Information Literacy Update: Accomplishments and Initiatives

1. Information Literacy Update: Accomplishments and Initiatives Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction Office of Services, University Library February 16, 2005

2. Scope of Considerations • solidify and enhance the critical juncture between the library and the university curriculum as a whole • will foster a climate at the campus level to make information literacy part of the entire curriculum • lead and coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation of a campus-wide information literacy program; • be an advocate for information literacy and library user education, both within and beyond the library; • design and/or strengthen the infrastructures (organizational, physical, and policy) that support information literacy initiatives; • build and strengthen collaborative partnerships beyond the Library; • nurture the professional development of librarians as educators and serve as a resource person for library faculty and staff in this area

3. Campus Connections • Office of the Provost/Undergraduate Education • Student Affairs/Dean of Students Office • CITES-Educational Technologies • Center for Teaching Effectiveness • Cultural Engagement Council • University Librarian’s Student Advisory Committee

4. Developing Campuswide Program • Planning for in Context of Strategic Planning (with User Education Committee) • Library Fall Festival • University 101 • Campus Implementation Committee • Spring/Summer Library Implementation Group • Work with Individual Librarians • Major/Minor and Graduate Programs • UGL – Programmatic Composition I Focus • “Take Us to School” Project • ISCC-PET

5. Infrastructure – UGL Room 291+ • Fall 2002 – prioritized need (Division meetings): hands-on classroom in Main/Undergraduate Libraries • Spring 2004 – proposal to Provost and funding allocated • Spring 2005 – detailed planning • Summer 2005 – construction Fall 2005 – available for instruction

6. Infrastructure – Other • Classroom-on-Wheels Proposal • Card Catalog Shift + User Space Creation and Furnishing • Possible Software Solutions for “Grouping” Sets of Public Workstations • Library Statistics Website (v 1.0) – Working with Systems for v 2.0 Improvements

7. Staffing + Professional Development • New Faces • Susan Avery, UGL Instructional Services Librarian • Dawn Schmitz, CLIR PostDoc for Digital Information Literacy • Campus Funding for University 101 Support - Includes Graduate Student Hours • Teaching Alliance • Classroom Assessment Techniques (two kinds of sessions) • Effective Lecturing • Academic Integrity/Plagiarism • New Librarians Orientation to Information Literacy and Instruction

8. Internal Library Advocacy/Integration • Federated Search Pilot Project Implementation Team • ORR/TDnet Implementation • Electronic Resources Work Group • Integrated System Coordinating Committee • Services Advisory • Electronic Database Analysis Work Group • Current Contents/WOS Connect Work Group • Teaching various instruction sessions

9. Professional Connections • University of Toronto Collaboration Visit • ACRL, LOEX and WILU Conferences • CIC Library Learning Space Conference

10. Innovations Underway • Library Toolbar • RefWorks Pilot • VILLAGE (Virtual Information Literacy Learning and Growing Environment) • CPS Graduate Assistant Teaching Team • Priorities from spring 2005 division meetings?

11. Questions? Comments? Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe ljanicke@uiuc.edu