Presented at LILAC 2022

1. LAYING THE FOUNDATION ON HOW FACULTY-LED
INFORMATION LITERACY (IL) INSTRUCTION IMPROVES
STUDENT SUCCESS
ALEXANDRA HAMLETT
GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CUNY
LILAC 2022
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2. SHARED OWNERSHIP OF INFORMATION LITERACY
 Limitations of one-shot on student learning
 IL instruction in the context of the course
 Disciplinary faculty-taught IL instruction
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3. GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 Opened August 20, 2012
 Located in Midtown Manhattan
 Student body (Fall 2020)
 1,018 total enrollment
 93% between the ages 18-21
 55% female, 45% male
 Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
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4. GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 First-Year Experience (FYE)
 Remediation folded into credit bearing interdisciplinary courses
 Students attend courses in a learning community full-time
 Some FYE courses taught by an instructional team
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5. CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
 Incentivize faculty to embed scaffold IL instruction across the course
 Grant money ($1000 each)
 Better student work
 A line on their CV
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6. CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
1. Librarians review Composition instructors’ syllabi
2. Faculty attend a PD session on techniques to teach IL
3. Librarians create and tailor lesson plans and assignments
4. Suggest active learning strategies
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7. SYLLABUS BEFORE…
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9. FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
 Define Information Literacy
 Model lessons
 Common student challenges
 Task definition / topic formation
 Forming keywords and effective search strategies
 Identifying information formats
 Matching information need with appropriate resources
 Evaluating resources
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10. CONCEPT MAPPING LESSON

11. CREATING KEYWORDS LESSON
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12. EVALUATING SOURCES
C.A.R.D.I.O Handout
• Currency
• Authority
• Documentation
• Information Type
• Objectivity
• Reflection Question: Why this source??
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13. REVISED SYLLABUS
 Notable Changes:
● Concept mapping / brainstorming
● Scholarship as conversation
● Creating keywords
● Evaluating sources
● Databases
● Citing sources
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Assessmen
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15. STUDENT SURVEY RESPONSES

16. FACULTY FOCUS GROUP / FEEDBACK
 Students still struggling to dig-deep into research
 Faculty perceived students’ final work stronger
 Syllabi review by librarian proved most useful
 Faculty IL Toolkit excellent teaching resource
 Faculty felt they more intentionally sequenced IL skill development
 Plagiarism / In-text citation still student challenge
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Future Directions

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Questions?
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Thank
You!!

19. REFERENCES
 Badke, W. (2012). Teaching research processes: The faculty role in the development of skilled student
researchers. Witney, UK: Chandos Publishing.
Farrell, R., & Badke, W. (2015). Situating information literacy in the disciplines. Reference Services Review,
43(2), 319-340.
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20. Alexandra Hamlett
Information Literacy Librarian
Guttman Community College, CUNY
Email: alexandra.hamlett@guttman.cuny.edu
Telephone: 646.313.8184
Twitter: @alliebkln
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