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Alcorn State University Online Information Literacy Program

Develop and implement an online information literacy instruction program to meet the needs of Alcorn State University users on and off campus. This program aims to ensure regular and timely instruction in the use of the library and other learning resources, and to raise awareness of the information literacy plan across the curriculum.

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Alcorn State University Online Information Literacy Program

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  1. Alcorn State University Information L I N K J. D. Boyd Library

  2. Project Description Develop and Implement an Online Information Literacy Instruction Program

  3. Desired Outcomes • Develop a viable Information Literacy Plan to address the needs of users on and off campus. • Meet SACS Comprehensive Standards 3.8.2: The institution ensures that users have access to regular and timely instruction in the use of the library and other learning information resources. • Educate the institution’s community by marketing the information literacy plan across the curriculum

  4. Project Development • Organize • Plan • Execute

  5. Organize Planning to Plan (SWOT) • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats

  6. Strengths • Have a BI Program in place • Resources available (Hardware/Software) • ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Weaknesses • Time Allowance • Overwhelming Task (Burnout)

  7. Opportunities • Produce an Online Communications Module that will enhance the Library’s ability to share information • Raise the profile of the library on campus Threats/Barriers • Campus Wide Acceptance

  8. Plan Who will do the planning? • Librarians • Other Faculty • Administrators

  9. Execute Develop a Schedule • Meeting time/place • Delegate duties and responsibilities • Review the literature best practices • Review ACRL Standards on Information Literacy Competencies in Higher Education. • Analyze the results

  10. Create a Draft Plan Format • Introduction • Define Information Literacy Design Plan Layout • Virtual Tour • Links • Quiz • Glossary

  11. Welcome to The Alcorn State University LINK (Literacy Information Network Konnection)

  12. Introduction • LINK teaches skills for using the Library in both its physical and virtual forms. It can be used independently or in conjunction with a class. • Each LINK tutorial includes objectives and a quiz to check your success in meeting those objectives.

  13. After completing the Alcorn LINK, the user should be able to master the following ACRL Information Literacy Competency/Standards for Higher Education: • Standard 1: The information literate student determines the nature and extent of the information needed.

  14. Standard 2: The information literate student accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.

  15. Standard 3: The information literate student evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system.

  16. Standard 4: The information literate student, individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.

  17. Standard 5: The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.

  18. Information Literacy Definition Information Literacy is the ability to access, retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and use information in the pursuit of knowledge to benefit the person, society, and the global community. It encompasses critical thinking that engages the individual in scholarly discourse to further the intellectual development of the individual (ACRL)

  19. Virtual Tour • Circulation • Reference • Serials • Government Documents • Instructional Media Center • Archives • Quiz

  20. Link 1: Organizing Your Research • Objectives • Choosing a Topic • Mapping Your Concepts • Making Your Plan • Quiz • Link 2: Finding Information • Link 3: Electronic Searching Techniques • Link 4: Evaluating Information • Link 5: Using Information Ethically • Glossary

  21. Establish Timelines • Test Information Literacy Module • Acquire Approval • Market the plan to the institution’s community

  22. ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITYCore Curriculum Task ForceGeneral Education Core Curriculum Competencies 6. Information Literacy Students should be able to collect, examine, and manage information effectively and efficiently, judge the range of information needed, evaluate and analyze information and its souces critically, and synthesize and integrate selected information appropriately.

  23. Research Skills Students should be able to perform searches, annotate and document sources, and conduct research projects using both primary and secondary resources, including books, journals, databases, Websites, and other research tools pertinent to the topic of investigation. Students will thus have acquired the ability to use information systems effectively and proficiently, enabling them to pinpoint, evaluate, and master the content of any knowledge base needed.

  24. Develop an assessment tool • Survey • Student evaluation • Opinion polls

  25. Contributors • Jessie Arnold, Director • Blanche Sanders, Archivist • Abuzafar Bashet, Computer Specialist • Mary Harris, Reference Librarian • Eric Speas, Automation Librarian • May Yu, Media Librarian • Richard Bradberry, Consultant • Lillian Lewis, Program Officer, HBCU Alliance

  26. Q & A

  27. Thank You

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