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What Do Undergraduate Course Syllabi Say about Information Literacy?
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McGowan, Britt; Gonzalez, Melissa; Stanny, Claudia J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Librarians seek opportunities to improve outreach to faculty and promote shared interests in information literacy. A comprehensive review of syllabi for all undergraduate courses offered during one academic term examined course-level learning outcomes and graded assignments to see how well they aligned with the five Association of College and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Course Descriptions, Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students
Time for a Paradigm Shift: The New ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
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Banks, Marcus – Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
Academic librarians should expand our understanding of what counts as an authoritative resource, and be unafraid to challenge long-established wisdom in this domain. Wikipedia is far from perfect, but neither is the Encyclopedia Britannica. Wikipedia is updated daily, while the Britannica is no longer printed. If we cling to the Britannica as a…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Competence, Higher Education, Academic Libraries
The Political Climate for Higher Education during Duane Webster's ARL Tenure
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Shulenburger, David – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
During the period in which Duane Webster led the Association for Research Libraries (ARL), powerful commercial interests sought for their own financial purposes the information resources essential for providing education and performing research. Juxtaposed was the Internet with its inherent capacity to democratizing these resources. Commercial…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration
Research Libraries and the Bicentennial. Minutes of the Meeting (89th, Alexandria, Virginia, October 20-21, 1976).
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1976
The minutes of the October 21-22, 1976 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) include the texts of two presentations: "Our Cultural Heritage: Whence Salvation?" by Louis B. Wright and "The Uses of the Past" by Gordon N. Ray. Reports given during the business meeting include those from the Librarian of Congress, the ARL executive…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Committees
Regional Association Criteria and the "Standards for College Libraries": The Informal Role of Quantitative Input Measures for Libraries in Accreditation.
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Coleman, Paul; Jarred, Ada D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1994
Discusses the role of the "Standards for College Libraries" in accreditation. A comparison of 20 library assessment criteria for 5 regional accrediting bodies using the "Standards for College Libraries" is appended. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Libraries
"Goals for the Eighties." Proceedings from the 1981 Spring Meeting of the Nebraska Library Association, College and University Section (Wayne, Nebraska, April 23, 1981).
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Kozak, Karen, Ed. – 1981
Intended to stimulate growth and activity in the academic section of the state library association, the eight papers in this collection address concerns of professional recognition and development, library services, collection maintenance, library instruction, and library automation, offering advice based on a variety of experiences and providing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education
Collection Analysis in Research Libraries. Minutes of the Meeting (91st, Annapolis, Maryland, October 26-27, 1977).
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1977
The minutes of the October 26-27, 1977 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) include the texts of the following presentations on collection development and analysis in research libraries: "A Faculty View of Library Collection Development," Harry J. Dell; "Issues Encountered in the Collection Analysis Project,"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Committees