The document summarizes the University of North Texas Libraries' information literacy initiative. It outlines the initiative's goals of improving student critical thinking and ability to use information effectively. The initiative aims to strengthen core library services and establish metrics to monitor progress. It also discusses curriculum mapping efforts to identify how courses address information literacy standards and frameworks. The results of piloting curriculum mapping in first-year composition courses and core courses are presented.

1. WHERE DOES
INFORMATION LITERACY FIT?
MAPPING THE CORE
Greg Hardin, Carol Hargis, and Brea Henson
University of North Texas Libraries

2. MAPPING THE CORE TEAM
• Greg Hardin, Information Literacy Coordinator
• Jordan Richardson, Graduate Student Assistant
• Carol Hargis, English Librarian
• Karen Harker, Collection Assessment Librarian
• Brea Henson, Outreach & Instruction Librarian
• Julie Leuzinger, Head of Library Learning Services
Site: https://myunt.sharepoint.com/sites/informationfluency/

3. BACKGROUND

4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
INFORMATION LITERACY INITIATIVE
1. Establish Information Literacy Steering Committee
2. Integrate Information Literacy into Undergraduate Classes
3. Look for Areas of Opportunity to Enhance High-Impact Practices and
Student Learning
4. Investigate Tools for teaching information literacy (Online Tutorials)
5. Collaborate with Campus – QEP
6. Training for Librarians, Faculty, Staff and University Community
7. Collaborate with Campus Community
8. Work with Student Groups
9. Map the Curriculum
10. Integrate Information Literacy into Courses
11. Assessment
Hardin, Gregory. White Paper: University of North Texas, Information Fluency Initiative, paper, March 2016;(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc944367/:),
University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

5. INITIATIVE GOALS
 the ultimate aim of improving the capacity of UNT students for critical
thinking and the ability to use information effectively
 the key aim of this initiative will be to strengthen core library services to
enhance high-impact practices

6. INITIATIVE OBJECTIVES
 to collaborate with campus student services to promote a student-centered library and
increase creative learning opportunities outside the classroom
 to establish clear metrics for monitoring the progress of the initiative in improving student
information fluency
◦ Curriculum mapping will help identify gaps in library instruction
◦ Knowing which courses touch on which frames/standards
◦ We will know which core courses address which standards and frames from the ACRL InfoLit
Framework and AAC&U Value Statements, based on documented syllabi.
◦ Establish a baseline of information literacy skills and abilities -- based on data from Credo InfoLit
◦ Modules and instruction data.
◦ Connect UNT Libraries’ core services to High-Impact Practices

7. HIGH-IMPACT EDUCATIONAL
PRACTICES
High -
Impact
Practices
First-Year
Seminars
and
Experiences
Common
Intellectual
Experiences
Learning
Communities
Writing-
Intensive
Courses
Collaborative
Assignments
and Projects
Undergrad
Research
Diversity/
Global
Learning
ePortfolios
Service
Learning,
Community-
Based
Learning
Internships
Capstone
Courses and
Projects
High -
Impact
Practices
Orientations,
Tours, &
Library
Instruction
Special
Programming
and Events
Residence
Hall Embed
ENGL
1310/1320
ENGL 4850 –
Literature in
Context
(WWII Poetry)
Subject
Librarian
Reference by
Appointment
Multicultural
Center,
Carnival,
Special
Programming
ePortfolios
QEP
Career
Connect
GLAs,
Practicum,
and student
workers
LIS End of
Program
Exam &
Library
Workshops

8. At its most basic, information literacy can
be defined as the ability to think critically
about information.
adapted from the
ACRL Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education

9. INFORMATION LITERACY DEFINED
“Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective
discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and
valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating
ethically in communities of learning.”
Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to “recognize
when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and
use effectively the needed information.”
ACRL FRAMEWORK (2016)
ACRL STANDARDS (2000)
“The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify,
locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for
the problem at hand.” (Adopted from the National Forum on Information Literacy)
AAC&U VALUE RUBRIC (2013)

10. Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
Information Literacy VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in
Undergraduate Education) Rubric
https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/information-literacy

11. THE FRAMEWORK
• Six Frames
• Knowledge Practices
• Disposition
Frames:
•Authority Is Constructed and
Contextual
•Information Creation as a Process
•Information Has Value
•Research as Inquiry
•Scholarship as Conversation
•Searching as Strategic Exploration

12. THE FRAMEWORK
The Framework is a…
 Content
 Common Language
 Context
 Collaboration
 Commitment

13. AAC&U VALUE vs ACRL FRAMEWORK
AAC&U
 Determine the Extent of Information
Needed
 Access the Needed Information
 Evaluate Information and its Sources
Critically
 Use Information Effectively to
Accomplish a Specific Purpose
 Access and Use Information Ethically
and Legally
ACRL FRAMEWORK
 Authority is Constructed and Contextual
 Information Creation as a Process
 Information has Value
 Research as Inquiry
 Scholarship is a Conversation
 Searching is Strategic

14. NEED

15. IMPACT
Having a library instruction class
• Increase GPA (0.09)
• Improve retention per GPA point increase (26.7%)
Vance, J. M., Kirk, R., & Gardner, J. G. (2012). Measuring the Impact of Library Instruction on
Freshmen Success and Persistence: A Quantitative Analysis. Communications in Information
Literacy, 6 (1), 49-58: 10.15760/comminfolit.2012.6.1.117

16. CORE CURRICULUM
http://catalog.unt.edu/content.php?catoid=20&navoid=2148
Core Objectives
•Critical Thinking
• Communication Skills
• Empirical and Quantitative Skills
• Teamwork
• Personal Responsibility
• Social Responsibility

