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Beheshti, Jamshid. "Library and Information Studies Curriculum." ALA, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105051.
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Based on a presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, June 9 - 12, 1999.This exploratory study attempts to map the curricula of the ALA accredited LIS programs to provide a better understanding of the nature of LIS education as is currently prevalent in the United States and Canada. The mapping methodology is based on clustering keywords of individual course titles and course descriptions from each LIS program. Hence, the study provides a relatively accurate snapshot of the curricula through a concept intensity map of the subjects being presently taught in LIS programs. It is hoped that the map will contribute to discussions in designing a more cohesive LIS education.
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Walden, Rachel R. "Incorporating Health Literacy Concepts in Medical Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8832.
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Walsh, John Barry. "The Effects Of Targeted, Connectivism-Based Information Literacy Instruction On Latino Students Information Literacy Skills And Library Usage Behavior." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/312502.
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The United States is experiencing a socio-demographic shift in population and education. Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population on the national level and in higher education. The Latino student population growth rate and Latino college completion rate are not reciprocal. While Latino students are the fastest growing demographic group in higher education, they continue to have the lowest persistence and retention rates. Latino students are more at risk for dropping out of college than any other ethnic group. Latinos decreasing persistence rates have caused an academic achievement gap in higher education (Long, 2011). Literature has correlated the gap with Latinos limited IL competency and low library usage (Long, 2011).This quasi-experimental research examined the effects of a targeted information literacy (IL) instructional method on Latino community college students IL skills and library usage. The study also introduced the idea of using a connectivism based targeted instruction to influence Latinos IL skills and library usage. The intent of the study was to investigate the development of information literacy instruction (ILI) which targets Latino students and uses the principles of connectivism. Connectivism posits that students' learn by connecting to information along their personal learning networks (Siemens, 2005). Connectivism helps position the library within Latino students' personal learning networks. This positioning may increase their library usage and by extension their IL skills. Specifically, this quantitative study assessed the effect of the instruction on IL skills and library usage behavior of Latino community college students. A pretest/posttest control group design was used for this study. A sample of 92 Latino male and female students completed the pretest and posttest. They were recruited from a diverse population of community college students who were registered for Introductory English classes. Data was collected through instrumentation that included an Information Literacy Rubric, an Information Literacy Skills Test, a Library Usage Survey/Demographic Identification Form, and a Citation Analysis Form. Though two of the hypotheses were not supported, the data collected allowed the researcher to accomplish two of the purposes of this study, to design and assess a targeted ILI that increases Latino students' IL skills and library usage, and to advance the research that grounds the emerging learning theory of connectivism. The more connections students made to information sources the higher their overall IL skill score were. This data suggests that as students make connections to information resources they are learning IL skills and the more sources they connect to, the more they learn. Though TI did not emerge as the more effective method, it is effective at increasing library usage and IL skills in Latino community college students'. The results of this study may lead to a better understanding of how students acquire IL skills. Instruction has become increasingly important in librarianship and recently has even eclipsed traditional reference service. (Grassian & Kaplowitz, xix, 2009). More and more academic libraries are being held accountable for their contribution to student learning. The findings of this study provide evidence that the instructional efforts of the library are influencing student learning outcomes.
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Watson, Dana L. Schamber Linda. "Assessment of a library learning theory by measuring library skills of students completing an online library instruction tutorial." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3599.
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Jackson, Carolyn M. Rhodes Dent. "The high school library web site scaffolding information literacy skills /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1276395781&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1202154031&clientId=43838.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2006.Title from title page screen, viewed on February 4, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Dent Rhodes (chair), Tom Crumpler, Cheri Toledo, Bobb Darnell. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-113) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Taylor, Pamela Denise. "Promoting Information Literacy through Teacher - School Library Media Specialist Collaboration." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1718.
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Schools that support collaboration between teachers and school library media specialists (SLMS) outperform those that do not. Teachers at a rural Georgia middle school were not using the library media program or being trained on how to collaborate with the SLMS to promote student achievement. Guided by Bruner's socioconstructivist theory of learning, the purpose of this descriptive case study was to investigate teachers' experiences with integrating technology and information literacy into the curriculum and to examine the collaborative services the SLMS could provide to enhance integration. Eight teachers in Grades 6th through 8th comprised the sample. Data sources included teacher lesson plans and interviews. Data analysis included line-by-line coding of interviews and lesson plans to generate themes. According to study results, teachers were limiting the integration of technology and information literacy into the curriculum because of their lack of awareness of the SLMS's role as an instructional partner, students' lack of information literacy skills, fear, and time constraints. The resulting project was a series of professional development sessions to increase awareness among teachers of the role of the SLMS as an instructional partner in promoting technology use and information literacy among students. This project may facilitate social change by promoting a collaborative culture as teachers and SLMS work together to expose students to information literacy and technology, ultimately creating students who are skillful researchers and critical thinkers, better prepared for lifelong learning.
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Pagowsky, Nicole, and Kelly McElroy. "Critical Library Pedagogy Handbooks: Introduction." Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620823.
