This document summarizes a presentation about information literacy and collaboration between a librarian and publisher. It discusses: 1. Existing information literacy programs at Florida Gulf Coast University and Taylor & Francis Group. 2. How the librarian-publisher relationship can help develop information literacy curriculum, including a project between FGCU and Taylor & Francis to create an information literacy toolkit. 3. The current status of the project, lessons learned, and next steps, which include finalizing webinar content and generating interest among faculty and students.

1. A CASE STUDY:
INFORMATION LITERACY AND LIBRARIAN/PUBLISHER
COLLABORATION
2016 NASIG Annual Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Friday, June 10, 2016
Rebecca Donlan, Florida Gulf Coast University
Stacy Stanislaw, Taylor & Francis Group

2. AGENDA
1. Information Literacy: Our Existing Programs
• Information Literacy at Taylor & Francis Group
• Florida Gulf Coast University: Think, Write, Discover
2. Stop, Collaborate & Listen: How the Librarian-Publisher
relationship Can Facilitate the Development of
Information Literacy Curriculum
• Dialog 2015: Where it all began
• An idea is born: an overview of the project
3. Where Are We Now?
• Lessons learned
• Next steps

3. INFORMATION LITERACY
OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS

4. Information Literacy
at
Taylor & Francis

5. A little bit about Taylor & Francis Group
• Established in 1798 when Richard Taylor launched “Philosophical
Magazine”
• Merged with Informa plc in 2004
• Imprints:
• Publishes more than 2,300 journals and around 3,000 new books each
year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles

6. • No official “information literacy” program
• Author/librarian support has always been a key part of
company philosophy
• Dedicated Author Services and Regional Marketing
teams manage the majority of information literacy-
related requests and events
Information Literacy at Taylor & Francis

7. Current programs and services include:
• Webinars
• Annual regional workshops
• Print/electronic guides and training materials
• Dedicated author & librarian services websites
Information Literacy at Taylor & Francis

9. A little bit about FGCU
We opened in 1997, 11th member of the Florida State University System, with
2,500 students enrolled
2015-16 enrollment: 14,673 (13,429 undergrad, 1,018 grad, 226 non-degree)
Degree Programs:
• 51 undergraduate degree programs
• 28 graduate degree programs
• 1 specialist program
• 2 doctoral degree programs
Colleges
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Health Professions and Social Work
• Lutgert College of Business
• The UA Whitaker College of Engineering

10. FGCUScholars: ThinkWriteDiscover
Enhancingacultureofinquiryfromcompositiontocapstone
• Advance student writing, critical thinking, and information literacy skills within
their majors as students become scholars in their disciplines
• Integrate a common understanding of writing, critical thinking, and information
literacy across all four years
• Build on a foundation of General Education toward the creation of scholarly
products in capstone courses
• Assess student learning across four years of study and in every major

11. Critical
Thinking
Capstone 4 Milestone 3 Milestone 2 Benchmark 1
Content
Development
Uses appropriate, relevant, and
compelling content to illustrate
mastery of the subject, critical analysis
and synthesis skills that convey the
writer's understanding.
Uses appropriate, relevant, and
compelling content to explore ideas
using critical thinking skills within the
context of the discipline.
Uses appropriate and relevant content
to develop and explore ideas through
most of the work.
Uses appropriate and relevant content
to develop simple ideas in some parts
of the work.
Evaluation of
Evidence &
Information
Skillfully analyzes and evaluates
information / evidence related to
thesis; conclusion is insightful,
logical and justified based on a
skillful evaluation of evidence.
Adequatelyanalyzes and evaluates
information / evidence related to
thesis; conclusion is logical and
justified based on the evaluation of
evidence.
Attempts to analyze and evaluate
information / evidence related to
thesis and use the evidence in order to
justify conclusions.
Takes information at face value
(little or no attempt to evaluate
quality of information / evidence,
relationship to thesis, or support of
conclusions).
Information
Literacy
Capstone 4 Milestone 3 Milestone 2 Benchmark 1
Identification and
Access of High--
Quality Information
Demonstrates skillful identification
and access of high‐quality, credible,
relevant sources to develop ideas that
are appropriate for the discipline and
genre of the writing.
Demonstrates consistent
identification and access of credible,
relevant sources to support ideas, that
are situated within the discipline and
genre of the writing.
Demonstrates an attempt to identify
and access credible and/or relevant
sources to support ideas that are
appropriate for the discipline and
genre of the writing.
Has difficulty identifying and
accessing sources to support ideas
in the writing.
Use Information
Effectively to
Accomplish a Specific
Purpose
Skillfully communicates, organizes
and synthesizes information from
sources to fully achieve a specific
purpose, with clarity and depth.
Communicates, organizes and
synthesizes information from
sources. Intended purpose is
achieved.
Communicates and organizes
information from sources. The
information is not yet synthesized, so
the intended purpose is not fully
achieved.
Communicates information from
sources. The information is
fragmented and/or used
inappropriately (misquoted, taken out
of context, or incorrectly paraphrased,
etc.), so the intended purpose is not
achieved.

12. FGCUScholars: Think Write Discover
Enhancingacultureofinquiryfromcompositiontocapstone
What are we hoping to see in the next 5 years?
• Liaison librarians will continue to work with disciplinary faculty to create content for
Scholarly-Focused and Scholarly-Enriched courses.
• Faculty will begin to shift away from the “two peer-reviewed articles paper” toward
meaningful assignments that use the full range of information sources in the library’s
collection.
• Use of library materials will rise, both print and electronic, as students learn to value
the library’s curated collection over the Open Web.
• FGCU Student Scholarship will make a real contribution to knowledge and to our local
area, and will be available through our Institutional Repository.

13. STOP, COLLABORATE &
LISTEN:
HOW THE LIBRARIAN/PUBLISHER RELATIONSHIP
CAN FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INFORMATION LITERACY CURRICULUM

14. DIALOG: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
• Dialog: a forum for librarians to discuss the
key issues and questions facing libraries,
today and tomorrow, with Taylor and Francis
• First meeting held during ACRL 2015
• “Information Literacy in the Library” a key
discussion point

15. AN IDEA IS BORN: AN OVERVIEW
• Create an information literacy toolkit to support the
FGCUScholars: Think, Write, Discover program
• Toolkit to include the following components:
• Series of 6 webinars related to information literacy and
publishing, geared towards both FGCU faculty and students alike
• Print/electronic materials that correspond with each webinar
• Website hub supported by Taylor & Francis to store webinar
recordings, tip sheets, etc. for easy access and future use
• In-person author/student workshop, focusing on how to get
published and other relevant topics that tie in with the webinar
series and FGCU’s QEP
• Collect feedback during 2015 Charleston Conference
Poster Sessions with initial plans to launch in Spring
2016

17. WHERE ARE WE NOW?

19. LESSONS LEARNED
• Timing is key
• University/faculty buy-in is imperative from
the start
• Really not so simple…

20. NEXT STEPS
• Finalize presentations and guest speakers
• Generate interest among FGCU faculty and
students
• Create and send invites
• And everything in between…

21. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Rebecca Donlan, Assistant Director for Collection Management, Florida Gulf Coast University
rdonlona@fgcu.edu
Stacy V. Stanislaw, Library Communications Manager, Taylor & Francis Group
stacy.stanislaw@taylorandfrancis.com