRACTICES OF COLLEGE, SPECIAL, AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES
CREATING THE DIGITAL ACADEMIC LIBRARY:
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