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Pagowsky, Nicole, and Kelly McElroy. "Critical Library Pedagogy Handbooks: Acknowledgments." Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620824.
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Revercomb, Pamela Lipe. "Internet information literacy a study of older adults /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Howell, Amy van Dusen. "Comparative literacies: Families' literacy practices at home and the public library." Connect to online resource, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3273818.
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Gwyn, Lydia C., and Jonathan Wilson. "Engaging Students in Information Literacy: Lessons from Our Library Ambassador Program." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6138.
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The Library Ambassador Program hires approximately 25 undergraduate students each fall and provides them with two semesters of information literacy and research skills instruction before deploying them across campus to help students with their research. As part of their training, instructors use various game-playing and active learning strategies in the classroom including: a card game designed to teach players about databases and how they function, group problem-solving exercises, a card game intended to teach players how to evaluate sources of information, and a roleplaying activity meant to prepare ambassadors for experiences in helping students. In this session, participants will learn effective methods for implementing active and collaborative learning strategies to engage students in information literacy instruction.
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Bradley, Fiona. "Information literacy and news libraries : the challenge of developing information literacy instruction programs in a special library environment /." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Media and Information, 2003. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14147.
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This study examines the current situation of training provided to journalists by news librarians in the United States and Australia. The study examines the factors affecting the provision of training and the potential for information literacy instruction to comprise most of the training provided. The definition of information literacy was explored in the context of journalists and news organisations. The study questions the adaptability of the concept to a workplace environment, where organisational and individual development is important. The results of a self-administered questionnaire are presented. Respondents indicated that news librarians are very willing to plan and conduct training, a clear majority agreeing that they should train journalists to search for their own information. Respondents also expressed a need for more training themselves with regard to the skills needed to deliver instruction. The results also found that training is at an early stage in news libraries, with few hours available for planning and conducting training, and mixed success with different training methodologies. A model is suggested as a method of selecting information literacy competencies for individual journalists. The model describes the relationships between individual, organisation, and occupation determined competencies. The study also discusses the implications of the lack of workplace training for journalists, which has impacted upon news libraries' ability to introduce training services. News librarians are providing training, and are pro-active in providing services and information to journalists, but managers do not yet recognise this as a major role for librarians in news organisations.Information literacy instruction needs to become an organisational goal in order to succeed. The difficulties of assessing and evaluating information literacy instruction in the workplace are outlined. The need for measurable outcomes and preevaluation in training are emphasised. Several considerations for further research are detailed, including the need for further clarification of the nature of information literacy in the workplace, as well as the relationship between the role of information literacy instruction in formal university education and the workplace.
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Gwyn, Lydia C., and Jonathan Wilson. "Developing a Peer-Mentoring Program to Expand Information Literacy across Campus." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6135.
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In an effort to expand information literacy throughout our institution and to reach students who may not make it to the library for research help, our library faculty have developed a peermentoring program. The Library Ambassador Program entails hiring undergraduate students, providing them with two semesters of information literacy instruction and deploying them across campus to help students with their research.
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Nkangana, Nqabisa T. "The development of information literacy at the University of Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22214.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-98).The origins and development of information literacy education at the University of Cape Town are explored. The focal research question is based on investigations into the extent in which the academic staff, librarians and students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) are prepared for or engaged in recognizing information literacy. Are the academic staff, librarians and students of UCT really aware of the information literacy agenda? Quantitative research methods are used to supplement qualitative research methods in this study. Samples were drawn from 621 academics, 64 librarians, and 19978 students - the total numbers of subjects of the study in 2003 when the fieldwork was conducted. The significant changes in the South African education system in the postapartheid era are discussed. International information literacy programs are discussed and the Griffith University information literacy blueprint is adopted as a standard for comparison. Further studies are suggested on the investigation of information literacy policies. The research results suggest that a high standard of information literacy exists at the University of Cape Town.
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Ho, Wai-pan Anthony. "Integrating information literacy into the curriculum collaboration between university library and faculty /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40039821.
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Ho, Wai-pan Anthony, and 何慧彬. "Integrating information literacy into the curriculum: collaboration between university library and faculty." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40039821.
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Battle, Joel C. "The Effect of Information Literacy Instruction on Library Anxiety Among International Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5552/.
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This study explored what effect information literacy instruction (ILI) may have on both a generalized anxiety state and library anxiety specifically. The population studied was international students using resources in a community college. Library anxiety among international students begins with certain barriers that cause anxiety (i.e., language/communication barriers, adjusting to a new education/library system and general cultural adjustments). Library Anxiety is common among college students and is characterized by feelings of negative emotions including, ruminations, tension, fear and mental disorganization (Jiao & Onwuegbuzie, 1999a). This often occurs when a student contemplates conducting research in a library and is due to any number of perceived inabilities about using the library. In order for students to become successful in their information seeking behavior this anxiety needs to be reduced. The study used two groups of international students enrolled in the English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) program taking credit courses. Each student completed Bostick's Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) to assess anxiety level before and after treatment. Subjects were given a research assignment that required them to use library resources. Treatment: Group 1 (experimental group) attended several library instruction classes (the instruction used Kuhltau's information search process model). Group 2 (control group) was in the library working on assignment but did not receive any formal library instruction. After the treatment the researcher and ESOL program instructor(s) measured the level of anxiety between groups. ANCOVA was used to analyze Hypotheses 1 and 2, which compared pretest and posttest for each group. Research assignment grades were used to analyze Hypothesis 3 comparing outcomes among the two groups. The results of the analysis ascertained that ILI was associated with reducing state and library anxiety among international students when given an assignment using library resources.
