From an Initiative to a Program

SUMMARY

The UCLA Library has had a long-standing commitment to the attributes espoused by the teaching library model outlined in the seminal essay by Stoffle, Guskin and Boisse, “Teaching, Research, and Service: The Academic Library's Role” (1984). Information literacy was identified as a goal in the Library's strategic plan in late 2001. This served as the catalyst for the library's two-year Information Literacy Initiative (ILI). The ILI provided a mechanism for systematic library-wide and campus-wide planning and collaboration to promote information literacy among the campus community. This case study outlines the multi-faceted approach of the ILI program to further information literacy at a large, research-based university, addresses problems and barriers, and offers some solutions for collaborating with campus and library constituents. Program assessment, impact, and future directions are discussed.     

Course Grade as a Measure of the Effectiveness of One-Shot Information Literacy Instruction

SUMMARY

In an attempt to gauge the effectiveness of their information literacy program, librarians at Stephen F. Austin State University began comparing average course grades in course sections that receive IL instruction to grades in sections that do not. The results varied, revealing no clear benefit to information literacy instruction. We discuss possible explanations for inconsistent results and suggest improvements to this methodology that may make it more effective.     

面向学生成功的大学生信息素养评估实证研究

[目的/意义]探索如何在《高等教育信息素养框架》的指导下,开展面向学生成功的大学生信息素养评估工作。[方法/过程]通过嵌入创新项目的信息素养课程开展实证研究,从信息素养思维观念和实践能力两个层面分3个角度在时间维度和质量维度上进行评估,采集创新项目过程信息素养思维观念变化、实践能力评估及创新项目过程后个人信息素养实践能力评估数据。[结果/结论]研究显示嵌入创新项目的信息素养评估起到了两方面作用：一是通过评估促进学生信息素养思维观念转变和实践能力提升,培养元认知能力;二是评估能有效分析面向学生成功的信息素养教育成效,展示图书馆对学生成功的贡献度。     

Strategic Planning for Distance Learning in Legal Education

SUMMARY

Distance learning technologies will be used increasingly by law schools both to enhance learning within their existing residential programs and to reach new audiences. For law librarians, the questions involved in serving distance learners are a subset of the questions about the future of the law library that arise from changes in the legal information environment. This article discusses current distance learning alternatives for law schools, and the impacts of distance learning and other technological innovations on the future role of the academic law library in legal education.     

Complex Questions,Evolving Answers

SUMMARY

Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University's Valley Library have been working to build a “teaching library” supported by a clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that we needed to assess the teaching library's impact, not only to determine the success or failure of our efforts but also to demonstrate the need for intentional, proactive information literacy instruction on our campus. No single assessment tool or method proved adequate to effectively measure student learning happening both inside and outside the library. We describe our evolving, multi-pronged approach to measuring the impact of the library on student learning in the context of current assessment practices in academic libraries and higher education.     

Using Assessment Results to Reinforce Campus Partnerships

In response to calls for accountability, academic libraries have increased their assessment efforts. Although the University Library at Colorado State University–Pueblo has been engaged in student learning outcome assessment for several years, it has recently expanded its system of evaluation to share the results of information literacy assessments with teaching faculty. This was done in an effort to demonstrate the value of library instruction to the faculty of a small, regional campus. Several benefits have been realized as a result of this move, including stronger partnerships with course instructors and other departments engaged in academic support.     

Citation Analysis as a Tool for Collection Development and Instruction

The authors analyzed bibliographies from three departments’ undergraduate senior theses, with the goal of improving both collection development and information literacy instruction. Though undergraduate students were not citing major journals or key authors, the study revealed popular research topics, which will inform collection development. The finding that the library owned 70% of the journal articles undergraduates cited suggests that they are more likely to cite what their own institution owns, and thus a strong collection can have a significant influence on undergraduate work. The data also prompted conversations with faculty about their expectations and current strategies for guiding undergraduate research, which will allow librarians to improve instruction.     

Curriculum Mapping in Academic Libraries

Librarians at four different academic institutions concurrently completed curriculum mapping projects using varying methods to analyze their information literacy instruction. Curriculum mapping is a process for systematically evaluating components of an instructional program for cohesiveness, proper sequencing, and goal achievement. There is a dearth of documentation of how this process has applied to an information literacy curriculum; however, the benefits of an organized examination of course progression is clear. The librarians explored curriculum mapping using different methodologies and approaches in order to formulate a more strategic approach to teaching students information literacy skills.     

略论高校大学生信息素养教育

叙述信息素养的涵义及特征，对大学生开展信息素养教育的重要意义，以及开展大学生信息素养教育的措施及途径进行有益探讨。     

The Critical Inquiry Imperative: Information Literacy and Critical Inquiry as Complementary Concepts in Higher Education

Sharing a variety of characteristics and theories, critical inquiry and information literacy have the potential to complement one another in a higher education setting. This article explores an initiative at the University of South Carolina Aiken to help students with their critical thinking and reasoning skills through the implementation of a new, one-credit, freshman seminar course. The class, entitled Critical Inquiry, would address three student learning outcomes, including one directed at information literacy. A case study of how the initiative was implemented is discussed.     

