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2020

Information literacy

University of South Carolina

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Nothin' To It But To Do It! Simple And Effective Outreach To Faculty, Jillian Collier May 2020

Nothin' To It But To Do It! Simple And Effective Outreach To Faculty, Jillian Collier

South Carolina Libraries

This paper is a summary of a poster presentation, originally presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the SCLA, which described a simple and effective method for outreach to faculty, encouraging them to schedule library instruction. Such a method can be used to improve communication with faculty and grow a library instruction program.


The Good, The Badge, And The Ugly: Takeaways From Creating An Information Literacy Badge, Jesika Brooks, Brittany Hickey, Joshua Brunck May 2020

The Good, The Badge, And The Ugly: Takeaways From Creating An Information Literacy Badge, Jesika Brooks, Brittany Hickey, Joshua Brunck

South Carolina Libraries

Digital badges are micro-certifications that indicate competence in particular skills. At Columbia College, we combined coursework on information literacy skills with a Wikipedia editing project to create a digital “Research Badge” administered through the campus learning management system. Our poster at SCLA 2019 shared project successes and areas for improvement.