1. Transfer Students and Their Information Literacy Education
Ning Zou, Instruction Coordinator, Rebecca Crown Library, Dominican University
Background
Information Literacy (IL) Competency
Standards for Higher Education
Association of American College and Research
Libraries (ACRL) IL Standards for Higher
Education
IL Workshops for Transfer Students
(ILW-T)
•A required non-credit workshop
•Students select a research topic.
•Librarians teach and grade the Annotated
Bibliography (AB) assignment.
Methodologies
1. Surveys – First round
•Targeted population: 400 transfer students who
registered courses in Spring semester 2010
•Survey type: Online only
•Response rate:16.5%
•Select data
Surveys - Second-round
•Targeted population: 150 new transfer students
who attended the Summer Orientation 2010 and
completed the survey
•Survey type: Print only
•Response rate: 56.7%
•Select data
2. Mapping Diaries
•One of the ethnographic research methods.
•Steps taken for completing the annotated
bibliography assignment using drawings, text, or
both.
Sample Mapping Diaries from one research
participant
Pre-ILW-T Mapping Diary
Post-ILW-T and Post-AB Mapping Diary
Conclusions
•Transfer students who have attended the
information literacy workshop use both library
databases (79%) and the Internet (80%) as their
major research tools.
•The Annotated Bibliography assignment is helpful
for students to reflect their own research process
and increase their confidence on their research
performance.
Future Plan
•Develop an effective student learning outcomes
assessment cycle in order to advance transfer
student’s learning experience.
7%
22%
71%
I am a
Freshman Freshman
Sophomore Sophomore
Junior Junior
3%
8%
46%
44%
I am a:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
0%
100%
Have you attended the required
Information Literacy Workshop for transfer
students at Dominican University?
0
No
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
What library resources/services did you use when you work on a research assignment?
Please check all that apply:
Emailed the reference desk Emailed the reference desk
Chat / Text Message Reference desk Chat / Text Message Reference desk
Reference books Reference books (e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other books located at the lower level of the library)
Charged out books Charged out books (books that you can check out and are located on the first and second floor of the library)
Got books or articles from I-Share / Interlibrary loan Got books or articles from I-Share / Interlibrary loan
Journals Journals
Newspapers Newspapers
Databases Databases
Internet (Google, Yahoo, etc) Internet (Google, Yahoo, etc)
a Quiet study space to do my homework a Quiet study space to do my homework
a Group study room a Group study room
Just the computers for writing my papers / doing homework Just the computers for writing my papers / doing homework
Asked for help at the reference desk Asked for help at the reference desk
Other Other (please specify)
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
What library resources/services did you use when you work on a research assignment? Please
check all that apply:
Emailed the reference desk
Chat / Text Message Reference desk
Reference books (e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other books located at the lower level of the library)
Charged out books (books that you can check out and are located on the first and second floor of the library)
Got books or articles from I-Share / Interlibrary loan
Journals
Newspapers
Databases
Internet (Google, Yahoo, etc)
a Quiet study space to do my homework
a Group study room
Just the computers for writing my papers / doing homework
Asked for help at the reference desk
Other (please specify)
60.6%
39.4%
Have you attended the required
Information Literacy Workshop for
transfer students at Dominican
University?
Yes
No