Hot Topics Winter ‘09–Distance Ed/Embedded Librarians

Embedded Librarian/Distance Ed/Faculty Relations Group

Part I

 

-For blended (distance and on-campus) classes, faculty  are more hesitant to use embedded librarians because they’re protective of hours they have in person with their students

- There are still problems recruiting faculty members to even teach distance ed classes, let alone work with the library

Hot Topics Winter ‘09–Information Literacy

Information Literacy

Read CJCLS list.

 What level of info. literacy?  Palo Alto has: Information Resources Certificate, 7 classes, free Continuing Ed. Credit, introduction to Library, Databases, MLA, APA, Web search, Info. evaluation.  Instructors can schedule a BI class, also available online (students take a quiz).  No quiz in face-to-face.  Palo Alto enrollment 8,000.  Faculty offer extra credit for certificate completion.  Some discussion of problem of babysitting for absent faculty.  Palo Alto requires professor presence.  They offer desktop instruction for faculty, face-to-face, one-on-one with librarian.

American Association of Community Colleges Position Statement on Information Literacy

http://ol.scc.spokane.edu/nclr/InfoLit_statement.htm

 

This statement describes the AACC’s position on information literacy and can be a concise way to advocate for information literacy programs on your campus. Thanks to Alice Lubrecht for providing this information.

Assessment–Hot Topic Summer 08

Notes from ALA Annual Community College Hot Topics Discussion about Assessment

Thanks to David Wright for this summary!

Assessment
Ideas-1. Short pre- and post-tests.  2. Offer prizes to students at the end of each semester for filling out a survey (using Survey Monkey) on basic Information Competencies.  Prizes  include: Flash drives, books, t-shirts.   www.racc.edu> Library> Take a survey.  Look at this library’s website.
Has anyone out there created a survey based on competencies for Information Literacy?