17. METHODS FOR PILOT

18. CURRICULUM MAPPING
Curriculum mapping is the documentation and discussion of what we teach.
A curriculum map is a tool used to visually display where and how students
progressively learn. It illustrates the relationship between a program’s sequence
of courses and each program learning outcome. The more coherent the
progression in learning is across the curriculum, the greater the likelihood that
the students can achieve the outcomes.
One important thing to remember, curriculum maps are never considered
“done”. They are an ongoing development seeking to improve student learning
and content quality

19. Pilot Project: First Year Composition
Courses available, pick two in sequence
• ENGL 1310/1331: College Writing I
• ENGL 1320/1321: College Writing II
• ENGL 1315: Writing about Literature I
• ENGL 1325: Writing about Literature II
• TECM 1700: Intro. to Professional Science and Technical Writing
• TECM 2700: Technical Writing

20. LOGIC MODEL

21. Sample
Codebook
Language
•Authority is Constructed and Contextual
• “…understand the forms, conventions, and styles and genres expected
by academic and nonacademic audiences”; “…understand the forms,
conventions, and styles expected by different audiences…both inside
and outside of academia”
• “define different types of authority, such as subject expertise,
societal position, or special experience”
• “use research tools and indicators of authority to determine the
credibility of sources”
•Determine the Extent of Information Needed
• “…employ proven writing strategies to create…persuasive texts.”
• “…writes texts that effectively persuade academic audiences”
• “research, synthesize, articulate, and graphically represent data”
• “create technical documents…”
The underlined quotes and texts are
quotes from Student Learning Outcomes
or Course Objectives within syllabi from
courses The SLO quotes are quotes from
the Knowledge Practices that detail the
expectations of each ACRL Framework.

22. STANDARDS KEY

23. MAPPING SYLLABI

24. RESULTS

25. PILOT
RESULTS N 338
SLO not in Syllabus 54
Syllabus N/A 14
Course not offered 4
Excluded 72
Analyzed 266
Disposition of Syllabi Examined

26. Results of Pilot
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Authority is
Constructed
& Contextual
Information
creation is a
process
Information
has value
Research as
inquiry
Scholarship
as
conversation
Searching as
strategic
exploration
Determine
the extent of
information
needed
Access the
needed
information
Evaluate
information
& its sources
critically
Use
information
effectively to
accomplish a
specific
purpose
Access & use
information
ethically &
legally
Communication Objectives Represented in English Class Syllabi, N=266

27. SUCCESS WITH ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Unit 1
Unit 2

28. Lessons Learned
• Built relationships
• Improved data management and visualization
• Found ways to take the theoretical and distill it for practical conversations
• Streamline

29. CORE
RESULTS N 2075
SLO not on Syllabi 485
Syllabi N/A 241
Course not offered 153
Excluded 16
Analyzed 1180
Disposition of Syllabi Examined

30. Core Results
Standard/Frame Authority InformatioInformatioResearch aScholarshiSearching Detimine Access theEvaluate I Use InformAccess & U
# Represented 439 413 245 283 409 142 123 183 507 418 163
% Representated 37% 35% 21% 24% 35% 12% 11% 16% 43% 35% 14%
ACRL Framework AACU Value rubric dor Infroamtion Literacy
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Authority is
Constructed &
Contexual
Information
creation is a
Process
Information has
Value
Research as
Inquiry
Scholarship as
Conversation
Searching as
Strategic
Exploration
Detimine te
Extent of the
Informaiton
Needed
Access the
Inofrmation
Needed
Evaluate
Information & its
Sources Critically
Use Information
effecivitly to
Accomplish a
Specific Purpose
Access & Uses
Onformation
Ethically &
Leagally
Objectives Represented in Core Course Syllabi, N=1180

31. EXEMPLARY SLOs
Student Learning Outcome/Objective ACRL Frames AACU Standards
Students will understand the forms, conventions, and styles expected by different audiences
in local and global communities both inside and outside of academia.
IV UI
Students will employ descriptive strategies through writing to better understand how to
construct a critical argument.
IP, SC UI
Students will analyze arguments through writing to hone critical reasoning and
argumentation skills.
SC, SE DE, EI
Students will engage proven writing strategies to create clear, fluid, and relevant texts. SC UI
Students will develop a writerly “ethos” to meet expected conventions, grammars, and
genres.
SC UI
Students will work as a team to construct a detailed analysis of the assigned secondary text. RI AI
Students will revise their writing to incorporate instructor feedback. IP UI
Students will demonstrate understanding of their own rhetorical choices and writing habits. SC UI
Students will use their nonfiction reading to help them respond to contemporary social and
cultural issues.
AC, RI, SC AI, EI

32. WHAT NEXT?
• Distribute infographic to faculty to market
faculty-librarian collaboration.
• Relationship with Office of University
Accreditation.
• Assessment with card swipe data
• Class surveys
• Empower 21 Subject Librarians to have
conversations with their departments. Also
be able to map discipline-specific courses
beyond the core.
• We are meeting with Subject Librarians Fall
2019 to discuss results of mapping in their
areas.
• ENGL: Continuing communication and
attending fall training for FY Comp instructors.
• PSCI: Map required major courses and popular
electives to develop strategic IL intervention.

33. TOP THREE TAKEAWAYS
1. Communication
2. Instruction
3. Information Literacy Tutorials

34. Thank You!
Greg Hardin
Greg.hardin@unt.edu
Carol Hargis
Carol.hargis@unt.edu
Brea Henson
Brea.Henson@unt.edu
Karen Harker
Karen.harker@unt.edu