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Using Information Literacy Standards To Improve Geoscience Courses, Aimee Dechambeau, Ira Sasowsky
Using Information Literacy Standards To Improve Geoscience Courses, Aimee Dechambeau, Ira Sasowsky
Aimee deChambeau
Information literacy (IL) is the set of skills that enables a person to find, evaluate, and use information. Although IL is important in the geosciences, it is hard to teach because the information comes in so many forms. Most geoscience courses include work that implicitly addresses some IL issues. However, because of the importance of IL, it is worthwhile to explicitly include it as part of the curriculum. The Association of College and Research Libraries has developed Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education that may be used to assess an individual's level of information literacy. We introduce a method for …
Information Literacy And Writing Across The Curriculum: Sharing The Vision, James Elmborg
Information Literacy And Writing Across The Curriculum: Sharing The Vision, James Elmborg
James K. Elmborg
Points out the similarities and differences between library instruction and writing instruction in the higher education curriculum. Notes that information literacy librarians can learn from the experiences of composition instructors regarding curricular revision and reform. Suggests that one of the keys to information literacy reaching its potential is to find common ground with programs like Writing across the Curriculum.