Information Literacy Across the Curriculum   GenEd   Information Literacy in the Disciplines

IL Comprehensive Plan

Goal: Half of all majors will provide definition and catalogue material for IL for inclusion in 2007-08 catalogue: departments will specifiy where IL goals will be met and how these will be assessed.

IL in the disciplines: Why?

• Further students' learning by infusing IL into their major
• Provides depth & interdisciplinary specificity
• Library faculty and classroom faculty need common language: we all benefit, especially students, from deeper understanding of one another's area of expertise.

IL in the disciplines: How?

Don't reinvent the wheel!

Look what has been done already...Resources from ACRL: Information Literacy in the Disciplines

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/projpubs/infolitdisciplines/index.cfm 

Follow this step-by-step process to insure IL is infused into your discipline:

  (L=responsibility of Librarian  F=responsibility of Faculty)

• Review goals of department, associations, and accrediting bodies (L)
• Compare with ACRL standards (L)
• Find common language (L/F)
• Include IL as written departmental goal (L/F)

• Identify course(s) in which to implement IL outcomes (F)

               Is IL a written objective for the course?

• Review syllabi and existing assignments (L/F)

                    Do syllabi/assignments clearly articulate expected IL outcomes?

               Could assignments be revised?

                    Could new assignments be added?

Use the following template and instructions to complete your plan: 

IL Program Plan_Template.doc 

Information_Literacy_ProgramPlan_Instructions.doc

Information Competency Checklist.doc  Use this checklist to review assignments

Department Plans

Communication Studies.doc 

IL plan_Nursing_2008-09.docx 

Occupational Therapy.doc 

Psychology.doc