高职高专图书馆信息素质教育探讨

论述高职高专图书馆对大学生进行信息素质教育的现实意义,提出了信息素质教育创新发展的思路．分析了信息素质教育与图书馆教育职能的关系,并对建立完善的信息素质教育体系进行了探讨。     

Maximizing and assessing a one-shot information literacy session: A case study

This case study describes collaboration between an instructor and business librarian to maximize a one-shot information literacy session for a required marketing class for business majors. It includes an active-learning exercise where groups use three key business databases to conduct a company and industry analysis and an environmental scan for a company. The instructor then guides them in developing a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis. This session prepares students for the SWOT analysis they will have to submit for their actual projects. This article includes assessment of groups' in-class exercises as well as citation analysis of the assignments they turned in for their actual projects.     

Integrating STEM Information Competencies into an Undergraduate Curriculum

ABSTRACT

Students in science disciplines often arrive at college without experience using primary science literature and lacking in skills required to manipulate information. A cohesive, curriculum-integrated information literacy program is crucial in teaching science majors how to determine information needs and to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and use information. Described are the best practices, challenges, and assessment tools as applied in the implementation of a four-year science information literacy program at a large state university.     

高职院校图书馆嵌入专业课程式信息素质教育研究

针对高等职业院校学生信息意识不强、信息知识缺乏和信息技能不高的现状,文章以茶艺专业"中国茶史"课程为例,分析了高等职业院校嵌入专业课程式信息素质教育的可行性,并阐述了信息素质教育嵌入专业课程的教学方式、嵌入时机以及授课内容,详细介绍了这种教学方式的实施与教学效果的评价。     

研究生信息素养现状、需求与课程对策建议——以首都师范大学为例

[目的/意义]从个体和组织的角度开展调查并评估研究生信息素养现状与需求,提出建设信息素质教育课程的对策建议.[方法/过程]通过随机调查问卷和定向电话访谈两种方式分别对首都师范大学研究生及其培养与管理单位进行调查,分析研究生在科研信息检索、获取、评价、使用、管理和传播等信息行为中的现状、不足与需求.[结果/结论]调查表明,研究生具有一定的信息基础,但整体信息素养水平偏低;研究生、培养单位和管理单位都对信息素养课程有明确而强烈的需求.针对现状和需求,从课程类型、内容、教学模式与评价等方面提出对策建议.     

Flipping the Business Information Literacy Classroom: Redesign,Implementation, and Assessment of a Case Study

A team of librarians at Purdue University transformed a business information literacy course from a traditional lecture, 40-student class into multiple sections of a flipped, 70-student classroom to meet the request that the successful course be required for all 500 undergraduate students. Scaling up required the adoption of flipped learning techniques for better utilization of library teaching resources. This case study provides key insights for others implementing credit classes or integrating similar content into one-shots or embedded work. It also describes the assessed results determined through student feedback (focus groups) and student performance (pre/post-tests).     

The Embedded Science Librarian: Partner in Curriculum Design and Delivery

ABSTRACT

Information literacy is essential for success in undergraduate science programs, but teaching faculty are generally ill-prepared or unwilling to provide intentional support in their courses. Librarians are uniquely qualified to help. In this article, the author presents one example of a faculty–librarian collaboration in which the science librarian is embedded in a first-year, undergraduate course in nanoscience, both as a codesigner of the curriculum and a member of the teaching team. She traces her progress from new appointee to faculty partner, and describes the unique, electronic-journal project they designed to promote the development of information and academic literacies.     

信息素养教育与专业课程整合研究

近年来,国外高校开始探索将信息素养教育纳入学科课程体系,从而完成专业能力掌握和信息素养能力掌握的双效成果。文章从这种课程整合的契机和可行性入手,通过抽样调查问卷了解当前高校信息素养教育的现状,汲取国内外同类研究的经验,结合具体的抽样数据分析,建构出三种与专业课程整合的信息素养教育模式。     

研究性学习中的信息素质和信息资源保障

文章对研究性学习的历史进程、含义及特点进行了简要的概述,重点阐述了研究性学习中实现信息素质与信息资源保障的具体措施.     

高校图书馆嵌入式信息素养教育实现路径探讨

采用光沉积-液相化学法调节电子流向,构建了直接Z型TiO₂/Ag/Ag₃PO_{(4 )}(TAAPO)光催化材料.通过扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、紫外-可见漫反射光谱仪以及光致发光(PL)光谱仪等手段对其进行表征,并对其在可见光照射下催化降解环丙沙星(CIP)的性能进行了研究.结果表明,当水体pH为3.0,催化剂分散浓度为0.3 g/L,CIP的初始浓度为15 mg/L时,光催化降解体系能够取得最佳的去除效果.在该组条件下,光照120 min CIP的降解率约为99%,并且在经历4个循环后仍然保持了良好的降解效果.在光催化降解CIP的过程中,主要反应活性物种为超氧自由基(·O₂