Information Literacy Program

For further information, contact:

• Karen Vaughan, Digital Services Coordinator, kvaughan@odu.edu

Information Literacy for Faculty -- Seminars

The University Libraries and Faculty Senate Committee A are offering two seminars about Information Literacy at ODU.  The intended audience consists of department chairs, program directors, and especially those faculty who will be teaching information literacy. 

The seminars will be held in Perry Library, Room 163, on Tuesday, March 16, 12:30-2:00 pm, and Thursday, March 18, 12:00-1:30 pm.

More information about the seminars, including handouts, presentations, etc., are included below.

Agenda:

• Welcome & opening remarks
• Introduction to Information Literacy
  • What is it?; Why are we focused on it?; Standards, performance indicators, outcomes
• Approaches to incorporating it in a course
  • Faculty will present their approaches and the library will showcase the modules project
• Open Q&A

Useful Links and Handouts:

• Faculty Senate Committee A - General Education Implementation
• Seminar PowerPoint
• Comparison sheet of ODU/ACRL standards
• ACRL Standards (4p.)
• ACRL Standards with outcomes and practices (12 p.)
• 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
• Sample ODU Courses:
  • CS (Powerpoint)
  • History 201 (Syllabus)
  • IT 150G (Powerpoint)
• Other Resources