objective 8 - information literacy: how the isu libraries succeeded in supporteinging a new general...
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Objective 8: Information
LiteracyHow the ISU Libraries Succeeded in
Supporting a New General Education Requirement Course
Objective
Objective 8: Information Literacy
O General educationO Since 2013-2014 undergraduate
catalogO Nine objectives
O Objective 7, Critical ThinkingOR
O Objective 8, Information Literacy
LLIB 1115: Introduction to Information Research
O Fall 2013O Currently
O Five instructorsO Six sectionsO 125-150 students this semesterO Required by the nursing program
How did we get here?
ContributorsO LibrariansO Undergraduate
Curriculum Council (UCC)
O General Education Requirements Committee (GERC)
O Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
O Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
Dr. Rosmarie H. FouadO Presentations
O Faculty SenateO DeansO Departments
O Information Literacy Proposal
General Education Review
O Library dean on this committeeO One thing they could agree on
Undergraduate Curriculum Council I
O Library faculty representationO Information literacy added to
curriculumO ACRL
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
O Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
O Library to create course
Undergraduate Curriculum Council II
O Objective 7, Critical Thinking questioned
O Either 7 or 8O State Board of Education
O Let students fulfill requirements through multiple routes
O Multiple courses on campus meet Objective 8 requirement
Media Specialist Program
O LIBR 121O Taught by ISU
librariansO College of
EducationO Ten years or
more
Experimental CourseACAD 11992011-2012
ACAD /LLIB 11992012-2013
O One-credit O Eight weeksO Collaboration
with the Student Success Center
O One-credit O 16 weeks
ProposalsO Change to three-credit course
O Needed approval from the Curriculum Council
O Make course a general education courseO Needed approval from the General
Education Requirements CommitteeO Complete proposalO Gather input from campus offices
LLIB 1115O Student feedback
O Should be required of all students
O UsefulO Too much busy
workO Prepared them
for their program
Going ForwardO Recent news
O LLIB 1115 to be required for Accelerated Nursing Program Students
O Need for more online sectionsO SBOE English composition
requirementsO Two English courses requirementsO What does this mean?
Why did we do it?O Felt we had
something to offerO Info. Lit. expertsO We know the
information resources
O Fulfill a needO Promote the
libraryO Teach students
What can we learn?O Authentic and passionate leadership
makes a differenceO Contributing is goodO Feedback on proposals is helpfulO It takes a lot of people working
together to make big changes over time
O Planting seeds makes a differenceO Know your stuff
Questions
AcknowledgementsO ISU librarians,
past and presentO My wife for
listening to me as I talked through this presentation
