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Faculty Toolbox forInformation Literacy
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What is Information Literacy? How do we know if students are
information literate?
What are students' entry skills upon admission to the university, and is there a significant change in skill levels from the freshman year to graduation?
How does the library contribute to information literacy?
Does information literacy make a difference to students’ academic success and retention?
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Why Incorporate Information Literacy Into Your Classes?
Assessment Requirements at the University of Pittsburgh
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Other Assessment Agencies For example: ABET
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Assessment Requirements at the University of Pittsburgh
Graduates of the University of Pittsburgh will be able to:
Visit the Provost Web site: www.pitt.edu
/~provost/requirements.html
“Gather and evaluate information effectively and appropriately.”
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Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Several skills, collectively referred to as “information literacy,” apply to all disciplines in an institution’s curricula.
These skills relate to a student’s competency in acquiring and processing information in the search for understanding.
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Determine the nature and extent of needed information; Access information effectively and efficiently; Evaluate critically the sources and content of information; Incorporate selected information in the learner’s
knowledge base and value system; Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose; Understand the economic, legal and social issues
surrounding the use of information.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
These skills include the ability to:
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Other Assessment Agencies
Visit the ABET Web site:
www.abet.org/assessment.shtml
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How to Incorporate Information Literacy Skills
Develop
Implement
AssessInformation
Literacy Plan
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Where Do You Start?
Visit the ULS Information Literacy Web site
Explore the ULS Online Tutorials
Investigate the SAILS Test
Contact a ULS Librarian
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Where Do You Start?
Visit the ULS Information
Literacy site:
www.library.pitt.edu/services/classes/
infoliteracy/
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Where Do You Start?
Explore our Online Tutorials!
www.library.pitt.edu/services/classes/
infoliteracy/teaching.html
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SAILS is used by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Project SAILS is based on ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
This Web-based tool allows librarians, in collaboration with faculty, to document information literacy skill levels for groups of students and to pinpoint areas for improvement.
Where Do You Start?
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Forty-five questions from a randomly generated list of hundreds of questions.
Takes approximately thirty minutes to complete.
Answers are collected, scores and reports can be generated by class, department or school.
SAILS Questions
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SAILS Sample Questions
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SAILS Sample Questions
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Contact a ULS Librarian
BradfordMarietta [email protected]
OaklandMarian [email protected]
GreensburgJacob [email protected]
JohnstownMelissa [email protected]
TitusvillePatrick [email protected]
Regional Campuses
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Bradford
The University Library System (ULS)Serving information literacy needs on all five campuses
Johnstown
Greensburg
TitusvilleOakland