Information Literacy Open Forum Session
Date: January 25, 2001 2:00-3:30
This all staff session was held to solicit staff input concerning the Information Literacy organizational restructuring efforts. The Coordinator for Information Literacy outlined program areas that will be developed within this service unit. Staff suggestions and comments are briefly noted below.
Participants were divided into five groups and asked to address three questions:
1. If we had 3 librarians assigned to an Information Literacy Team, how do you think they could work with the subject specialists to provide instruction?
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Librarians would do all "gateway" classes (ENGL 101, SPH 101) and outside groups·
Teach all basic classes not discipline related (ex. Voyager)·
Bring back more instructional, educational or teaching methods·
Get together with faculty to incorporate the library into their class assignments and help with assignment design·
Online tutorials which are basic·
Preparation skills needed for library research basic terminology, citations, research-based journals·
Use existing established relationships·
Stick with basic instruction to take load off subject specialists·
Point of contact with coordinators·
Training·
Team teaching·
Coordination of classrooms and equipment·
Designing and doing evaluation of instructional sessions a feedback & instruction loop·
Assist with hands-on instruction sessions·
Assist with overlapping/concurrent instruction sessions·
Systematizing basic skills·
Responsible for content development (PULSe, basic databases·
Teaching instruction/presentation skills to subject specialists·
Idea exchanges (meetings, brown bag lunches, etc)·
Team outreach promotion of library services to high schools and community colleges·
Evaluation/consultation resource for subject specialists various approaches (feedback and presentation issues)·
Assignment bases at point of need
2. What levels of instruction do you think the Information Literacy group should perform?
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Lower level·
General lower level (ENGL 1301, SPH 1301, BUSA101, PSYC 101)·
Use well-trained LA staff to do the lower level instruction·
Upper level refresher course·
Team teaching in upper levels·
Lower level coordinate orientation programs·
Transfer students i.e. PULSe·
Program based for information literacy (AP Honors, HEED, International, Transfers, Students with Disabilities)·
Faculty requested instruction would be done by subject specialists
3. How do you think the Instruction Program could be enhanced? (i.e. what new tasks could be preformed, what groups should we target any other suggestions..)
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Try to reach large groups-i.e. freshmen English which everyone has to take work with the English Department to establish program of instruction·
Basic orientation to all students including freshmen, transfers, etc.·
Collaborate with Access Services in order to provide resources for distance education students·
Develop an instructional program for distance education·
Create tutorials using FrontPage and PowerPoint (web-based)·
"How-To" online tutorials·
Remote users·
Critical thinking·
Research seminars (ex. McNair Scholars, High School AP, Upward Bound, Summer Camps)·
Campus events·
Program to target older returning students·
Credit instruction·
Automated syllabus·
Cable introduction/orientation·
Web streaming·
Web tutorials·
Interactive tutorials that hold groups accountable·
Distance education broadcasts·
Involvement in library component of UTAs computer literacy requirement·
Develop credit course·
Handout (web tutorial) improvement and sharing·
Target BUSA 2303 Intro to MIS and CSE 1111 Intro to CS·
Large, enhanced, hands-on classroom wireless/portable, smart boards, lockable key boards·
Limit bureaucracy no more hoops to jump through
Concerns/Issues presented
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How do we get our current staff op to speed on educational technology and training methods?·
The library currently is not considered a teaching unit on campus and cannot offer credit courses