Information Literacy Assessment: Standards-Based Tools And Assignments

✍ Scribed by Teresa Y. Neely

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Do they get it ? Are students mastering information literacy? ACRL s standards for information literacy provide a solid foundation to help faculty and librarians establish the context for learning. Neely, a top information literacy expert, frames these ACRL standards as benchmarks and provides a toolbox of assessment strategies to demonstrate students learning.Offering a variety of assignments and assessment tools for those charged with achieving these learning outcomes, she shares best practices and actual sample assessments from a broad range of institutions.These proven, easily adaptable programs and materials: * Represent best practices from 27 institutions (US, Canadian, Australian) * Exemplify the best library-related assignments to strengthen information literacy skills * Offer proven tips for incorporating the five ACRL standards into instruction * Go beyond the classroom, with insights on partnering with teachers and administrators * Explain the basics of automating assessmentsFrom one-shot workshops to librarian-led labs to self-contained courses, academic librarians, LIS educators, researchers and secondary school librarians will learn to create comprehensive information literacy plans and evaluate their students progress.