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Wilson, Michael W. "Librarians’ Use of Instructional Design Methods in Creating Information Literacy Instruction." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2016. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/75.
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The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods study was to determine whether instruction librarians in the United States and Canada were using instructional design (ID) methods, and to identify potential explanations for their adoption or rejection of those methods. The theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985) served as the theoretical framework for the study. Research questions examined the relationship between respondents’ reported use of ID methods and the following factors: (a) behavioral, normative, and control beliefs, (b) demographic factors, and (c) professional identity as teachers. A survey adapted from Ajjan and Hartshorne (2008) and from Julien and Genuis (2011) was distributed to members of the American Library Association’s Information Literacy Instruction Discussion List. Quantitative data from 101 subjects were analyzed using χ2 and t tests for independent sample means. Qualitative data from seven volunteers were compared to the quantitative data to identify areas of validation or disconnect. Pearson correlations between use scores and behavioral, normative, and control beliefs revealed that control construct scores (r = .59) had the strongest correlation with ID use, followed by behavioral (r = .56) and normative (r = .53) scores. Qualitative data supported the conclusion that there was a strong relationship between ID use and both behavioral and normative scores, but not between ID use and control scores. Chi-square analysis found no relationship between subjects’ use of ID methods and the length of time they had worked in libraries (χ2 = 5.14). A significant relationship was found between ID use and the length of time subjects had taught information literacy (χ2 = 7.91) and reported type of training in ID (χ2 = 24.59). Subjects who identified primarily as teachers used ID more than those who did not (t = 2.61).
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Bolton, Marcia. "The impact of continuous staff development on teaching practices in Reading Recovery." < Digital Thesis and Dissertation Collection > Username and password required for access, SU only, 2004. http://www.su.edu/library/digitalthesis/boltonmaria.pdf.
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Seeber, Kevin Patrick. "It's Not a Competition: Questioning the Rhetoric of "Scholarly Versus Popular" in Library Instruction." The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607784.
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Presentation. Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium, February 25-26, 2016, The University of Arizona.Academic instruction librarians often introduce students to the concept of evaluating information by having them compare “scholarly versus popular” sources--an approach that wrongly implies these two kinds of information are a binary, and that they are in competition with one another. This presentation will question the motivations behind presenting scholarly and popular information in this way, as well as offer recommendations for how librarians can adapt this activity into something which allows for critical discussions of context and authority in the classroom.
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Mertes, Nathalie. "Teachers' conceptions of student information literacy learning and teachers' practices of information literacy teaching and collaboration with the school library." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät I, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16921.
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Schulbibliothekare sollen mit Lehrern zusammenarbeiten, um die Informationskompetenz (IK) der Schüler zu fördern, aber Informationswissenschaftler berichten international über mangelnde und oberflächliche Zusammenarbeit. Die Sicht der Lehrer auf die Förderung von IK und die Zusammenarbeit mit der Schulbibliothek wurde in der Forschung bisher kaum berücksichtigt. Basierend auf einem qualitativen Design beschreibt diese Studie den Prozess der Förderung von IK in einem ganzen Lehrerkollegium in einer US-amerikanischen Privatschule in einer detaillierten Theorie. Daten über Lehrer wurden in teilstrukturierten Interviews mit der Schulleitung und Schülern erhoben, Daten von Lehrern in einem Fragebogen und teilstrukturierten Interviews. Die Lehrer identifizierten sieben Bereiche von IK. Die Ergebnisse zeigten zudem, dass die Mehrzahl der Lehrer IK unterrichtete, vor allem mit Hilfe von Rechercheaufgaben, und dabei mit der Schulbibliothek zusammenarbeitete, und dass sowohl Schulbibliothekare als auch Lehrer didaktische Maßnahmen ergriffen. Der Prozess der IK-Förderung wurde beeinflusst durch die Fachgebiete und den Umfang der Rechercheaufgaben. Beispielsweise wurden in kleineren Projekten in erster Linie Quellen aus dem Internet genutzt, in größeren hingegen Quellen aus der Schulbibliothek; auch unterrichteten die Schulbibliothekare im Rahmen von kleineren Rechercheaufgaben vorrangig Aspekte zum Auffinden von Informationen, in größeren Arbeiten hingegen Aspekte zur Mehrzahl der sieben IK-Bereiche. Die Förderung von IK in der formalen Bildung ist ein komplexes Unterfangen. Schlussfolgerungen für die Praxis sind, dass die Schulbibliothekare dieser Komplexität Rechnung tragen und sich mit den Lehrern über gemeinsame Begriffe von IK sowie Ziele, Gelegenheiten und Verantwortlichkeiten bei der Förderung von IK verständigen sollten. In Schulen ohne Bibliothekare sollten Lehrer besonders gut vorbereitet sein, um die erforderlichen didaktischen Interventionen alleine zu leisten.School librarians are expected to interact with teachers for enhancing student information literacy (IL); however, information scientists report low numbers and levels of collaboration internationally. The teachers’ perspective on both IL teaching and collaboration with the school library has been neglected in research. Hence, a qualitative case study approach was chosen for gaining an in-depth understanding and developing a