Objective 8 - Information Literacy: How the ISU Libraries succeeded in supporting a new general education requirement course objective.

1. Objective 8:
Information Literacy
How the ISU Libraries Succeeded in
Supporting a New General Education
Requirement Course Objective

2. Objective 8: Information
Literacy
O General education
O Since 2013-2014 undergraduate catalog
O Nine objectives
O Objective 7, Critical Thinking
OR
O Objective 8, Information Literacy

3. LLIB 1115: Introduction to
Information Research
O Fall 2013
O Currently
O Five instructors
O Six sections
O 125-150 students this semester
O Required by the nursing program

4. How did we get here?

5. Contributors
O Librarians
O Undergraduate
Curriculum Council
(UCC)
O General Education
Requirements
Committee (GERC)
O Association of
College and
Research Libraries
(ACRL)
O Northwest
Commission on
Colleges and
Universities
(NWCCU)

6. Dr. Rosmarie H. Fouad
O Presentations
O Faculty Senate
O Deans
O Departments
O Information Literacy
Proposal

7. General Education Review
O Library dean on this committee
O One thing they could agree on

8. Undergraduate Curriculum
Council I
O Library faculty representation
O Information literacy added to curriculum
O ACRL Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education
O Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities
O Library to create course

9. Undergraduate Curriculum
Council II
O Objective 7, Critical Thinking questioned
O Either 7 or 8
O State Board of Education
O Let students fulfill requirements through
multiple routes
O Multiple courses on campus meet
Objective 8 requirement

10. Media Specialist Program
O LIBR 121
O Taught by ISU
librarians
O College of
Education
O Ten years or more

11. Experimental Course
ACAD 1199
2011-2012
ACAD /LLIB 1199
2012-2013
O One-credit
O Eight weeks
O Collaboration with
the Student
Success Center
O One-credit
O 16 weeks

12. Proposals
O Change to three-credit course
O Needed approval from the Curriculum
Council
O Make course a general education course
O Needed approval from the General
Education Requirements Committee
O Complete proposal
O Gather input from campus offices

13. LLIB 1115
O Student feedback
O Should be required
of all students
O Useful
O Too much busy
work
O Prepared them for
their program

14. Going Forward
O Recent news
O LLIB 1115 to be required for Accelerated
Nursing Program Students
O Need for more online sections
O SBOE English composition requirements
O Two English courses requirements
O What does this mean?

15. Why did we do it?
O Felt we had
something to offer
O Info. Lit. experts
O We know the
information
resources
O Fulfill a need
O Promote the library
O Teach students

16. What can we learn?
O Authentic and passionate leadership
makes a difference
O Contributing is good
O Feedback on proposals is helpful
O It takes a lot of people working together to
make big changes over time
O Planting seeds makes a difference
O Know your stuff

17. Questions

18. Acknowledgements
O ISU librarians, past
and present
O My wife for listening
to me as I talked
through this
presentation