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Democratic Belonging As Informed Citizenry - Empowering Faculty To Empower Learners Via Information Literacy, Anna Santucci, Amanda K. Izenstark, Mary C. Macdonald
Democratic Belonging As Informed Citizenry - Empowering Faculty To Empower Learners Via Information Literacy, Anna Santucci, Amanda K. Izenstark, Mary C. Macdonald
Public Services Faculty Presentations
Presentation at the AAC&U 2022 Annual Meeting as a Pre-Meeting Workshop.
Responsible citizens need the agility to navigate a changing information landscape. Intentionally designing learning experiences that integrate accessible Information Literacy (IL) skills for all students is a crucial step towards educational justice, a paramount responsibility in the democratic mission of our institutions. With this goal, the University of Rhode Island’s Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning has partnered with instruction librarians since 2018 in developing and facilitating a High Impact Teaching Seminar for faculty. Participants will learn about the seminar’s theoretical framework, impact and structure, engage in …
The Information Literacy Continuum: Mapping The Acrl Framework To The Aasl School Library Standards, Elizabeth Burns, Melissa Gross, Don Latham
The Information Literacy Continuum: Mapping The Acrl Framework To The Aasl School Library Standards, Elizabeth Burns, Melissa Gross, Don Latham
STEMPS Faculty Publications
The Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the American Association for School Libraries (AASL), two major divisions of the American Library Association (ALA), both recently released new guidelines. These documents form the basis for information literacy and library skills instruction for PK-20 education. In this study, we explored the alignment between these documents to identify the continuum of knowledge and skill expectations as well as the dispositional attributes toward information literacy that learners are presented. Our findings identified where the content of the ACRL Framework and AASL Standards Framework for Learners documents is strongly aligned as well as …
The Impact Of The Professional Development Framework On Dit’S Information Literacy Programme, Allison Kavanagh
The Impact Of The Professional Development Framework On Dit’S Information Literacy Programme, Allison Kavanagh
Books/Book Chapters
This chapter presents a case study of the influence engaging with the Professional Development Framework (PDF) has had on the Information Literacy (IL) programme in a Library of the Technological University Dublin (DIT), since 1 January 2019 the City Campus of Technological University Dublin. The PDF was developed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. For over a decade (2008-2018), a team of DIT library staff has used a ‘menu’ of one-hour classes to deliver its IL programme in a standardised way. Participation by some team members in L2L (Librarians Learning to Support …
Information Literacy And General Education: Supporting Student Success, Jim Kinnie, Mary C. Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark
Information Literacy And General Education: Supporting Student Success, Jim Kinnie, Mary C. Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark
Public Services Faculty Presentations
Presented at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2017, Providence, RI. Section of presentation entitled "Don't They Teach That in High School? Closing the K-16 Information Literacy Gap."
From conference abstract: Hear how librarians at one university successfully wove IL concepts into the fabric of the curriculum through an outcomes-based general education program.
Avoiding The Plagiarism Trap, Amanda Izenstark
Avoiding The Plagiarism Trap, Amanda Izenstark
Public Services Faculty Presentations
Slides from a presentation, "Avoiding the Plagiarism Trap."
Presented as part of the University of Rhode Island Research Office's Responsible Conduct of Research Series, offered on September 14, 2016.
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Applying Metacognitive Pedagogy To The Research Process, Heather K. Beirne, Nicole Montgomery
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Applying Metacognitive Pedagogy To The Research Process, Heather K. Beirne, Nicole Montgomery
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Metacognition is a current buzzword in higher education. But what does it mean for the research process? Presenters and attendees will brainstorm together to come up with good, better and best concrete strategies for collaboration between subject faculty and librarians to integrate metacognition into research instruction.
Developing And Applying An Information Literacy Rubric To Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
Developing And Applying An Information Literacy Rubric To Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
Library Faculty Publications
Objective – This study demonstrates one method of developing and applying rubrics to student writing in order to gather evidence of how students utilize information literacy skills in the context of an authentic assessment activity. The process of creating a rubric, training scorers to use the rubric, collecting annotated bibliographies, applying the rubric to student work, and the results of the rubric assessment are described. Implications for information literacy instruction are also discussed.
Methods – The focus of this study was the English 102 (ENG 102) course, a required research-based writing course that partners the instructors with the university librarians …
Information Literacy: Time For A Comprehensive Plan, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. Macdonald, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Information Literacy: Time For A Comprehensive Plan, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. Macdonald, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Presentations
Presentation slides and additional materials for a workshop, "Information Literacy: Time for a Comprehensive Plan," held as part of the Association of College and Research Libraries 11th National Conference, Learning to Make a Difference. The workshop took place on April 11, 2003 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher
Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Publications
Short article announcing that the University of Rhode Island Libraries received a $132,250 grant from the Champlin Foundations to fund the acquisition of mobile media carts networked to portable laptop computers.
New Learners, New Models: Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher
New Learners, New Models: Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Presentations
Powerpoint slides for a presentation, "New Learners, New Models: Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island," at the ACRL New England Bibliographic Instruction Committee (NEBIC) Annual Program 2000, Information Literacy Into the Curriculum: Methods and Models for Librarians. The program took place on June 9, 2000 in Boston, MA.
New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program. A Presentation For The University Of Rhode Island Council Of Deans., Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher
New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program. A Presentation For The University Of Rhode Island Council Of Deans., Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Presentations
Powerpoint slides for a presentation on information literacy to the University of Rhode Island Deans' Council on January 19, 2000.
New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt
New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt
Technical Services Faculty Presentations
Paper presented at the conference Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships: Educating the University Community in a Dynamic Information Environment, held at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa from November 11-12, 1999.
"In the following pages we discuss the origins of our plan for developing an information literacy program at the University of Rhode Island; review our current program of library instruction; provide a background of how we arrived at what we want to change and accomplish; outline the components of our Draft Plan for Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island, and discuss the development and content of …
Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher
Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Publications
Article about the University of Rhode Island Libraries' information literacy program, with a focus on the credit-bearing course LIB 140.