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Information Has Value Webcast - The Utility Of Social Media For Teaching Information Literacy, Nora Belzowski, Kristi Bugajski

Library Faculty Publications

How to use inquiry-based learning techniques to teach the information literacy threshold concept Information Has Value to students in a science for non-majors biology course. The presenters also discussed the design, implementation, and assessment of a scalable lesson plan that addresses concepts and skills within the Information Has Value frame.

Kill The One-Shot: Using A Collaboration Rubric To Liberate The Librarian-Instructor Partnership, Nora Belzowski, Mark Robison

Library Faculty Publications

Subject faculty sometimes put information literacy into a box when they ask a librarian to give “the library talk.” On the librarian’s end, this unimaginative request translates into a traditional one-shot, often focused on point-and-click skills training rather than building deeper IL competency. The authors developed a collaboration rubric to liberate librarians from this deadlock. This rubric document uses 9 lenses to focus the librarian-instructor collaboration on relevant sub-categories that show a variety of instruction modes. Some of these lenses include assignment design, the timing of instruction, librarians’ visibility in virtual class spaces, and librarians’ involvement in assessment. The rubric …

Using A Research Log And Reflective Writing To Improve Ebp And Information Literacy Skills Of Bsn Students, Suzanne Zentz, Kimberly Whalen

Library Faculty Publications

Baccalaureate nursing educators must prepare nurses to implement evidence-based practice (EBP). BSN nurses must be able to effectively identify, analyze, and synthesize evidence (AACN, 2008). In a nursing research course, students conducted group projects which required searching for the best evidence. Project evaluations revealed that students were not searching systematically. To facilitate EBP and information literacy skill development, a collaboration between the College of Nursing and Library Services emerged.

Targeted Learning Outcomes

1. Formulate a strategic search using databases and Internet resources

2. Evaluate and select the ‘best available’ evidence

3. Document systematic search (keywords, subject headings, limiters, and results) …