What do I expect to learn from the Information Literacy program at ADU?
Answer
The role of the Information Literacy Program in the context of a teaching library is to encourage and facilitate life-long learning. In order to empower students in the pursuit of knowledge, the library faculty aims to teach them the skills of identifying, locating, and evaluating information.
The ADU librarians acknowledge that not all people learn in the same manner. Therefore, the instruction is offered in a variety of formats. It may take the form of a classroom lecture, a printed handout for students, a tutorial, a course guide, or working one-to-one with students.
The success of our program is based on our understanding of curriculum and course objectives. The more we are involved in a course, the more effective our instruction, and our program, can be.
At ADU all our librarian-provided research instruction is based on these five standards:
- Can the student identify the information needed?
- Can the student find the information needed?
- Can the student evaluate the information retrieved?
- Can the student synthesize to create a new information product?
- Does the student behave with an awareness of the ethical and legal issues regarding information use?
While these serve as guiding objectives, the instruction we provide is unique to the discipline, the course, the assignment, and the instructor›s learning objectives for students. To be a truly educational experience, library instruction is delivered in full collaboration with the course instructor.