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Mapping Information Literacy Outcomes And Other Intellectual Skills Into Students' Educational Experiences, Patricia A. Iannuzzi, L Dee Fink

Library Faculty Presentations

The 2007 report, College Learning for the New Global Century, outlines a cluster of intellectual and practical skills that are critical components of a liberal education: inquiry and analysis; critical and creative thinking; written and oral communication; quantitative literacy; information literacy; and teamwork and problem solving. The learning outcomes associated with information literacy relate to and incorporate many of the learning outcomes in all of these skill clusters. Participants in this session will address how these information literacy and related learning outcomes can be mapped into student learning experiences at three levels: in an individual course, in an academic sequence …

Changing Our Service Interface To Support Learning: Information Literacy In The Virtual Environment At The City University Of Hong Kong Library, Bethany Wilkes, Hsianghoo Steve Ching, Shun-Wa Lee, Joanna Pong, Anna Ryan

Research Collection Library

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Being Like Both: Library Instruction Methods That Outshine The One-Shot, Teresa M. Bean, Sabrina N. Thomas

Librarian Research

Marshall University librarians' efforts to improve library instruction are explored. A history of the libraries' Digital Learning Team (DLT) and its developmental phases is provided, as well as interpretations of evaluative data collected from embedded students. Data from the iSkills assessment of student information literacy skills are considered. The results suggest that library instruction best facilitates student learning when it aligns with specific research goals, utilizes a variety of learning styles, and allows time for practice and assessment. Student feedback suggests the need for additional instruction on citation and emphasis on increasing students' confidence in their research skills.

Faculty-Librarian Collaboration Teaching Evidence-Based Practice, Michael Fillyaw, Elizabeth Dyer

Physical Therapy Faculty Posters

Poster presentation describing the collaboration of physical therapy faculty and university librarian in teaching elements of evidence-based practice in Scientific Inquiry 1 in the DPT curriculum. These elements included: Writing a patient-centered clinical question P: Patient/Problem/Population I: Intervention C: Comparison O: Outcome; Developing an effective search strategy; Searching electronic databases for articles. Although the literature contains examples of faculty-librarian collaboration in other disciplines, reports about the collaboration in physical therapy programs are scarce and this collaborative teaching model is unique.

Creating The Il Course In A University Setting, Catherine Cardwell, Colleen Boff

University Libraries Faculty Publications

This book chapter offers suggestions for how to develop a stand alone information literacy course. It takes into account all of the levels of curriculum review at the campus level as well as practical matters such as staffing, course delivery options and budgeting.

Improving Financial Information Literacy In Introduction To Financial Accounting, Anne Kelly, Teresa Williams, Brad S. Matthies, J. Burdeane Orris

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

The motivation for this study came from a desire to improve teaching of the use of accounting information for decision making. The information literacy standards and related performance indicators guided the development of a semester-long case study by accounting faculty and academic business librarians. Their collaboration yielded a series of instruction modules and related student exercises leading up to a group activity involving the evaluation of a company as a potential investment for retirement savings. Students enrolled in two sections of an introductory accounting course volunteered to participate in this study. They provided information about their knowledge before and after …

Partnering For Student Success: Promoting Integrative Learning In Information Literacy Instruction, Scott Mandernack

Library Faculty Research and Publications

In the face of the many developments that have been taking place in recent years in how people create, find and use information, and subsequently, in how they learn, it’s increasingly important for libraries to continuously adapt to the new social, technological and scholarly terrain and to position themselves in the forefront of reshaping the learning enterprise.

Evaluating Information: Introduction To College Research For A Developmental Writing Course, Maura A. Smale

Publications and Research

The ability to evaluate information successfully in all formats is highly relevant to students both in their coursework and their everyday lives. This lesson plan aims to encourage students to think critically about this important component of information literacy, and provides a foundation for beginning college students to build upon as they progress through college and on to their careers.

Information Literacy, Changing Spaces, & Changing Perceptions, Hal P. Kirkwood Jr

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

Poster presented at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Denver Colorado. Focus of the poster is on the development of a new instruction lab as part of the Parrish Library renovation; an overview of the development of information literacy at Purdue University, and business information literacy activities and courses within the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. Presented with Kelly Evans, Eastern Washington University.

