The New Curriculaddendum:

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The New Curriculaddendum

• Information Literacy Past,
• Present and Future

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New words in the vocabulary of the Web

• wiki Wiki-wiki was created as an alternative
  to quick-web by wiki originator Ward Cunningham
  c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory
• A wiki is A website or similar online resource
  which allows users to add and edit content
  collectively. www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/E-De
  mocracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm (my emphasis)
• Wikipedia
• Doesnt require real names from contributors

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New words in the vocabulary of the Web 2

• Citizendium citizens' compendium of
  everything, is an experimental new wiki project.
  The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia,
  aims to improve on that model by adding gentle
  expert oversight and requiring contributors to
  use their real names. en.citizendium.org/wiki/Mai
  n_Page

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New words in the vocabulary of the Web

• Curriculaddendum a component included in
  (addendum to) the syllabi of all courses in a
  college/ universitys curriculanot just the
  General Education courses
• Term coined by Carla List-Handley 2007

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TerminologyInformation Literacy a la ALA

• a set of abilities requiring individuals to
• Recognize when information is needed and
• Have the ability to locate
• Evaluate and
• Use effectively the needed information
• American Library Association. Presidential
  Committee on Information Literacy Final Report,
  1989

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Terminology Information Literacy a la ACRL

• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and
  efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate selected information into ones
  knowledge base
• Use information effectively to accomplish a
  specific purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
  surrounding the use of information, and access
  and use information ethically and legally

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Terminology Information Literacy a la NEASC

• 4.6 The institution ensures that students use
  information resources and information technology
  as an integral part of their education. The
  institution provides appropriate orientation and
  training for use of these resources, as well as
  instruction and support in information literacy
  and information technology appropriate to the
  degree level and field of study.

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Information Literacy Origins

• Concept arose from teachers librarians
  realizing the increasing importance of library
  information resources in K-12 education
• Phrase coined in 1980s, officially attributed to
  ALAs Presidential Committee on Information
  Literacy (tautological origin) in 1989

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Information Literacy Past

• B.I. Bibliographic Instruction
• a.k.a.
• Course-related Instruction
• a.k.a. (by librarians)
• One-hour shot
• Research skills focus
• Began with instruction in using catalog, indexes
• Evolved into using librarys electronic research
  tools

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Information Literacy Past

• Librarys responsibility
• Departmental faculty participation voluntary,
  sporadic and idiosyncratic (based on fields
  needs sometimes)
• A few credit-bearing research courses, most
  elective, a few required

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I.L. Present Examples

• ACRLs Web site provides links
• Technology-focused
• UWired _at_ University of Washington
• Research skills-focused
• Florida International University
• UCal-Berkeley (Teaching Library)
• More integrated technology AND research/critical
  thinking
• Associated Colleges of the South (ACS)
  Information Fluency Project

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Information Literacy Present

• Some credit-bearing courses, some required
• Some requirements in General Education programs
• - - - - - -
• Some shared responsibility between library AND
  departments

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Middle States I.L. Framework
Reprinted from Saunders, Laura. Regional
Accreditation Organizations Treatment of
Information Literacy Definitions, Collaboration,
and Assessment Journal of Academic Librarianship
33.3 (2007) 317-326
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Information Literacy Present

• WHY INTEGRATE
• Students unawareness of effects/use of
  information in their lives
• Seamless access (DBs look like Web) results in
  inability to differentiate information
  types/value
• To keep current Use (ergo,
• misuse) of information in
• YOUR field is constantly
• changing

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Information Literacy Future

• Presentations on program today (excellent!)
• Not your grandfathers library skills
• Invisible on campuswhen something is everywhere
  no one sees it
• Not product-oriented lifelong learning skills
  hard to box

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Creating Invisible I.L.

• Communication is THE key
• Both departmental faculty and librarians take
  cause to administration
• Keep goal in mind I.L. develops habits of mind

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Informations Future I.L. Future

• I.T. future almost impossible to predict
• There are a few giant visible leaps (e.g.,
  vacations to moon)
• There are more almost invisible little steps with
  large repercussions
• Cell phones (!!)
• Many connected ALWAYS
• Advances in iPod So what???

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I. L. Future Some Thoughts

• Your students
• Dont know a world without remotes (and other
  things on the Beloit list)
• Use their cell phones to get news or
• Daily Show brings their news (started in 1996) do
  they recognize whats being satirized?
• Verizon buys Vonnage (media megalopolies)
• 1.7 million articles on Wikipedia
• lt 50M blogs worldwide in April 2005

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Information Literacy Future

• I.L. teaching how to use technology will always
  continue but will be less important
• I.L. teaching how to think will grow
• Whats good information (and
• whats bad)?
• How does information influence
• your life (and can you
• control that)?

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Captain, we're receiving two hundred and
eighty-five thousand hails Lt. Wesley Crusher
Star Trek The Next Generation