Information Literacy and Accreditation

Mandates for Faculty and Librarians: A Workshop

Overview

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has established mandates for the implementation of information literacy programs that call for a shift in library instruction programming. The responsibility for such programs, heretofore falling to librarians teaching students how to use library resources for specific assignments, now insists on faculty and librarians working together to systematically instill information literacy skills across the curricula. How do we work together, with our open curriculum, to make sure our students have the information literacy skills necessary when they graduate?

Schedule

8:30-9:00	Refreshments
9:00-9:15	Welcome Randy Ericson, Couper Librarian
9:15-10:00	Keynote Address "Information Literacy and Middle States Accreditation" Patrick Reynolds, Acting Dean of Faculty, and Gordon Hewitt, Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research
10:00-10:30	Panel Discussion Courses with Information Literacy Skill Building
10:30-11:30	Presentation, Discussion and Next Steps "What skills does an information literate student in your discipline have and how are we going to get them there?"
11:45-12:30	Small Group Discussion with Lunch

Further Readings

Association of College and Research Libraries. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. 2000.

Bennett, Scott. "Campus Cultures Fostering Information Literacy" portal: Libraries and the Academy 7.2 (2007) 147-167.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education. "Developing Research & Communication Skills: Guidelines for Information Literacy in the Curriculum" Executive Summary of the Handbook.  2003.

Thompson, Gary B. "Information Literacy Accreditation Mandates: What They Mean for Faculty and Librarians" Library Trends. 51.2 (Fall 2002) 218+.

(Reviewed: May 21, 2009)