Introductory Research For Inner-City Advanced Placement High School Students, Keith Muchowski

Publications and Research

Instruction module:

Circumstances of the Instruction: This module is based on a collaborative effort between a college librarian working with two 11 111 grade Advanced Placement (AP) History and English teachers. Students are enrolled in both the English and History classes, making collaboration and curriculum coordination easier. An instructional librarian working in concert with classroom faculty is beneficial to students because many teachers are not fully aware of recent trends such as information storage and retrieval systems and Web-based search tools. Students taking this module are intelligent, score well on standardized aptitude tests, and receive better than average grades. Still, …

Stealing The Word: A Comprehensive Strategy To Address Plagiarism, Matthew Simon

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Towards Virtual Information Literacy: Academic Librarian Integration Into Teacher Education Distance Learning Programs, Brenna K. Helmstutler

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Clicker Project: Pros And Cons Of Active Learning Techniques In The Library Classroom, Melissa Dennis

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Psychosemiotics And Information Literacy Instruction: Identifying Signways In Library Tutorials, Barbara Laster, Barbara Blummer, Olga Kritskaya

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Motivating African-American College Students Through Course-Integrated Library Instruction: Exploring The Role Of Encouragement, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Amanda Wall

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Cross Institutional Collaboration: Hbcu's Join Together To Further Their Information Literacy Goals, Beth Martin, Andrea Hylton, Monika Rhue

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Ic @ Ghc: Innovative Strategies For Increasing Student Information Competency Without Breaking The Budget, Meredith Ginn, Leslie Johnson, Travice Obas, Cindy Wheeler

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Innovative Strategies That Won’t Break Your Budget Information Competency at Georgia Highlands College (IC @ GHC) is a curriculum-wide plan implemented at a two-year college to increase student information competency levels. This presentation will discuss strategies which allowed the college to successfully meet the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) requirements of SACS through the use of innovative assessment and implementation measures which garnered enthusiastic faculty involvement and also managed to stay within a first year, $14,000 shoe-string budget. The plan was born out of a grassroots effort that involved students, faculty, and staff. The college community recognized the needs of a …

A Web-Based Bulletin Board As Edward Soja's "Thirdspace": Esl And Lgbtq Students Claim Home Turf, Li Gaoqing, Patricia T. Price, Pauline Wilkins Burton, Reuben Hayslett

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

We argue that all knowledge begins with the body, the physical space it occupies and the territory an individual defines as “home.” The taken-for-granted nature of this reality is disrupted by the experience of moving into a new cultural space, whether this space is defined physically or in discursive terms. Cultural space is an extension of personal identity, both the physical circumstances through which individual consciousness is shaped, and the conceptual connections through which individuals construct a vantage point in the world. The students whose writing we examine were from an ESL class in first-year composition and an upper-division class, …

Justice (Through Literacy) For All: Library/English Collaboration And Faculty Development, Ellen Sexton, Mark Mcbeth

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Political Literacy As Information Literacy, Ross Alexander Dr.

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Blog Postings: Reputable Or Risky?, Patrice A. Williams, Ronda Davis Zents

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Teaching The Teachers: Information Literacy Workshops For University Faculty, Jason Vance, Kristen West

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Cultivating Career Literacy: Facilitating The Most Important Research Project Your Students Will Ever Face, Kristin Stout, Barbara Macke

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Choosing the right career path and learning the steps necessary to take that path will likely be the most important independent research project your students undertake, especially in the current economic climate. The library is an invaluable resource for students who are exploring potential career paths or currently seeking employment. Unlike individual academic departments, the library is an institution-wide resource with the ability to reach students from all subject areas and education levels. Librarians are uniquely positioned to collaborate across the grain of university, college, and high school communities by offering resources to support the career search of all students, …

Structure Of Text: Creating Memory Aids Through Typography, Don Armel, Ed Rushton

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Creating And Exploring New Worlds: Web 2.0, Information Literacy, And The Uses Of Knowledge, Kathleen Blake Yancey

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Digital Games As A Primary Instruction Tool For Information Literacy., Jorge Brown, Peter Dean

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A Faculty-Librarian Partnership For Investigative Learning In The Introductory Biology Laboratory, Nitya Jacob Dr., Andrea P. Heisel

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Creating A Library Research Prize To Reward And Encourage Information Literacy, Ray Bailey, Helen Beaven

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Student research papers and other similar projects have traditionally been the “bread and butter” of academic libraries. Even in this digital age, the campus library remains the best place to find appropriate resources for these projects, as well as for getting necessary assistance with the scholarly research process. It is an ongoing challenge for academic libraries to make this fact known to the campus community, and to find novel ways to entice students to utilize the library and all it has to offer, rather than depending on less reliable sources. To encourage our students to perform academic research and writing …

First Time Around: Teaching And Information Literacy Course Online, Paula M. Adams, Linda Jones

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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"Studying The Interaction" : Remix Literacy In The Writing Classroom, Kyle D. Stedman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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