Information Literacy Programs

Successes and Challenges

Patricia Durisin

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780789019592
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136408755
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science

Explore the vital links between technology and lifelong learning!

Get the real-life perspective of professionals at the intersection of old ways and new technology in this book written by and for librarians. Information Literacy Programs: Successes and Challenges provides you with the different viewpoints of librarians who have taken varying paths in their information literacy programs. You'll learn about the roles of Web-based collaboration, teamwork with academic and administrative colleagues, evidence-based librarianship, and active learning strategies in library instruction programs. Information Literacy Programs can help you refresh your own teaching while opening your eyes to the many possible approaches to information literacy.

Helpful features you'll find in Information Literacy Programs include:

• tips on connecting with technology-savvy "Generation Y"
• principles for multi-campus collaboration
• guidelines for setting up a successful retreat for teaching librarians
• information about the benefits of interdisciplinary partnerships
• comprehensive bibliographies
• methods for assessing your current information literacy programs
• discussion of immersion programs for professional development

Index

Page numbers followed by App. indicate an Appendix; those followed by fig. indicate figures; and those followed by n or nn indicate note(s).

A National at Risk (U.S. Department of Education), 133

AACP. See American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

AASL. See American Association of School Librarians

ACRL. See Association of College and Research Libraries

ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, assessment using

benchmarks, use of, 99

benefits and conclusions, 106–107

existing program

assessment of, 100–101

overview of, 99–100

survey instrument, 109–121App.

instruction evaluation, need for, 98–99

library faculty discussions, 103–105

mission statement, goals, 103

outcome-based teaching, 103–104

student learning assessment, 105

support issues, 103–104

pharmacy programs and, 226, 231table

primary competencies determined, 101–103, 102fig., 104fig., 105fig.

summary regarding, 97–98

university-wide collaboration, 105–106

Active classroom learning benefits of, 180

evaluation and assessment, 191–192, 192fig.

Generation Y multi-tasking behavior and, 178

learning styles, 190–191

lecture format deficiencies and, 179–180

library jeopardy game format and, 181–184

collaboration, 184

game assessment, 183–184

game content, 183

posters, visuals, 182–183, 184

library jeopardy game format and, to library workshops, 184–185

Boolean search concept, 188–189, 189fig.

concept mapping, 187–188

learning from, 189–191

purpose and planning, 185–186

Web-based course guide, 186, 187fig.

literature review regarding, 179–181

risk taking element of, 181, 193

Simmons College first year program, 178–179

summary regarding, 177, 192–193

time necessary for proper planning, 181

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Guideline Clearinghouse of, 231–232

Albrecht, Rebecca, 71

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), 227–228, 231table

American Association of Higher Education, 133

American Association of School Librarians (AASL), 25

American Library Association (ALA), 25,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Changing Landscapes, Enduring Values: Making the Transition from Bibliographic Instruction to Information Literacy
• The Sum Is Greater Than the Parts: Cross-Institutional Collaboration for Information Literacy in Academic Libraries
• Technology and Innovation in Library Instruction Management
• We’re All in This Together: Planning and Leading a Retreat for Teaching Librarians
• The Politics of Pedagogy: Expectations and Reality for Information Literacy in Librarianship
• Using the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education to Assess a University Library Instruction Program
• Collaborating to Advance Curriculum-Based Information Literacy Initiatives
• Leading Information Literacy Programs: Immersion and Beyond
• The Radical Syllabus: A Participatory Approach to Bibliographic Instruction
• Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Active Learning in the Classroom
• Teaching Information Literacy to Generation Y
• Buoyed by a Rising Tide: Information Literacy Sails into the Curriculum on the Currents of Evidence-Based Medicine and Professional Competency Objectives
• Index