theory about the process of IL teaching in an entire faculty in a US independent high school. Data were collected about teachers in interviews with administrators, the head school librarian, and students, and from teachers in a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. IL emerged out of the study in the form of seven concepts with major findings exhibiting that the majority of teachers do teach IL, especially through the assignment of research tasks, and collaborate with the school library, and that school librarians as well as teachers provide pedagogical interventions. IL competencies covered in research tasks, pedagogical interventions, and collaborative interactions were partly shaped by disciplines and the scope of research tasks. For example, web sources were prevalent in small-scale projects and library sources in extended projects; moreover, school librarians provided pedagogical interventions predominantly about information finding when students undertook small-scale research projects and about the majority of IL competencies when students undertook extended projects. IL teaching in formal education is a highly complex endeavor. Implications for practice include that school librarians need to take into account this complexity and agree with teachers on common understandings of IL and negotiate objectives, opportunities, and responsibilities with them for providing pedagogical interventions; where librarians are missing within schools, teachers need to be particularly well prepared for providing these interventions alone.
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Watson, Dana L. "Assessment of a Library Learning Theory by Measuring Library Skills of Students Completing an Online Library Instruction Tutorial." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3599/.
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This study is designed to reveal whether students acquire the domains and levels of library skills discussed in a learning library skills theory after participating in an online library instruction tutorial. The acquisition of the library skills is demonstrated through a review of the scores on online tutorial quizzes, responses to a library skills questionnaire, and bibliographies of course research papers. Additional areas to be studied are the characteristics of the participants enrolled in traditional and online courses at a community college and the possible influence of these characteristics on the demonstrated learning of library skills. Multiple measurement methods, identified through assessment of library instruction literature, are used to verify the effectiveness of the library skills theory and to strengthen the validity and reliability of the study results.
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O'Connor, Lisa G. "Librarians' professional struggles in the information age a critical analysis of information literacy /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1153761756.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2006.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 11, 2009). Advisor: Natasha Levinson. Keywords: library and information science, information literacy, library instruction, school librarianship, academic librarianship, professionalization of librarianship. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256).
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Bing, Kathleen Mary. "The Role Children's Librarians Play in Fostering Literacy in the Community." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1237778483.
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Lyons, Reneé C., and Edward J. Dwyer. "Readers' Theater in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2408.
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Doucette, Wendy C. "Contextualizing Information Literacy: Why ‘Why’ Makes All the Difference." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5360.
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Graduate students require the same base knowledge of information literacy as undergraduates, but are less likely to receive in-class instruction. Rather than considering them as external, theoretical signposts or goals, this presentation will discuss the value of situating the ACRL Information Literacy Standards and Framework into the real-life graduate student experience. Explaining what it means to have membership in the academic community leads directly to a deeper understanding of scholarly dialogue, authority and peer review. This grounding leads to an understanding of ownership, copyright, and plagiarism. This high-level overview of the scholarly research process allows students to comprehend their own place in the process, and the function of various types of academic papers. The parts and styles of research papers are situated within the larger realm of scholarly publishing expectations and opportunities. Students are then able to apply these concepts to view themselves as academic creators, with all the rights, responsibilities, and expectations of working members of the academic community.
After the presentation and discussion, attendees should be able to recognize the immediate increase in student engagement when the ACRL concepts are presented in real-life context and terms assess the benefits of demonstrating to students where they belong in the academic cycle draft a similar message to support the particular circumstances of their own students
This presentation addresses personalizing information literacy for increased real-life relevance and retention; practical advice for teaching information literacy skills of immediate use to students; and providing students with clear context concerning issues such as copyright and plagiarism.
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Starkey, Alysia. "Kansas academic librarian perceptions of information literacy professional development needs." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/3856.
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Dwyer, Edward J. "Fostering Reading Fluency in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3404.
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Shapiro, Robert M. II. "HEALTH LITERACY: A BIBLIOMETRIC AND CITATION ANALYSIS." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/71.
