Santa Rosa Junior College Libraries


Information Competency Links and Resources


This document provides a list of resources which can be used to explore Information Competency Programs at other colleges.

ASSESSMENT || STAND ALONE COURSES || PAIRED COURSES || INTEGRATED || WEB BASED MODULES || MISCELLANEOUS


ASSESSMENT

ENTRY LEVEL ASSESSMENT TEST

Pomona's instrument to test incoming freshman (includes computer literacy) http://134.71.180.48/new_lib.htm

ASSESSMENT TESTS

CSU DH assessment test for 5 competencies based on San Marcos, Northridge & Pomona
http://library.csudh.edu/infocomp/assess.html

CSU Information Competency Project - ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT for INFORMATION COMPETENCY http://library.csudh.edu/infocomp/assess.html

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STAND ALONE COURSES

GENERAL IC

CSU Hayward - Introduction to Information Literacy, a one unit course http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/li1010/faust/default.htm

Gavilan College - CSIS 3 - Internet and Information Competency, 3 units http://www.gavilan.cc.ca.us/fall99/fall99c126.html

Ulster Community College - Information Literacy LIB111, a one unit associate degree requirement offered in classroom format and on the Web. Prerequisite or corequisite for 3 English courses http://www.ulster.cc.ny.us/

DISCIPLINE IC

Manhattanville College - Information Retrieval in Economics, Finance and Management, a 3 unit course http://www.mville.edu/library/lis3005.htm

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PAIRED COURSES

Manhattanville College - Information Literacy, a one unit course paired with Freshman Writing http://www.mville.edu/library/LIS1001/Index.htm

Cañada College Library Science 120 (LIBR120): Information Competency (Fall 1999) http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/smcccd/faculty/rutt/libr120/libr120.htm

College of San Mateo Library LSCI 684 INFORMATION RESEARCH SKILLS http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/smcccd/faculty/norman/684.html

Cabrillo College - Library 10 -Information Research a one unit course taught as a co-requisite with English 1A ; http://libwww.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/html/about/lib10obj.html

Florida International University - The FIU Information Literacy Program includes seven sequenced library class sessions linked to courses in the core curriculum. http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/outcomes.html Example of ILI Workshops (In collaboration with the Academy for The Art of Teaching) http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/wsprogram.html

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INTEGRATED

COURSE INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION - librarians teach

Cabrillo has one library lab introductory session with worksheet to demonstrate ability to navigate specific resources; other courses meet in the library lab up to eight times. http://libwww.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/html/about/courserelated.html

Tacoma Community College Library - LIBRARY INSTRUCTION PROGRAM - Information Competency http://www.tacoma.ctc.edu/library/infocomp.htm

Information Competency at Palomar College - BI classes may be customized to meet the research needs of individual classes. http://daphne.palomar.edu/Library/infocomp/bi.htm

The University of Akron Information Competence (proposal for an Integrated approach) http://www.uakron.edu/library/gateway/info-competence.html

SSU Instructional Program Page describes their goals for Integrated Instruction for Information Competency http://libweb.sonoma.edu/research/aboutinstruction.html

COURSE INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION - partnership preparation; subject faculty teach

CSU San Marcos - Model GE course assignments http://ww2.csusm.edu/library/ILP/course%20descr.htm

Humboldt State University Library Information Competence in the Professions. This is a project designed to develop lists of information competence skills and course modules to teach those skills for the professions of journalism, nursing, and social work. http://library.humboldt.edu/~ccm/fingertips/

CSU Hayward - Integrating Information Competency into the Disciplines http://imctwo.csuhayward.edu/faculty_dev/infocompweb/cominfo.htm

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WEB BASED MODULES

GENERAL INFORMATION COMPETENCY

CSU Information Competency Project Web Tutorials http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html

TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (creatively interactive with shockwave) http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/intro/internet.htm

James Madison University Go for The Gold (not subject specific) http://library.jmu.edu/library/gold/modules.htm

