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Creating an Information Literacy Plan for First-Year Students: Librarians and Faculty Collaborate

Creating an Information Literacy Plan for First-Year Students: Librarians and Faculty Collaborate. Catherine L. Crohan Coordinator of Library Instruction, Standish Library Siena College. Dennis E. Tamburello, O.F.M. Professor of Religious Studies & College Core Coordinator Siena College.

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Creating an Information Literacy Plan for First-Year Students: Librarians and Faculty Collaborate

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  1. Creating an Information Literacy Plan for First-Year Students: Librarians and Faculty Collaborate Catherine L. Crohan Coordinator of Library Instruction, Standish Library Siena College Dennis E. Tamburello, O.F.M. Professor of Religious Studies & College Core Coordinator Siena College Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries October Conference for New England Librarians, October 7, 2005

  2. Established in 1937 • An independent liberal arts college with a Franciscan and Catholic tradition • Located in Loudonville, New York—just outside Albany • FTE of 2,900 students

  3. Foundations Sequence • 1996- • Two-semester course required of all first-year students • Interdisciplinary—An introduction to the life of the mind • Shared common readings

  4. FoundationsSequence • Writing intensive • Small classes that meet with a single professor • Faculty are drawn from all three schools: School of Liberal Arts, School of Business, and School of Science • Overall theme: The meaning of responsibility

  5. Course Goals Include • Demonstrate a level of information literacy skill that meets the standards set forth by the Foundations Information Literacy Plan

  6. Build on Existing Relationships

  7. Going to Camp

  8. Don’t Wait To Be Invited

  9. FACULTY RESISTANCE LIBRARIAN RESISTANCE

  10. Information Literacy Faculty Development Grants Teaching First-Year Students to Retrieve, Analyze and Evaluate Information in the Age of Information Grant Awarded Fall 2003

  11. Camp 2003

  12. The Information Literacy Plan for Foundations May 2003

  13. Contact Information Catherine L. Crohan Coordinator of Library Instruction J. Spencer & Patricia Standish Library Siena College E-mail: crohan@siena.edu Dennis E. Tamburello, O.F.M. Professor of Religious Studies & College Core Coordinator Siena College E-mail: tamburello@siena.edu

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