Information literacy is at the heart of all we do and it's a lot more than reading and researching! It's looking at pictures and graphs, listening to songs, watching videos, any activity that involves information.
Information Literacy is abilities that encompass:
1. the discovery of information
2. the understanding of how information is produced and valued
3. the use of information in creating new knowledge
4. participating ethically in communities of learning
(from The Association of College and Research Libraries Framework)
We are eager to work with you to build creative and applicable information literacy lessons into your course.
You can request library instruction sessions for your classes. You can work with any librarian, including your librarian liaison. Please know that we need time to prepare a lesson for your needs so contact us at least two weeks before you'd like us to visit. Also, we have found that the sessions are most effective when you are there.
Depending on the needs of the class, a session may be a few minutes for a very brief visit or the whole class hour for active learning. We will work with you to schedule the best time for the library instruction session and determine what information literacy skills would fit with your students' needs.
Library instruction topics may include but are not limited to:
Evaluating Information:
How to evaluate information across different formats
How to evaluate sources
Introduction to scholarly/peer reviewed sources/articles
Research Process:
Best practices for researching
Refining topics
Search Strategies:
Google/Search Engines vs Databases
Choosing keywords and search methods
Finding materials on the library website
Finding articles using online research databases
Tour of library/Library overview
Other topics as requested