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The concept of health literacy finds its origins in the field of education. In its brief history the definition, structure, and direction of the field has changed dramatically and has emerged as a multidisciplinary endeavor full of discipline specific manifestations, most recently, public health literacy. Using bibliometric and citation analyses, this study investigated the field of health literacy from the first use of the term in 1974 to the present year, 2010. A range of databases from the various fields that have contributed to the field were searched using the keyword string, “health literacy.” Data was organized, cleaned and parsed using EndNote X3. A free, Java-based application, CiteSpace, was utilized for visualization of author co-citations, document co-citations, keyword co-occurrences, and document co-citation clusters. This research presents researchers, librarians and those interested in the field with information to efficiently conduct literature searches and understand the structure of the field. In addition, this research provides insight into how and where the field may be progressing in terms of multi- and interdisciplinary research.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of M-libraries 2: A Virtual Library in Everyone’s Pocket." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5619.
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Zatorski, Stacey Lyn. "A Study of the relationship of daily journal writing to the literacy achievement of students in first grade." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2004. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.Ed. )--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2004.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2761. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as 2 preliminary leaves ( iii-iv). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-41).
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Iyambo, Laimi. "Utilisation of library websites for information literacy delivery in five selected universities in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29869.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how library web sites are used in delivering information literacy to a diversity of users in five selected universities in South Africa. Drawing from the Association of College and Research Libraries’ information literacy framework for higher education, the study sought to establish how information literacy content is designed into curricula and delivered. It further established tools that are used to deliver information literacy via library websites, strategies that are adopted in managing the process as well as the assessment tools used to test students’ learning of information literacy. Ultimately the study established the challenges librarians encounter when developing information literacy curriculum/content and using technologies on their web sites. This was done to improve the current practice of information literacy programme delivery at the University of Namibia libraries. The study was guided by Constructivism paradigm and the framework for Information Literacy Competency for higher education. The study employed a qualitative approach in which research participants were purposely selected. While a checklist was used to collect data from the library websites, interviews were used to collect data from librarians who are information literacy coordinators in their institutions. The study found that information literacy content encompasses the ability to identify an information need, locate, evaluate, use and manage information legally and ethically. Academic libraries used various strategies to inculcate information literacy skills among others includes Libguides, YouTube, videos, presentations in PDF and Microsoft Words, blog, Ask a Librarian and live Chat with a Librarian. Technologies such as Camtasia, Articulate software for videos, games, audios, quizzes creation, and Libguides are often used to develop and deliver information literacy content through library web-pages. Challenges that were highlighted by the librarians include inability to identify appropriate technologies to use and in most cases, librarians depend on IT personnel for assistance. The study will be useful to libraries which are in the process of developing online tutorials; it has potential to help librarians to identify appropriate technologies and processes involved to effectively develop tutorials that will eventually transform library websites into educational and learning platforms.
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Mariti, Lineo Mary. "An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-136).In this global information age many technological advances have changed approaches to education and the way libraries are managed. The massive increase of unfiltered information has resulted in high demands for information literacy programmes. Therefore, students need to be assisted throughout their learning process. The result of this change is the shift from teacher-centered type of learning to student-centered learning. The gap between the library and the classroom needs to be bridged by insisting on the use of information literacy skills and by promoting cooperation and collaboration of efforts between the teaching staff and the library. The learning organizations need to realize the need to embed information literacy within their curriculum to enhance quality education. The transformation requires libraries to embark on student learning and empower students with necessary information literacy skills. This issue of empowering students with necessary skills had become a motivating factor that drove me to carry out this research in order to find out the status and level of information literacy for postgraduate students of NUL. Information literacy standards were used as a measure. The study used a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. A questionnaire was used as a main data collection instrument and the results were measured against the American Library Association (ALA) information literacy standards. Interviews were also conducted at NUL to supplement the main data collection instrument. Findings reflect a moderate to poor performance of a group of postgraduate and senior Law students who participated in this survey study. Findings from interviews provided evidence that NUL is aware of the concept of information literacy.
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Steele, Linda, Gina Podyin, and Edward J. Dwyer. "Fostering Reading Fluency in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3341.
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Litchfield, Kathrina Sarah. "A critical impasse: literacy practice in American prisons and the future of transformative reading." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4678.
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Sawetrattanasatian, Oranuch. "University library web designs : a case study of the relationship between usability and information literacy development /." full text via ADT, 2008. http://erl.canberra.edu.au/public/adt-AUC20090311.091629/index.html.
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Kurttila-Matero, E. (Eeva). "School library: a tool for developing the school’s operating culture." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2011. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514297366.
