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Tumbleson, Beth E.; Burke, John J. – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
Information literacy instruction is provided in five formats: reference, one-shot sessions, credit courses, library Web sites, and embedded librarians. Each method offers distinct merits as well as limitations. Much can be gained by considering the swirl or interplay of all five and how working with one approach informs the others and results in a…
Descriptors: Librarians, Outreach Programs, Library Services, Information Literacy
Head, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2011
The paper presents findings from 560 interviews with undergraduates on 10 campuses distributed across the US, as part of Project Information Literacy (PIL). Overall, the findings suggest that students use a "less is more" approach to manage and control all of the IT devices and information systems available to them while they are in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interviews, Use Studies, Library Equipment
Head, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2010
A report about college students and their information-seeking strategies and research difficulties, including findings from 8,353 survey respondents from college students on 25 campuses distributed across the U.S. in spring of 2010, as part of Project Information Literacy. Respondents reported taking little at face value and were frequent…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Information Literacy, Information Seeking
McNair, Ellen L. – Knowledge Quest, 2017
The creation and identification of high-yield practices for empowering students to think, wonder, and own their learning is a high priority for school librarians who value instructional leadership. Future-ready librarians are working to create flexible learning environments in which their students design solutions, consider possibilities, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Librarians, Role, Inquiry
Holler, Carissa M. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2009
The library literature contains many discussions on problem-based learning as a means of engaging students in instruction and promoting information literacy. A related but relatively unexplored opportunity is available through client-based projects. Using examples from the business education literature, library literature, and the author's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Problem Based Learning, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
Ryan, Jenny; Capra, Steph – 2001
The three guides in the new Information Literacy Toolkit Series can help school library media specialists and teachers to promote and teach information literacy skills to young library users and to: collaborate in curriculum planning so that students will develop a cohesive skill set; teach the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Instructional Design
Crawford, John; Irving, Christine – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
Although increasingly recognized as a future skills issue, the use of information in the workplace is a little studied area within library and information research. A substantial "pedagogic" literature of learning in the workplace exists, however, and this was critically reviewed to generate a repertoire of issues which could in turn be…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Information Literacy, Internet, Interviews
Kasowitz-Scheer, Abby – Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2006
The "College Connection" is a new column providing space for discussion of issues and activities involving information literacy instruction at the higher education level. The column will explore ways in which library media specialists and academic librarians can help students make smooth transitions from high school to college through development…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Skills, College Students, Media Specialists
Clayton, Susan – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2005
This article highlights a project on information literacy that began in the fall semester of 2003 at the University of Redlands. The faculty in the School of Education needed an information literacy component for their teacher credential program. The Manager of Instructional Technology believed that a tutorial of this type would work well in the…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Computer Uses in Education, Workshops, Educational Technology
Belanger, Jackie; Zou, Ning; Mills, Jenny Rushing; Holmes, Claire; Oakleaf, Megan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
Rubric assessment of information literacy is an important tool for librarians seeking to show evidence of student learning. The authors, who collaborated on the Rubric Assessment of Informational Literacy Skills (RAILS) research project, draw from their shared experience to present practical recommendations for implementing rubric assessment in a…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Information Literacy, Librarians, Evaluation Methods
McClellan, Samantha; Detmering, Robert; Martinez, George; Johnson, Anna Marie – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
Graduate students across disciplines feel pressure to publish their scholarship, but they are often unsure how to go about it, partly due to a lack of explicit training in this area. This article discusses the collaborative development of a semester-long Publishing Academy, designed to promote knowledge of scholarly publishing and increase the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Scholarship, Writing for Publication, Library Role
Givens, Marlee, Ed.; Slutskaya, Sofia, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2022
Technical services departments are increasingly expected to do more with less, which means that finding a balance between meeting service demands and developing staff knowledge and skills is more challenging than ever. Today's next gen catalogs, changing cataloging rules, and diverse formats and delivery models demand that technical services…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Libraries, Library Services, Staff Development
Bull, Alaina C.; MacMillan, Margy; Fister, Barbara – Project Information Literacy, 2020
This guide provides a wide variety of information literacy and news literacy lessons. It offers activities and discussion prompts that support learning in virtual or physical classes based on the first report, "The Shape of the Coronavirus News Story." The ideas and prompts in the guide are for different steps of inquiry and were…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, Information Literacy
Dodgen, Lynda; Naper, Sarah; Palmer, Olia; Rapp, Adrian – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2003
In Summer 2001, librarians and Sociology faculty members at the North Harris College embarked on a collaborative project designed to improve the information literacy skills of Principles of Sociology students. Other goals were the improvement of student grades on a particular Sociology assignment and overall improvement of the students' library…
Descriptors: Library Research, Research Skills, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Heller, Norma – 1998
This book provides guidance and instruction for nine in-depth projects that integrate information literacy skills and technology skills with the elementary curriculum while promoting small-group learning and interpersonal skills. These projects use the talents of both the teacher and the librarian and emphasize small group learning. The following…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Consumer Education, Educational Technology