evidence-based practice in information literacy instruction
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Presented at GaCOMO14 by Farley W. Jenkins, West Georgia Technical CollegeTRANSCRIPT
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Farley W. Jenkins, MLISLibrarianWest Georgia Technical [email protected](770) 537-6066
Evidence-Based Practice in Information Literacy Instruction
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Tales from Libraries Seeking their Student’s Attention
LITERATURE REVIEW
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“To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”
—ALA, 1989
What is Information Literacy (IL)?
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Function of academic libraries since 188160% of ILI literature has academic libraries
focusGrowing in importance
Information Literacy Instruction (ILI)
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Guide for academic ILIBroad set of student learning outcomesFocused on total student development
ACRL Standards
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Measures progress towards ACRL standardsAllows apples-to-apples comparison
Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (SAILS)
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Undergraduate information-seeking behaviorBudget and other resources are limitedPolitical status of the library
Challenges
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Course-integrated ILICredit-bearing courses taught by librariansSeries of guest lectures and drop-in sessions
Methods
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Trained librarians to conduct their own research
Gave librarians freedom to pursue their studies
Results used to improve every function of library
National Library of Medicine
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Numerous ILI sessions in multiple education courses over the course of 2 years
Focus on evidence-based practiceILI test scores improved by 20%Student-Teaching probation decreased from
20% to 0%
University of New Mexico
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Mentored undergraduate researchLibrarians serve on standing committeesNumerous group and individual ILI sessions
and research consultations
Purdue University
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After taking a credit course in library research:79% continued to use methods and sources93% felt more confident in research
Louisiana State University
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Taught course on Digital Information LiteracyAsked to teach courses on Critical and Ethical
Use of Digital Information and Social Science Research
National-Louis University
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Multiple credit-bearing ILI courses is idealOnline laboratories are less resource-
intensiveAs much ILI as politics and economics allow
Analysis
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That’s all fine in theory, but…
CASE STUDY
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West Georgia Technical CollegeEnrollment of 7,331Most popular subjects are allied health
sciences, business, and information technology
The Institution
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To increase ILI sessions to 10 per semesterCurrently teaching about 5 sessions per year
The Directive
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Produced a series of 5-minute videosVideos can be watched in order to provide a
virtual ILI session
Online Videos
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Presented apart from in-course sessionsGiven monthly at different dates and times
Drop-in Information Sessions
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Flyers placed on bulletin boards in student areas
Email marketing to faculty
Outreach
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Still too early to tellMethods will be adjusted according to
measurable outcomes
The Results
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You Gotta Start Somewhere
SUGGESTED READING
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Hollister, C. V. (2010). Best practices for credit-bearing information literacy courses. Chicago: American Library Association.
ILI Case Studies
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Bell, S. J., & Shank, J. D. (2007). Academic librarianship by design: A blended librarian's guide to the tools and techniques. Chicago: American Library Association.
Instructional Design
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Association of College and Research Libraries. (2000). Information literacy competency standards for higher education. Chicago: American Library Association. Retrieved April 1, 2012, from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency
Chevillotte, S. (2010). Information literacy. In M. J. Bates (Ed.), Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (3rd ed., pp. 2421-2428).
Corrall, S. (2008). Information literacy strategy development in higher education: An exploratory study. International Journal of Information Management, 28(1), 26-37.
Daugherty, A. L., & Russo, M. F. (2011). An assessment of the lasting effects of a stand-alone information literacy course: The students' perspective. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(4), 319-326.
Mery, Y., Newby, J., & Peng, K. (2012). Why one-shot information literacy sessions are not the future of instruction: A case for online credit courses. College & Research Libraries. Advance Online Publication. Retrieved March 29, 2012, from http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2011/08/26/crl-271.full.pdf+html
Walstrum, M., Garcia, L., & Morisson, R. (2011, March). From embedded to integrated: Digital information literacy and new teaching models for academic librarians. Paper presented at the ACRL 2011 Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 30, 2012, from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/national/2011/papers/from_embedded.pdf
Journal Articles
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Questions?
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Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
—Albert Einstein
Thank you!