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• Alcorn State University
• Information
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• J. D. Boyd Library

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Project Description

• Develop and Implement an Online Information
  Literacy Instruction Program

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Desired Outcomes

• Develop a viable Information Literacy Plan to
  address the needs of users on and off campus.
• Meet SACS Comprehensive Standards 3.8.2
• The institution ensures that users have
  access to regular and timely instruction in the
  use of the library and other learning information
  resources.
• Educate the institutions community by marketing
  the information literacy
• plan across the curriculum

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Project Development

• Organize
• Plan
• Execute

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Organize

• Planning to Plan (SWOT)
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

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• Strengths
• Have a BI Program in place
• Resources available (Hardware/Software)
• ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards
  for Higher Education
• Weaknesses
• Time Allowance
• Overwhelming Task (Burnout)

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• Opportunities
• Produce an Online Communications Module that will
  enhance the Librarys ability to share
  information
• Raise the profile of the library on campus
• Threats/Barriers
• Campus Wide Acceptance

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Plan

• Who will do the planning?
• Librarians
• Other Faculty
• Administrators

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Execute

• Develop a Schedule
• Meeting time/place
• Delegate duties and responsibilities
• Review the literature best practices
• Review ACRL Standards on Information Literacy
  Competencies in Higher Education.
• Analyze the results

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• Create a Draft Plan Format
• Introduction
• Define Information Literacy
• Design Plan Layout
• Virtual Tour
• Links
• Quiz
• Glossary

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• Welcome to
• The
• Alcorn State University
• LINK
• (Literacy Information Network Konnection)

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Introduction

• LINK teaches skills for using the Library in both
  its physical and virtual forms. It can be used
  independently or in conjunction with a class.
• Each LINK tutorial includes objectives and a quiz
  to check your success in meeting those objectives.

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• After completing the Alcorn LINK, the user
  should be able to master the following ACRL
  Information Literacy Competency/Standards for
  Higher Education
• Standard 1 The information literate student
  determines the nature and extent of the
  information needed.

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• Standard 2 The information literate student
  accesses needed information effectively and
  efficiently.

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• Standard 3 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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• Standard 4 The information literate student,
  individually or as a member of a group, uses
  information effectively to accomplish a specific
  purpose.

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• Standard 5 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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Information Literacy Definition

• Information Literacy is the ability to access,
  retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and use
  information in the pursuit of knowledge to
  benefit the person, society, and the global
  community. It encompasses critical thinking that
  engages the individual in scholarly discourse to
  further the intellectual development of the
  individual (ACRL)

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• Virtual Tour
• Circulation
• Reference
• Serials
• Government Documents
• Instructional Media Center
• Archives
• Quiz

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• Link 1 Organizing Your Research
• Objectives
• Choosing a Topic
• Mapping Your Concepts
• Making Your Plan
• Quiz
• Link 2 Finding Information
• Link 3 Electronic Searching Techniques
• Link 4 Evaluating Information
• Link 5 Using Information Ethically
• Glossary

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Establish Timelines

• Test Information Literacy Module
• Acquire Approval
• Market the plan to the institutions community

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ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITYCore Curriculum Task
ForceGeneral Education Core Curriculum
Competencies

• 6. Information Literacy
• Students should be able to collect, examine, and
  manage information effectively and efficiently,
  judge the range of information needed, evaluate
  and analyze information and its souces
  critically, and synthesize and integrate selected
  information appropriately.

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• Research Skills
• Students should be able to perform searches,
  annotate and document sources, and conduct
  research projects using both primary and
  secondary resources, including books, journals,
  databases, Websites, and other research tools
  pertinent to the topic of investigation.
  Students will thus have acquired the ability to
  use information systems effectively and
  proficiently, enabling them to pinpoint,
  evaluate, and master the content of any knowledge
  base needed.

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• Develop an assessment tool
• Survey
• Student evaluation
• Opinion polls

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Contributors

• Jessie Arnold, Director
• Blanche Sanders, Archivist
• Abuzafar Bashet, Computer Specialist
• Mary Harris, Reference Librarian
• Eric Speas, Automation Librarian
• May Yu, Media Librarian
• Richard Bradberry, Consultant
• Lillian Lewis, Program Officer, HBCU Alliance

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• Q A

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• Thank You