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Research Practices Survey 2015-16, Gould Library Reference And Instruction Department

Staff and Faculty Work

2015 marks the first year of Carleton's participation in the Research Practices Survey sponsored by the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS). The HEDS Consortium is comprised of a nationwide group of private colleges and universities, who collaboratively collect and share data institutional data.

The HEDS Research Practices Survey is uses the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) competency standards in information literacy to assess student information literacy as well as student research experience. The five-section survey takes roughly fifteen minutes to complete.

Entering first year students were asked to take this survey at the beginning of fall term, …

Csi(L) Carleton: Forensic Librarians And Reflective Practices, Danya Leebaw, Heather Tompkins, Iris Jastram

Staff and Faculty Work

Reference Librarians at Carleton College engage in an Information Literacy in Student Writing assessment project, reading papers submitted to the College's Sophomore Writing Portfolio against a rubric of information literacy habits of mind. These librarians reflect on the ways that this project has influenced their collaborations with faculty and their information literacy instruction. Emphasizing a “habits of mind” approach rather than a skill set approach, these librarians are remapping their practice in ways that resonate more strongly with faculty and students across disciplines and courses on our campus.

Information Research Practices, Fall 2010 – Pretest Summary Results, Jackie Lauer-Glebov

Staff and Faculty Work

Jackie Lauer-Glebov presented Information Research Practices Survey Results

Research Practices Survey Project 2006-07, Carolyn Sandford, Jo Beld, Nancy Millinchamp, Ann Zawistoski, Gould Library Reference And Instruction Department

Staff and Faculty Work

The Gould library has taken a lead role in a MITC / NITLE grant to create a web-based assessment tool to measure the information literacy of incoming students, before they've had any college library instruction. This grant-funded project was originally called the First Year Information Literacy in the Liberal Arts Assessment (FYILLAA), and has since become a nationally administered survey called the Research Practices Survey.

The first full implementation of the survey happened in late summer and early fall 2005. Five of the schools, Carleton, University of Chicago, Grinnell, Macalester, and St. Olaf, had high enough response rates to allow …

Crossing Boundaries: Collaborating To Assess Information Literacy [Acrl Conference], Carolyn Sanford, Jo Beld, Nancy Millichap

Staff and Faculty Work

Carolyn Sanford, Jo Beld and Nancy Millichap gave presentation given at the 2007 ACRL conference session.

Crossing Boundaries: Collaborating To Assess Information Literacy [Aac&U Conference], Carolyn Sanford, Jackie Lauer-Glebov, David Lopatto, Jo Beld

Staff and Faculty Work

Carolyn Sanford, Jackie Lauer-Glebov, David Lopatto and Jo Beld presentation at the AAC&U Conference, March 2006

Discipline-Based Information Literacy: Experience, Themes And Recommendations, Carolyn Sanford, Mary Savina

Staff and Faculty Work

In 2000 Carleton received a three-year Mellon grant to integrate information literacy into the curriculum, focusing on the 5 discipline majors: Classical Languages, Economics, English, Geology and History.

Carolyn from Library and Mary from Geology presented their experience, themes and recommendations at Minnesota Library Association October 7, 2004.

Mellon Information Literacy Initiative Grant Report (2000-2003), Gould Library Reference And Instruction Department

Staff and Faculty Work

In 2000 Carleton received a three-year Mellon grant. We wanted to integrate information literacy into the curriculum, focusing on the discipline major. Our call for participants resulted in five departments agreeing to participate. The departments are Classical Languages (including Hebrew), Economics, English, Geology, and History. The initiative offered the library and the departments a wonderful opportunity to focus on information literacy within these disciplines.