Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning Stewart Brower Chris Hollister

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: An introduction What we mean when we say “information literacy” Why libraries have assumed this educational role What we’re going to talk about today

What we mean when we say “information literacy”

Why libraries have assumed this educational role

What we’re going to talk about today

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Large undergraduate program University at Buffalo Research-intensive public university Flagship of SUNY 28,000 students 19,000 undergraduates General Education Program Arts & humanities, English composition, language, library skills, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, world civilizations

University at Buffalo

Research-intensive public university

Flagship of SUNY

28,000 students

19,000 undergraduates

General Education Program

Arts & humanities, English composition, language, library skills, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, world civilizations

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning : Large undergraduate program World civilizations course Two separate credit classes 12-14 sections per semester 200+ students per section 9-10 recitations per section 2,600 students per semester World civilizations faculty/committee Teaching assistants

World civilizations course

Two separate credit classes

12-14 sections per semester

200+ students per section

9-10 recitations per section

2,600 students per semester

World civilizations faculty/committee

Teaching assistants

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning : Large undergraduate program Library instruction Section level: lecture hall Recitation level: computer classroom Individual level: web guides, online tutorials, email, instant message, telephone, one-on-one

Library instruction

Section level: lecture hall

Recitation level: computer classroom

Individual level: web guides, online tutorials, email, instant message, telephone, one-on-one

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning : Large undergraduate program Challenges No world civilizations department Teaching assistants 2,600 students per semester Instructional facilities One librarian

Challenges

No world civilizations department

Teaching assistants

2,600 students per semester

Instructional facilities

One librarian

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Graduate Research Library University of Oklahoma – Tulsa Satellite campus of OU Nearly 2000 students Very few undergraduate offerings Health Sciences Center programs Medicine, Community Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health Graduate School programs SLIS/KM, Telecommunications, Organizational Dynamics, Education, Social Work, Public Administration, Human Relations, Architecture and Urban Planning, Liberal Studies

University of Oklahoma – Tulsa

Satellite campus of OU

Nearly 2000 students

Very few undergraduate offerings

Health Sciences Center programs

Medicine, Community Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health

Graduate School programs

SLIS/KM, Telecommunications, Organizational Dynamics, Education, Social Work, Public Administration, Human Relations, Architecture and Urban Planning, Liberal Studies

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Graduate Research Library Instructional offerings Scheduled workshops, Workshops on Demand , one-shot course offerings, one-on-one tutoring Current WOD offerings: Avoiding Plagiarism Beginning Your Research Cinahl Plus, for Nursing and Allied Health Copyright in the Classroom Evidence-Based Practice Resources Finding Full Text Articles Google Scholar Identifying Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly Articles Interlibrary Loan NIH Public Access Policy PubMed Searching Medline through Ovid Using Firefox Understanding Wikis

Instructional offerings

Scheduled workshops, Workshops on Demand , one-shot course offerings, one-on-one tutoring

Current WOD offerings:

Avoiding Plagiarism Beginning Your Research Cinahl Plus, for Nursing and Allied Health Copyright in the Classroom Evidence-Based Practice Resources Finding Full Text Articles Google Scholar Identifying Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly Articles Interlibrary Loan NIH Public Access Policy PubMed Searching Medline through Ovid Using Firefox

Understanding Wikis

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Graduate Research Library Curriculum planning in IL Master of Social Work program Developing hybridized program of in-class instruction with online tutorials and assessment Designing tutorials to be independent learning modules, transferable to other curricula New Library building… New point-of-need learning opportunities

Curriculum planning in IL

Master of Social Work program

Developing hybridized program of in-class instruction with online tutorials and assessment

Designing tutorials to be independent learning modules, transferable to other curricula

New Library building… New point-of-need learning opportunities

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Graduate Research Library Challenges The ‘two’ libraries Returning learners v. Millennials IL needs of a graduate student Need for increased staff to meet needs of a quickly growing campus Divided attentions of a novice library director

Challenges

The ‘two’ libraries

Returning learners v. Millennials

IL needs of a graduate student

Need for increased staff to meet needs of a quickly growing campus

Divided attentions of a novice library director

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Points for Discussion Students response when taught IL: “Why didn’t I learn this earlier?” Faculty response: “They need to know this, but how to fit it into the curriculum?” Admin response: “Wait, librarians teach?” Business community response: “Make it so.”

Students response when taught IL: “Why didn’t I learn this earlier?”

Faculty response: “They need to know this, but how to fit it into the curriculum?”

Admin response: “Wait, librarians teach?”

Business community response: “Make it so.”

Contact Information Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Director, OU-Tulsa Library [email_address] http://notes.smbrower.com Chris Hollister, MLS Information Literacy Librarian, University at Buffalo [email_address] http://www.comminfolit.org

Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Director, OU-Tulsa Library [email_address] http://notes.smbrower.com

Chris Hollister, MLS Information Literacy Librarian, University at Buffalo [email_address] http://www.comminfolit.org