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Our Difference Is Our Strength: Collaboration And Creativity In Co-Creating System Wide Information Literacy Learning Outcomes, Tom Adam, Colleen A. Burgess, Kim Mcphee, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

As instruction librarians, we find ourselves siloed from our fellow teaching librarians and faculty in the design, delivery, and assessment of our instruction. We persevere in adopting a creative lens when asked to teach specific skills within limited time frames, we negotiate for more time with our students to engage in higher order thinking about research and Information Literacy (IL), and we attempt to convince faculty to allow us a sliver of a grade percentage to reinforce the value of the assignments we employ in-session. At Western Libraries we are attempting to switch this reactive stance we’ve often found ourselves …

Evidence-Based Il Program Proposals: Engaging In Curriculum Mapping To Re-Envision Instructional Practice, Liz Mantz, Kim Mcphee, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

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Collaboratively Creating A Programmatic Information Literacy Strategy: Challenges And Opportunities, Tom Adam, Colleen A. Burgess Ma Mlis, Kim Mcphee, Leanne Olson, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

In 2017, a team of librarians and archivists at Western University developed local Information Literacy Learning Outcomes (ILLOs). The resulting document outlined the skills and understanding that Western University students should demonstrate at the end of a four-year undergraduate degree—specifically, the skills relating to accessing, assessing, and applying information. This article focuses on the challenges and opportunities encountered during the collaborative process as well as the approach employed by the team in the development of these ILLOs.

Six librarians and archivists in very different roles formed the project team. Despite coming from diverse backgrounds, the team recognized that there could …

A Comparison Of Traditional Book Reviews And Amazon.Com Book Reviews Of Fiction Using A Content Analysis Approach, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

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Embedded Information Literacy: An Arts & Humanities Model, Marni Harrington, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

With the installation of a new Arts & Humanities Dean and recognizing the need to address the information literacy skills of undergraduates, the faculty and library teamed-up to integrate course design. We piloted an embedded information literacy program for a 3rd year course in the Department of Classical Studies. The implementation was successful due to collaboration with the faculty, department and course instructor as well as the continual assessment, adaptation and evaluation of the course content. Due to the organic nature of this model, it may be adapted to other programs in Arts & Humanities.

Embedded Information Literacy: An Arts And Humanities Model, Marni R. Harrington, Christy Sich, Fran Gray

Christy Sich

This material was presented at Spring Perspectives 2010. The presentation highlights the collaboration between the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and The D.B. Weldon Library to embed information literacy skills directly into a Classical Studies course.

From Game Studies To Bibliographic Gaming: Libraries Tap Into The Video Game Culture, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

No abstract provided.