RESOURCES FOR A CONVERSATION ON
POSSIBILITIES FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION
(COCC Lib 127 Taskforce and COCC Composition Committee)
January, 2007
Best Practices for Information Literacy Programs: Articles and Websites
ACRL,
Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best
Practices: A Guideline, June 2003.
Webpage that lists best possible implementation characteristics of
Information Literacy programs. Created by the Association of College and
Research Libraries in accordance with their Information Literacy Guidelines.
Kasowitz-Scheer, Abby - Pasqualoni, Michael,
"Information
Literacy Practices in Higher Education: Trends and Issues (ERIC Digest)"
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology Syracuse NY,
(2002).
"This ERIC Digest examines characteristics
of successful programs, presents approaches currently being taken by academic
libraries to support ILI, and addresses common challenges in developing and
maintaining ILI programs."
Lindstrom, Joyce, Shonrock, Diana.
"Faculty-Librarian Collaboration to Achieve Integration of Information Literacy".
Reference and User Services Quarterly
46:1, Fall 2006, 18-23.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Developing Research & Communication Skills: Guidelines for Information Literacy in the Curriculum: Executive Summary. Provides colleges and universities with suggestions for how they might develop and implement a mission-driven approach to integrating information literacy across the curriculum.
Information Literacy Program Planning Tools:
Assessment
Project SAILS (Standardized
Assessment of Information Literacy Skills )
Bay Area
Community Colleges Information Competency Assessment Project
Still in development stage, including multiple choice questions and
open-ended questions.
Institutional or Programatic Guidelines
ACRL,
Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best
Practices: A Guideline, June 2003.
Webpage that lists best possible implementation characteristics of
Information Literacy programs. Created by the Association of College and
Research Libraries in accordance with their Information Literacy Guidelines.
Sample Programs
ACRL, Instruction Section, Primo Committee,
PRIMO Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Site of the Month.
American Library Association, IL, 2005. Provides links to selected, peer
reviewed information literacy websites, tutorials and resources.
Dunn, Kathleen,
Information
Literacy Fact Sheet, California State University, Northridge, (2000).
(Outlines various implementation of IL programs, including competency based
mastery, face to face and online tutorials, freshman cornerstone class; etc.
James
Madison University
Includes learning objectives, required web-based program (Go
for the Gold) for general education, and initialized instruction for majors.
Formal assessment -- Information-Seeking Skills Test (ISST) -- is required for
all first-year students.
Information Practices at Carnegie Mellon Library
(Includes examples of institutions implementing ACRL best practices).
Sample Online Information Literacy Tutorials|
Links Online Information Literacy Tutorial sites compiled from Information
Literacy Listserv responses April, 2007 by Hilary Henn-Lecordier,
MLS student of Dr. Trudi Bellardo Hahn,
University of Maryland.
Additional Information:
Information Literacy Land of Confusion Blog
Library Instruction.com
(collection of articles on college and k-12 information literacy instruction.)
Information Literacy Wiki--Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
College
Center for Library Automation Information Literacy Resources
Somewhat dated online list of linked resources, including
tutorials, articles on assessment, etc.
1/2007 Cat Finney