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Abstract The aim of this study was to increase understanding of the dimensions of the school’s operating culture in general and pedagogical practices in particular in the context of the School Library of the Information Society project (SLI). The purpose was to describe development in the school’s operating culture as perceived by teachers and principals. The background for the study was the historical basis of Finnish school libraries and the starting point and aims of the SLI project. The analysis of the complex concept of the school’s operating culture was inspired by the Activity Theoretical Model put forth by Yrjö Engeström. The operating culture consists of 1) tools, which are the school library and teaching methods, 2) rules, consisting of different statutes and the curriculum, 3) the school community, including teachers, pupils, and parents, and 4) a division of labor, including resources for librarianship. Teachers and principals are the subjects who work together to improve pedagogical practices. The shared metatheories of Information Studies and Educational Sciences were scrutinized from the viewpoint of learning literacies. The impact of the SLI project was evaluated through all these factors. This was a qualitative case study. The follow-up time was seven years. The data are comprised of the yearly reports of eleven elementary schools collected during the SLI project in 2002–2004 and group interviews conducted in 2009. The use of methodological triangulation and the follow-up design add to the validity of the study. QSRNVivo software facilitated management and analysis of the data. Application of the activity theoretical model gives external validity to the study. All eleven elementary schools developed their library space and collection, which was given a more central role in relation to the curriculum and the pupils’ work. An information literacy curriculum was developed in some schools. Library teachers’ resources could not be increased. Collaboration increased between the teachers and the pupils, and with other schools, the public library, and the Education Department. Teaching information literacy and pedagogical use of information technology were developed. The limitation of this study is the fact that the researcher acted as the project coordinator in the SLI project and knew the interviewees, who probably for this reason wanted to give positive statements. However, the researcher’s familiarity with the research subject helped in recognizing significant aspects of the data. The model of the school’s operating culture can be used and further tested in different school and school library development projects. The activity theoretical Learning Commons Model developed in this study connects education authorities and the public library to the school’s collaborative network. This model should be examined, as it may serve as an analytical tool for developing learning environments and an instrument of developmental work researchTiivistelmä Tämän tutkimuksen päämääränä on lisätä ymmärrystä koulun toimintakulttuurin ulottuvuuksista yleensä ja erityisesti pedagogisista käytännöistä Oulussa toteutetun Tietoyhteiskunnan koulukirjasto -hankkeen (TKK) yhteydessä. Toimintakulttuurin kehitystä kuvataan opettajien ja rehtoreiden näkökulmasta. Tarkastelua taustoitetaan kuvaamalla suomalaisten koulukirjastojen historialliset lähtökohdat sekä tutkimuskohteena olevien oululaisten koulujen TKK-hankkeen lähtökohdat ja tavoitteet. Teoreettisessa tarkastelussa koulun toimintakulttuurin määrittelyn pohjana on Yrjö Engeströmin toiminnan teorian malli. Toimintakulttuuriin kuuluvat seuraavat ulottuvuudet: 1) välineet, joita ovat koulukirjasto ja opetusmenetelmät, 2) säännöt, joita ovat säädökset ja opetussuunnitelma, 3) yhteisö, joka koulussa käsittää henkilökunnan, oppilaat ja vanhemmat sekä 4) työnjako, joka sisältää kirjastonhoidon resurssit. Opettajat ja rehtorit kehittävät toimintakulttuuria päämääränään entistä paremmat opetuskäytännöt. Informaatiotutkimuksen ja kasvatustieteen yhteisiä metateorioita tarkastellaan lukutaitojen oppimisen näkökulmasta. Kehittämishankkeen vaikutuksia arvioidaan näiden tekijöiden kautta. Tutkimus on laadullinen tapaustutkimus. Aineisto käsittää yhdentoista alakoulun projektiraportit vuosilta 2002–2004 ja ryhmähaastattelut vuodelta 2009. Aineistotriangulaatiolla ja seitsemän vuoden seurannalla pyrittiin tutkimuksen luotettavuuden lisäämiseen. QSRNVivo-ohjelma helpotti aineiston hallintaa ja analysointia. Toiminnan teorian käyttö toimintakulttuurin mallintamiseen systematisoi analyysiä ja lisäsi ulkoista validiteettia. Koulukirjastot kehittyivät tiloiltaan ja aineistoiltaan ja niiden rooli vahvistui opetussuunnitelmassa ja oppilaiden työskentelyssä. Tiedonhankinnan opetussuunnitelma kehittyi osassa kouluja. Kirjasto-opettajien resursseja ei onnistuttu lisäämään. Toimintakulttuurin tärkein muutos oli yhteistoiminnan lisääntyminen opettajien ja oppilaiden kesken sekä muiden koulujen, yleisen kirjaston ja opetusviraston kanssa. Informaatiolukutaidon opetus ja tietotekniikan opetuskäyttö kehittyivät kouluissa. Tutkimuksen luotettavuutta rajoittaa se, että tutkija tunsi TKK-hankkeen projektipäällikkönä haastateltavat, joten opettajat ja rehtorit ehkä halusivat kertoa myönteisiä asioita. Toisaalta tutkijan perehtyneisyys tutkimuskohteeseen helpotti merkityksellisten näkökohtien tunnistamista. Koulun toimintakulttuurin mallia voidaan käyttää ja testata edelleen koulun ja koulukirjastojen kehittämishankkeissa. Tutkimuksen pohjalta syntyi toiminnanteoreettinen learning commons -malli, joka liittää koulun yhteistyöverkostoon opetustoimen ja yleisen kirjaston. Tätä mallia voidaan käyttää ja edelleen kehittää oppimisympäristöjen tutkimuksessa ja kehittävässä työntutkimuksessa
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5599.