Ulster Community College Information Literacy LIB111, a one unit associate degree requirement offered in classroom format and on the Web. Prerequisite or corequisite for 3 English courses http://itec.suny.edu/ucclib111/home.htm

U of Iowa Library Explorer is a general IC tutorial with subject guides http://explorer.lib.uiowa.edu

York College, Penn. - YCP Information Literacy eText (online for credit course) http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/

INFORMATION COMPETENCY RESEARCH RESOURCES 1 (Gloria Floren, Letters Department, MiraCosta College, One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, California) http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/gfloren/infores1.htm

Humboldt State University Library Modules - Information Literacy: Achieving Basic Competency http://library.humboldt.edu/infoservices/literacy/home.html

The Information Competency Project (Web-Based Modules of sorts) - Communication and Information Competency in Small Bytes by John A. Cagle and Ross LaBaugh - California State University, Fresno. http://www.csufresno.edu/universityone/public_html/infocomp/cl/w5.htm

 

SUBJECT BASED

U of Iowa TWIST is a model training program for librarians and subject faculty http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/

Humboldt State University Library Information Competence in the Professions. This is a project designed to develop lists of information competence skills and course modules to teach those skills for the professions of journalism, nursing, and social work. http://library.humboldt.edu/~ccm/fingertips/

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MISCELLANEOUS

INFORMATION COMPETENCY PROGRAMS (OVERVIEWS)

Information Literacy at Cabrillo College Library http://libwww.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/html/about/infolit.html

Information Competency at Palomar College http://daphne.palomar.edu/Library/infocomp/ic.htm

Florida International University - Information Literacy Home Page http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/index.html

Humboldt State University Library http://library.humboldt.edu/instructional_services.html

CSU

CSU Information Competency Project http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/ and http://multiweb.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/index_calpoly.html

COMPETENCY BASED SKILL DEVELOPMENT - CSU DH - 5 information competencies, objectives and activities http://library.csudh.edu/infocomp/list.htm

CSU Integrated Technology Strategy (ITS) - Information Competency: METIS http://www.cdl.edu/html/inform.html

Final Report - Model List: Developing a Model Progressive Outcome-based Information Literacy Program (Grant Report by Schelle Simcox, CSU Monterey Bay February 1, 1999)http://library.monterey.edu/instruction/grant/final.html

 

LISTS OF LINKS FOR INFORMATION COMPETENCY

Information Literacy Competencies Selected Items & Efforts by E. Grassian, UCLA College Library, 11/10/97 http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/competen.html

Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida in Tampa. http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/il/

San Jose State University - Information Competency Links http://library.sjsu.edu/leap/infocomp.htm

CSU Hayward - Library Resources on Information Competence http://imctwo.csuhayward.edu/faculty_dev/infocompweb/more.html

 

COMMITTE REPORTS AND RESOURCES ON INFORMATION COMPETENCY

Library Advisory Committee, California Community College Chancellor's Office
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Information Competency Page http://www.santarosa.edu/~kathy/ICC/index.shtml (also check out the link for Related Organizations and Web Sites)

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education -Draft http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilintro.html

ALA - Information Power (the nine information literacy standards for student learning) http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html

A paper, "Information Literacy for Sonoma State University Students" (Presented at the California State University Information Competency Conference, November 1997) Paula Hammett ~ Associate Librarian, Ruben Salazar Library ~ Sonoma State University ~ Rohnert Park, CA http://libweb.sonoma.edu/hammett/infocomp/infocomp1197.html

 

FACULTY & STAFF INFORMATION COMPETENCY TRAINING

Developing a Successful Information Technology Competency Strategy for Faculty and Staff by Mark Northover http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/development/1999-01.asp

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ASSESSMENT || STAND ALONE COURSES || PAIRED COURSES || INTEGRATED || WEB BASED MODULES || MISCELLANEOUS


Links collected by Liz Tynan and Phyllis Usina, Reference Librarians at the Santa Rosa Junior College
Contact usina@santarosa.edu with feedback about this page.
last updated: December 7, 1999