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Learning Resources & Technology Services – Annual Report FY09
Information Literacy
The intent of the information literacy program is to assist
students in becoming efficient, effective and independent
researchers who are able to use a variety of library and
information resources, as well as to develop critical thinking
skills as they gather and use information. In order to
meet these goals, librarians work with faculty across the
university to design course-integrated sessions to teach
students about research fundamentals, including advanced
searching of databases and the Internet, finding books,
getting materials from other libraries, and considering
ethical issues such as plagiarism and copyright.
Summary of FY09 accomplishments
Librarians met and exceeded instruction requests from
faculty and staff across the campus, local K-12 classes
and the St. Cloud community. Collectively, 15 librarians
conducted 286 instruction sessions, an increase of almost
13 percent over FY08, and in the process reached a total
of 5,852 students. Instruction and information literacy
committee work continued, helping to clarify goals.
Personnel
Coordinator: Cindy Gruwell
Scheduling Support: Diane R. Schmitt
Librarians: Keith Ewing, Robin Ewing, Jo Flanders, Michael
Gorman, Fred Hill, Chris Inkster, Susan Motin, Olivia
Olivares, Melissa Prescott, Jennifer Quinlan, Darlene St.
Clair, Tom Steman, Rachel Wexelbaum, Sandra Williams
FY09 Goals
Convene an information literacy committee composed of library
and Center for Information Media (CIM) faculty.
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an ongoing LR&TS information literacy committee
Transitioned the Information Literacy Task Force into
with representation from both the library and CIM.
The committee met bi-weekly and focused on the
development of the LR&TS Information Literacy
Program. In addition, the library instruction coordinator
maintained membership on the St. Cloud State
University General Education Committee, representing
LR&TS and specifically supporting Goal 11 of
the recently proposed General Education Program,
“To locate, evaluate critically, and use information
to meet an identified information need and develop
appropriate information technology skills.”
Explore and prepare tentative plans for an information literacy
general education requirement.
• Focused the activities of the Information Literacy
Committee on the development of an overarching
program addressing information literacy standards
through both library instruction and specific CIM
courses (IM 111 and IM 204). The tentative program
under development addresses information literacy
competencies standards set forth by the Association
of College and Research Libraries and Goal 11 of the
recently proposed General Education Program. The
competencies were reviewed and incorporated into
the framework of the LR&TS Information Literacy
Program. Primary achievements included:
àà Completion of the tentative framework for the
LR&TS Information Literacy Program.
àà
Creation of sub-groups aimed at developing IM 111
course content that will be used to fulfill Goal 11
when the General Education Program is approved.
àà Presentation of both the Information Literacy
Program and framework to LR&TS Dean Kristi
Tornquist and the Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC)
in April 2009.
Review assessment tools for library instruction, IM 196 and IM
204 classes.
• Examined the differences between the assessment
tools used for library instruction and those used
for CIM courses IM 196 (now IM 111) and IM
204. The Information Literacy Committee decided
to focus on the CIM courses, as the information
garnered from existing assessment tools will inform
some of the work taking place with the development
of IM 111 content. Review of both IM 111 and IM
204 pre-and post- assessment tests is in process with
final proposals to be completed in spring 2010.
Major changes from FY08:
• The library liaison program was revived in FY09,
and active participation with and presentations to
departments generated new instruction sessions.
Statistics:
See Appendix G
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