Information Literacy Program

For further information, contact:

• Karen Vaughan, Digital Services Coordinator, kvaughan@odu.edu
• Nancy Schafer, Head of Reference & Research Services, nschafer@odu.edu

Information Literacy for Faculty

Info Lit Roundtable at the Library

Friday, January 7, 2011
10-11:30am
Digital Services Center, Perry Library

If you’ve taught or are planning to teach information literacy & research as a general education requirement, please come to the Info Lit Roundtable at the Library on Friday, January 7, 2011.  We’d like to discuss what worked or didn’t work in your info lit classes and what the library can do to help.  Please let us know if you’re coming.  Contact Nancy Schafer nschafer@odu.edu

Agenda:

• Introduction (powerpoint)
• Review – what is info lit
• Intro to library involvement with info lit
• Information Literacy Program page
• Modules
• Librarian visits
• Assignments
• Faculty who taught: What worked? What didn’t? What can be done better? What can the library do?
• New Faculty: What do you need?

Useful Links: 

• ACRL Standards (4p. handout)
• ACRL Standards with outcomes and practices (12 p. handout)
• Assignment ideas

• Association of College and Research Libraries:
  • ACRL Standards Toolkit
  • ACRL Information Literacy page
  • ACRL Instruction Section's Information Literacy in the Disciplines
  • Information Literacy in a Nutshell: An ACRL guide for faculty and administrators

• Library Modules
• Other Resources