Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-based Exercises for College Students - Softcover

Burkhardt, Joanna M.; MacDonald, Mary C.; Rathemacher, Andree J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838908543 ISBN 13: 9780838908549

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2003

Synopsis

From tech schools to colleges, high schools to grad schools, research involves making sense of information, dealing with overload, learning the basics of planning, and evaluating the quality of sources. As information proliferates, immediate gratification takes precedence. Students often use the easiest tools available rather than making the effort to identify the best. There is another way! Successful research skills require a basic grounding in information literacy as well as planning. Students who learn to follow these step-by-step instructions in the research process can tackle any research project confidently and on time. This workbook, tied to the ACRL Standards for Information Literacy, provides hands-on tools for reference and instruction librarians at colleges and community colleges as well as others appointed to teach students how to conduct research and to be literate in the information sea. Each exercise address one or more of the nationally accepted ACRL benchmark standards for information literacy education. The exercises promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problem-based learning, and/or resource-based learning. Ready-to-use and easy to modify, these 35 lessons can be used as a full semester course or as a single focused seminar or workshop. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, the workbook exercises show how to access books and bibliographic information as well as periodicals and indexes, in addition to online sources. This hands-on workshop-in-a-book - with expert advice and explanations throughout - makes it easy to get an information literacy program up and running. It features a time line and a sample from the University of Rhode Island's "Paper Trail Project," a semester-long program proven to help students learn and apply information literacy skills.

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About the Author

Joanna M. Burkhardt is associate professor and head librarian at the University of Rhode Island, Providence campus. She coordinates and teaches in the university's Information Literacy program and is a member of the Dean's Council. Active in ALA, ACRL, and the Rhode Island Library Association, she is a popular speaker at library conferences nationwide. Mary C. MacDonald is an assistant professor in the reference unit of the University Library at the University of Rhode Island. She is a coordinator and teacher in the Information Literacy program and serves on the Libraries Curriculum Committee. She is a member of ACRL's National Instruction Section and Teaching Methods Committee as well as being an active member of ALA and frequent speaker. Andree J. Rathemacher is an assistant professor in the reference unit of URI's University Library where she serves as business specialist and bibliographer. In addition to teaching sections of the Information Literacy course, she also served on the University of Rhode Island's Libraries Faculty Development Committee. She is active in ALA, ACRL, and the Rhode Island Library Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838908543
• ISBN 13: 9780838908549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128