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Harding, Julie; Shepard, Ryan – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
In 2016, the University of Maryland Global Campus Library began a redesign of its core information literacy tutorial in response to substantive curricular changes, the technological obsolescence of an older tutorial, and an improving understanding of student needs based on an analysis of reference questions received. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Student Research, Program Design
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Ippoliti, Cinthya; Baeza, Victor D. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
A growing trend at universities is to use digital badges (micro-credentialing) for capturing the "soft skills" students gain outside of the classroom. Libraries can use this opportunity to become campus leaders in digital badges, using the system to not only promote their information literacy activities but to coordinate workshop…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Credentials, Electronic Publishing, Information Literacy
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Jastram, Iris; Leebaw, Danya; Tompkins, Heather – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
Rubrics are a rapidly growing subfield of information literacy assessment, providing a powerful tool for understanding student learning. This paper explores the role that the creation and application of an information literacy rubric can play in program development. Because of the Information Literacy in Student Writing assessment project at…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Scoring Rubrics, Student Evaluation, Library Instruction
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Hartman, Patricia; Newhouse, Renae; Perry, Valerie – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
The train-the-trainer model has great potential for expanding information literacy programs without placing undue burden on already overextended librarians; it is surprisingly underused in academic libraries. At the University of Kentucky, we employed this model to create a new information literacy program in an introductory biology lab. We…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Information Literacy, Sustainability, Trainers
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Gustavson, Amy – Public Services Quarterly, 2012
In order to prepare for the 2013 SACS reaffirmation, the Joyner Library instruction librarians developed a systematic assessment program using Oakleaf's Information Literacy Instruction Assessment Cycle (ILIAC) to plan for instruction, assess student learning and improve future student learning by reviewing data and enacting changes. The paper…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Evaluation, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy
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Hulett, Heather; Corbin, Jenny; Karasmanis, Sharon; Robertson, Tracy; Salisbury, Fiona; Peseta, Tai – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2013
La Trobe University Library has embarked on an institution-wide project with the objective of enabling students to engage with scholarly and credible information from the first year. This initiative by the library is in response to La Trobe curriculum reform. In particular, it aligns information literacy with the inquiry/research graduate…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Guidelines, Academic Libraries, Program Effectiveness
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Brasley, Stephanie Sterling – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
The UCLA Library has had a long-standing commitment to the attributes espoused by the teaching library model outlined in the seminal essay by Stoffle, Guskin and Boisse, "Teaching, Research, and Service: The Academic Library's Role" (1984). Information literacy was identified as a goal in the Library's strategic plan in late 2001. This…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
Sykes, Judith A. – 1997
Using the centers approach to resource-based learning, this book incorporates important information skill-building into a variety of exciting learning opportunities across the curriculum. It provides an ongoing library center program through a series of mini-lessons that cover topics ranging from author exploration and natural resources to rockets…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Information Literacy, Learning Resources Centers
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Orr, Debbie; Appleton, Margaret; Wallin, Margie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2001
Despite the growing recognition of the importance of information literacy education, there are few working models for curriculum integration within the Australian higher education sector. Librarians, in conjunction with faculty at Central Queensland University, developed a framework that can assist in the planning and evaluation of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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MacDonald, Mary C.; Rathemacher, Andree J.; Burkhardt, Joanna M. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2000
Discusses the plan for building an incremental, multi-year information literacy program at the University of Rhode Island. Reviews the current library instruction program and reasons for and methods of change. Discusses the development of credit courses in information literacy, creation of information literacy modules for specific disciplines, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Brandt, D. Scott – 2002
The purpose of this book is to introduce innovative educational concepts and techniques to help librarians and other information professionals create technology learning courses, sessions, workshops, and modules. The book applies the concepts of instructional systems design (ISD) to designing courses, or parts of courses, for instruction on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Information Literacy, Information Technology
Kasowitz-Scheer, Abby; Pasqualoni, Michael – 2002
Students today face a daily explosion of information resources and the challenge of using these resources effectively and responsibly. Information literacy instruction (ILI) requires a shift in focus from teaching specific information resources to a set of critical thinking skills involving the use of information. ILI in an academic setting…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Burkhardt, Joanna; MacDonald, Mary; Rathemacher, Andree; Kelland, J. Laurence; Vocino, Michael – 2000
The past 5 years have seen enormous change in the style of reference work that is done by librarians at the University of Rhode Island (URI) Library. Before the arrival of publicly accessible online databases and catalogs, there were clear lines regarding "doing reference" and teaching how to use the library. Now efforts are more…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Information Literacy
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Bowden, Teresa S.; DiBenedetto, Angela – Research Strategies, 2002
Describes a collaboration between librarians and the biology department to create a science information literacy component in a general biology laboratory. Outlines the objectives, planning, and execution of the program. Both forms of evaluation of the program--judging the quality of students' final reports and a student feedback…
Descriptors: Biology, Cooperative Programs, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Higher Education
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Thomas, Nancy R. – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1997
Describes the planning process that took place at the College of DuPage (Illinois) in the development of a cross-platform interactive multimedia instruction program designed to be accessible to undergraduate students with diverse information literacy skills. Several authoring software packages are reviewed, and project proposal and content outline…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), College Libraries, Computer Software, Course Content
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