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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Carter. "Solving Our Nation’s Health Information Illiteracy: a Simple Plan." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8694.
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McCormack, Leigh Ann. "BRINGING EARLY LITERACY RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: A CASE STUDY OF AN URBAN LIBRARY USING THE EVERY CHILD READY TO READ MODEL." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/528035.
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Literacy & LearnersPh.D.
Public libraries are a free community resource available to families in communities across the United States. The Every Child Ready to Read Program (ECRR) is currently the only known research-based early literacy parent initiative available for public libraries to use. This current study presents the findings of a case study that included both librarian and parent interviews to explore how one suburban library utilized the ECRR program. Building upon current ECRR research, the study explores how librarians and parents utilized library storytimes. The key findings of the study include the discovery that the two librarians differed substantially in their implementation of the ECRR program, with one librarian being more willing to offer instruction to parents while the other librarian not directly wanting this as her role. One possible reason for this difference involves the different educational background and specific job duties of each librarian. In regards to parents, the study found that parents utilized library storytimes largely for social reasons for both themselves and their child. Furthermore, new mothers and Spanish-speaking mothers showed a special appreciation for storytimes, in that both attended storytimes for personal guidance. In light of parent-school trust literature, the library in the current study appeared as a place to establish and maintain trusting partnerships with parents. Implications of ECRR are discussed, as well as recommendations for further research
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Spisak, Jen. "Secondary Student Information Literacy Self-efficacy vs. Performance." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5643.
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The amount of information in the world has grown exponentially in the last generation. Students often believe that growing up as digital natives means they have advanced information literacy skills. However, school librarians are not seeing evidence of this in their schools. The purpose of this study was to determine if secondary students overestimate their information literacy (IL) abilities, if relationships exist between IL self-efficacy and performance, and if grade level or self-efficacy level changes those relationships. To accomplish this, data were collected from two middle schools and three high schools from a total of 397 students in grades 6, 9, and 12. Students completed the Information Literacy Self-efficacy Scale (ILSES) and the Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS) to measure their IL self-efficacy and performance. The data were examined as a whole, by grade level, by self-efficacy level, and by a breakdown of combined self-efficacy level and grade level. Analyses involved t-tests, bivariate correlations, and hierarchical linear regression. Results showed that all groups overestimated their IL abilities and that the overestimation increased as self-efficacy level increased. In addition, correlations provided evidence of a relationship between IL self-efficacy and performance for each grade level and for each self-efficacy level. Another finding was that in all grade levels, higher self-efficacy equated to higher performance, however, for a large percent of students, high self-efficacy equated with lower scores. Grade level did have an effect on the relationship between IL self-efficacy and performance. This effect showed statistical and practical significance when grade level was used as a covariate but only practical significance when used as a moderating variable. Overall, ninth graders showed a dip in performance when compared to sixth and twelfth grades.
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Lyons, Reneé C., Deborah Parrott, Gina Podvin, Millie Robinson, and Edward J. Dwyer. "Fostering Reading Enjoyment and Achievement in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2411.
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Excerpt: In this age of increased accountability through testing and implementation of the Common Core State Standards, the elementary and middle school librarian is often part of the school team working toward enhancing reading achievement among students.
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Wallace, Rick L., Emily C. Weyant, and Nakia J. Woodward. "Using Checklists to Rethink Library Resources and Services Training." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8677.
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This article presents the use of the Checklist as a tool to tailor and enhance library resource instruction and the faculty response. A checklist was developed that covered the information resources of the library and the information skills needed by pharmacy faculty. Librarians learned the value of using a checklist. Better relationships were developed with the college of pharmacy faculty. Weaknesses in the library’s training of pharmacy faculty were discovered and remedied. Checklists are used in medicine to obtain quality. Checklists can be used in medical librarianship for the same purpose.
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Batson-George, Arlene. "Evaluating the Library Training Program for Graduate Psychology Students." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2008. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/115.
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This applied dissertation study utilized the 2007 version of Stufflebeam’s Context Input Process Product Evaluation Model to evaluate the library training program for graduate psychology students at a not-for-profit university in south Florida. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the library training to determine the extent to which desired institutional outcomes and students’ needs were being met. During the 2007-2008 academic year, students received library training by completing an online tutorial known as the e-train module in their first year of study at the university. Data from 14 interviews conducted with librarians, faculty, and students; 100 graded etrain modules; student responses to an online library questionnaire regarding the e-train module; a document containing background information about the library training program for psychology students; and a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools library training report were reviewed and analyzed during the course of the study. Results indicated that the library training needed significant modifications, and students were not acquiring essential library skills. The institution’s librarians and faculty were also dissatisfied with the library training. Based on the study findings, recommendations for changes were provided to the school of psychology and the library. Recommended changes included developing more interactive training that incorporated multimedia elements and integrating library training into the psychology curriculum. In addition, library activities should be tied to specific assignments, and students should receive library training that builds sequentially and developmentally throughout the course of their programs. Study findings played a significant role in the implementation of changes planned for the library training for the following 2008-2009 academic year.
