LibGuides: Spartan Savvy: Integrative Model for Information Literacy: Library Sessions

Library Sessions

A traditional and common approach to librarian-led information literacy instruction has been:

One-shot: Single meeting, often in the library
Section-specific: Tailored to the specifics of that class section
Just-in-time: Before a research assignment is due and at the point of needing sources

This approach may help students with research in a particular course, but it is unlikely to promote an integrative understanding of information literacy concepts. It also separates information sources from the research and creative process, creating information value around format and “findability” rather than promoting inquiry and scholarly conversation.

Since Fall 2017, the Calvin Coolidge Library has been piloting an Integrative Model for Information Literacy Instruction, offering faculty-requested, librarian-led instruction across 4 scaffolded instruction sessions. Request a session today!

We have designed four library sessions meant to be scaffolded across the undergraduate experience as follows:

Integrative Model for Instruction
Course	Instruction Topic	Instruction Goals	Information Literacy Topics	Framework Concepts	Lesson Plan & LibGuide
FYS	Information Value and Landscape	Introduction to the information creation process and to the value of information and its place in scholarship.	Information Creation	Information Creation as a Process; Information Has Value; Authority Is Constructed and Contextual	FYS Session Lesson Plan Format Matters LibGuide
			Value of Information
			Information & Scholarship
English Composition	Integrating and Using Sources	Introduction to the concept of authority. Discuss strategies for determining source credibility, and for ethically integrating sources into original works.	Authority	Information Creation as a Process; Authority Is Constructed and Contextual; Scholarship as Conversation	Eng Comp Session Lesson Plan Authority and Using Sources LibGuide
			Source Credibility
			Integrating Sources
			Ethical use of Sources
Third-Year Common Course or Research Intensive Course	Research Process	Introduction to research as a process of inquiry and strategic exploration. Discuss strategies for locating a variety of sources.	Research as Inquiry	Scholarship as Conversation; Research as Inquiry; Searching as Strategic Exploration	3rd Year Session Lesson Plan Research Process LibGuide
			Searching as Strategic Exploration
			Types of Sources
			Locating Sources
Capstone Course	Information for Profession and Scholarship	Introduction to the concept of scholarship as conversation. Discuss strategies for locating and using sources in the discipline and profession.	Scholarship as conversation	Information Creation as a Process; Scholarship as Conversation; Searching as Strategic Exploration	LibGuides and lesson plans will vary for this session.
			Locating sources in the discipline and profession

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