Bring Us Your Information Incompetent

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In Search Of Information Literacy
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Day OneInformation Literacy Competency Workshop

• Introduction
• Standard One

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What is Information Literacy?

• Information literate people are those who have
  learned how to learn . . . they know how
  knowledge is organized, how to find information,
  and how to use information in such a way that
  others can learn from them. They are people
  prepared for lifelong learning." Such students
  are able to recognize when information is needed
  and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use
  effectively the needed information.

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The Grant

• Who
• California State University, Information
  Competence Committee
• What
• Support academic departments in incorporating
  information competence into the learning outcomes
  of their programs
• Why
• Ensure that all graduating students are
  information competent

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Deliverables

• A list of the departments student learning
  outcomes that includes the skills of information
  competence
• Syllabi for required courses in the department
  that specifically identify assignments that
  promote information competence
• Representative assignments indicating that
  students are being asked to demonstrate the
  various skills of information competence
• Web pages that provide the proposal, the
  activities and the deliverables

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Requirements For Grant Deliverables

• Activities must result in a statement of
  information competence as a required learning
  outcome for the degree program
• Activities must result in assessments that
  certify that a student has met the information
  literacy requirement
• An appropriate member of the library faculty must
  play an integral role in the project activities
• Specified learning outcomes must be consistent
  with the ACRL standards on information literacy

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Binder Break
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What are the ACRL Standards?

• ACRL Standards
• Framework for assessing the information literate
  individual
• 5 standards
• 22 performance indicators
• 87 objectives

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ACRL Standards- Standard One

• The information literate student determines the
  nature and extent of the information needed

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ACRL Standards- Standard Two

• The information literate student accesses needed
  information effectively and efficiently

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ACRL Standards- Standard Three

• The information literate student evaluates
  information and its sources critically and
  incorporates selected information into his or her
  knowledge base and value system

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ACRL Standards- Standard Four

• The information literate student, individually or
  as a member of a group, uses information
  effectively to accomplish a specific purpose

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ACRL Standards- Standard Five

• The information literate student understands many
  of the economic, legal, and social issues
  surrounding the use of information and accesses
  and uses information ethically and legally

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Convincing Students of the Importance of
Information Literacy

• Academic success
• Job success
• Informed personal decisions
• Self reliant
• Solve problems
• Life-long learning

WRONG
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Convincing Students of the Importance of
Information Literacy

• Save time on papers and projects
• Spend less time in the library
• Get better grades
• Internet tricks to impress friends and relatives
• Find a job that pays more money

RIGHT
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Movie Time
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Movie Time Take TwoFeature Attraction Dont
Get Caught In the Web
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Assessing Freshmen Information Literacy
Competency Levels

• What do our freshmen know?
• Email
• Internet
• Computer Games
• Word Processing
• Some have used spreadsheets and presentation
  softwares
• What dont our freshmen know?
• The wide variety of information choices available
  to them
• How to search electronic databases effectively
• How to find periodical literature in the library
  and electronically
• How to evaluate information

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Pleasant Valley High School

• 20,000 volumes
• Chico has over 1 million
• 100 print magazines (most not scholarly)
• Chico has access to over 10,000 electronic and
  print journals
• One full text general magazine index
• Chico has over 25 journal indexes
• Full text reference databases

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Standard One
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ACRL Standards- Standard One

• The information literate student determines the
  nature and extent of the information needed
• Defines and articulates the need for information
  (picks a topic)
• University of Idaho Tutorial

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Activity One - Brain Hurricane

• Find the activity sheet Picking a Topic Brain
  Hurricane in your binder. Your broad topic is
  Hmong. Using your imagination, and any library
  resources you choose (i e. library catalog,
  subject headings, encyclopedias, Web, write down
  a number of subtopics or areas of interest to you
  related to the Hmong. When you are finished,
  pick three of the subtopics and form them into a
  question for your paper topic.

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ACRL Standards- Standard One

• The information literate student determines the
  nature and extent of the information needed
• Defines and articulates the need for information
  (picks a topic)
• University of Idaho Select Topic
• Identifies a variety of types and formats of
  potential sources for information
• Cal Poly Determine the Information
  Requirements
• UCLA Flow of Information

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Campus Specific Skills The Meriam Library

• What
• Collection
• Locations
• Call Number Basics
• Service Points

• How
• Guided Tours
• Self Guided Tours
• Student Guided Tours
• Virtual Tour
• Map Assignment