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Institute/Session
Summary:
Libraries have a long and well established record of providing instruction to students, faculty, and organizational managers. Through workshops, course instruction, and one-on-one reference services, they have continuously introduced new strategies for identifying, finding, and utilizing information. Similarly, tutorial centers and other student support programs have become a foundation for students who need support and guidance.
At a time when immediate access to information is a click away, however, librarians find that students can be overwhelmed, confused, and unable to make use of the resources available to them. While tutors know that being able to find and use information can make the difference in student success, they, too, often lack a complete understanding of information literacy skills and their usefulness in teaching.
This presentation has several outcomes:
- To establish the connections between library instructional services and tutorial centers
- To investigate how libraries and other academic support services can collaborate
- To define information literacy in terms of student success
- To illustrate how information literacy can be integrated into courses or programs
- To describe how the California State University Fresno Learning Center incorporated information literacy into tutor training
The presentation will be divided into five sections:
- Introduction (5 minutes)
•Who we are, what we do, and what we are here to discuss
- Information literacy (30 minutes)
•Short, interactive exercise to help participants better understand the overarching aspects of information literacy
•Background information from the Association of College and Research Libraries, Standards of Information Literacy (handout)
•Measuring Information Literacy, from the Educational Testing Service (handout)
•Comments
- Learning Center (10 minutes)
•Mission, goals and organizational structure
•Programs and services
•Comments
- Collaboration activities and plans (10 minutes)
•ICT grant
•New library building
•Comments
- Wrap up (5 minutes)
•Questions, comments
•Request for further information and guidance
Presenter1
Name: Ross T. LaBaugh
Presenter1 Institution: California State University, Fresno
Presenter1 Bio: Ross T. LaBaugh coordinates library instruction, classes and workshops for the nearly 20,000 students at California State University in Fresno. In addition to being a librarian, he has taught first year experience courses, basic composition, business and technical writing.
Presenter2
Name: Jeff Tannen
Presenter2 Institution: California State University, Fresno
Presenter2 Bio: Jeff Tannen is a former developmental English instructor and Writing Center Coordinator. He is currently the Tutorial Coordinator at the California State University Fresno Learning Center where he oversees tutoring, Academic Success Workshops, and the Supplemental Instruction Program.
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