Kpm Symposium

KPM SymposiumTulsa, OK

Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning

Stewart BrowerChris Hollister


Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: An introduction

What we mean when we say “information literacy”

Why libraries have assumed this educational role

What we’re going to talk about today


Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Large undergraduate program

University at Buffalo Research-intensive public university Flagship of SUNY 28,000 students 19,000 undergraduates

General Education Program Arts & humanities, English composition,

language, library skills, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, world civilizations


Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning : Large undergraduate program

World civilizations course Two separate credit classes 12-14 sections per semester 200+ students per section 9-10 recitations per section 2,600 students per semester

World civilizations faculty/committee Teaching assistants



Library instruction Section level: lecture hall Recitation level: computer classroom Individual level: web guides, online tutorials,

email, instant message, telephone, one-on-one



Challenges No world civilizations department Teaching assistants 2,600 students per semester Instructional facilities One librarian


Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Graduate Research Library

University of Oklahoma – Tulsa Satellite campus of OU Nearly 2000 students Very few undergraduate offerings

Health Sciences Center programs Medicine, Community Medicine, Nursing,

Pharmacy, Public Health Graduate School programs

SLIS/KM, Telecommunications, Organizational Dynamics, Education, Social Work, Public Administration, Human Relations, Architecture and Urban Planning, Liberal Studies



Instructional offerings Scheduled workshops, Workshops on Demand, one-

shot course offerings, one-on-one tutoring Current WOD offerings:

Avoiding PlagiarismBeginning Your ResearchCinahl Plus, for Nursing and Allied HealthCopyright in the ClassroomEvidence-Based Practice ResourcesFinding Full Text ArticlesGoogle ScholarIdentifying Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly ArticlesInterlibrary LoanNIH Public Access PolicyPubMedSearching Medline through OvidUsing Firefox

Understanding Wikis



Curriculum planning in IL Master of Social Work program

Developing hybridized program of in-class instruction with online tutorials and assessment

Designing tutorials to be independent learning modules, transferable to other curricula

New Library building… New point-of-need learning opportunities




Challenges The ‘two’ libraries Returning learners v. Millennials IL needs of a graduate student Need for increased staff to meet needs

of a quickly growing campus Divided attentions of a novice library

director


Information Literacy Education as a Foundation for Library Planning: Points for Discussion

Students response when taught IL: “Why didn’t I learn this earlier?”

Faculty response: “They need to know this, but how to fit it into the curriculum?”

Admin response: “Wait, librarians teach?” Business community response: “Make it

so.”


Contact Information

Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIPDirector, OU-Tulsa [email protected]://notes.smbrower.com

Chris Hollister, MLSInformation Literacy Librarian,University at [email protected] http://www.comminfolit.org