College information literacy efforts benchmarks.

College information literacy efforts benchmarks.

College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks presents the results of an information literacy higher education benchmarking study. More than 110 colleges from the United States and Canada participated in the study; data is broken out by size and type of college, for public and private colleges, fo...

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Corporate Author: Primary Research Group
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Primary Research Group, [2008]
Subjects:
Information literacy > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Information literacy > Ability testing > United States.
Library orientation for college students > United States.
Information literacy > Study and teaching (Higher) > Canada.
Information literacy > Ability testing > Canada.
Library orientation for college students > Canada.
Table of Contents:
  • List of participants
  • List of tables
  • Sample dimensions
  • Summary of findings
  • Staffing and budgeting
  • Trend in the number of classes & presentations given
  • Number of librarians involved in the information literacy effort
  • Assessment of pre-instruction state of information literacy skills
  • Testing and assessment
  • Use of student evaluation forms to assess the competency of information literacy
  • Instructors
  • Videotaping instructors
  • Use of faculty surveys on the effectiveness of information literacy instruction
  • Student orientation
  • Information literacy course requirements
  • Online information literacy courses
  • Attendance in all information literacy courses
  • Power and influence: librarians & the curriculum committee
  • Cross listing of information literacy courses with other departments
  • College management's view of the importance of information literacy
  • Relations with the English department
  • Assessment of the English department as custodian of information literacy
  • Responsibilities
  • Interactive tutorials
  • Use of video tutorials
  • Use of specific tutorial creating applications and software
  • Number of unique visits to the tutorials page
  • Information technology courses
  • Drop-in sessions
  • Instructional lab
  • Mean number of seats in the instructional lab
  • Instructional lab capacity utilization
  • Investment in the instructional center
  • Social networking and information literacy
  • Tutorial links to blogs. Listservs, networking sites & course management systems
  • Favored resources
  • 1: Staffing and budgeting
  • 2: Assessment of pre-instruction state of information literacy skills
  • 3: Testing and assessment
  • 4: Student orientation
  • 5: Requirements
  • 6: Power and influence
  • 7: Relations with the English department
  • 8: Interactive tutorials
  • 9: Information technology courses
  • 10: Instructional lab
  • 11: Social networking and information literacy
  • 12: Favored resources
  • Other reports by Primary Research Group, Inc.

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