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Veach, Grace L. "Tracing Boundaries, Effacing Boundaries: Information Literacy as an Academic Discipline." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4413.
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Both librarianship and composition have been shaken by recent developments in higher education. In libraries ebooks and online databases threaten the traditional "library as warehouse model," while in composition, studies like The Citation Project show that students are not learning how to incorporate sources into their own writing effectively. This dissertation examines the disciplinary origins and current status of information literacy and makes a case for increased collaboration between Writing Studies and librarians and the eventual emergence of information literacy as a discipline in its own right. Chapter One introduces the near-total failure of information literacy pedagogy and the lack of communication between the two disciplines. Chapter Two traces the disciplinary evolution of information literacy from a new concept in the 1970s to its current status. Chapter Three examines the current state of affairs in information literacy by analyzing library and writing program websites to see if and how each addresses information literacy. Chapter Four provides the results of surveys of librarians and writing instructors wherein they describe information literacy teaching and assessment at their own institutions and lay out their visions for the future of information literacy. Chapter Five studies a librarian and a writing instructor who put some of these ideas into action over the course of the 2011-2012 school year. Chapter Six surveys the relationship of accrediting bodies to information literacy and provides recommendations for the future of information literacy instruction that will cross disciplinary lines and allow for both librarians and compositionists to play to their strengths as they establish the new discipline of information literacy.
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Bible, Andrea Lee Oliver. "Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into a High School Science Classroom." Defiance College / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281545426.
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Lonzo, Lavonia Lonzo. "Adult Public Library Patrons' Perceptions of an Academic Library E-Learning Resource." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5370.
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Many Americans lack the skills required to use public access computers and the Internet at public libraries (PLs). Staff members of a PL in the Midwestern United States provide basic computer training to support patrons' Internet and public access computer use. However, adult patrons who are beyond the basic skills level and those with sensory-disabilities are underserved. The purpose of this qualitative single-case study was to understand how an academic library's information literacy e-resource affected the PL's adult patrons' learning based on the perceptions of adult patrons at a PL. Kling's social informatics served as the study's conceptual framework and the research questions centered on how academic library's e-resource affected the participants' learning. Purposive homogeneous sampling was used to identify 10 participants over the age of 18 who were patrons at the target site. Data were collected using observations, semi structured interviews, and document review. The data were analyzed using coding and structural analysis. Themes supporting the findings of an academic e-resource affecting the participants' learning included standards-based e-resource sharing across library types, digital exclusion, digital inclusion, change, and innovation. A white paper was developed including a summary of the findings and the recommendation that library leaders adopt the academic library's e-resource system to improve access and to support individuals who have sensory disabilities as well as patrons beyond the basic skills level at the study site. The implications for social change include enhanced e-services and the potential expansion of the patron base to include underserved stakeholders within the urban PL community.
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Parrott, Deborah, Reneé C. Lyons, Gina Podvin, and Edward J. Dwyer. "Producing Beautiful and Durable Books in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2410.
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Chakrvarty, Rupak. "Information Literacy in the Knowledge Society: Empowering Learners for a Better Tomorrow." Twenty First Century Publications, Patiala, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106351.
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We are finding ourselves in a rapidly growing and complex digital environment which has in turn increased our dependency on information. But there is increasing evidence that our information skills are not keeping pace in any systematic fashion. We all need help to sharpen the techniques and skills to manage information. Present paper is an attempt to present the current status of information literacy and the emerging roles of libraries and schools of LIS education in augmenting the information literacy campaign.
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Gwyn, Lydia C. "Thinking Outside the Building: Developing a Library Ambassador Program Across Campus(es)." Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, 2018. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2018/2018/75.
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In an effort to address declining university retention rates and to reach students who may not make it to the library for research help, the Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is in the process developing a peer-mentoring program. This program is one way the library can help the institution in its efforts raise student retention rates and improve student success. Peer learning programs have proven successful in tutoring centers and elsewhere in the university for decades, and research has shown that trained undergraduates are ideal candidates for delivering general reference and information literacy instruction to their peers (Bodemer, 2014). It is the library’s hope that seeding the campus with library ambassadors will help raise the profile of the library and information literacy on campus and at our satellite campuses as well.
ETSU’s Library Ambassador Program entails hiring undergraduates each fall and offering them two semesters of information literacy training with a specific focus on learning the databases within their respective fields. Once training is complete, ambassadors are deployed in the academic buildings of their majors to help students with research and to connect students requiring in-depth help to librarians. As word of the program continues to spread, requests for ambassadors at satellite campuses and at additional main-campus computer labs has grown, and in the Fall of 2018, the library plans to hire 20 additional ambassadors to meet these needs. It is the library’s goal for the Library Ambassador Program to continue to grow each fall until ambassadors are stationed in each computer lab, residence hall, and academic building on and off campus.