Objective 3. Work with faculty and librarians to develop strategies to incorporate information fluency competencies into the curriculum at all levels.
Working with faculty and other partners, define information fluency learning objectives for incorporation into the curriculum. Assess the effectiveness of the Library’s instructional program and enhance the program as needed to ensure that these learning objectives are being met. E mphasize the role of librarians as consultants and participants in the instructional and research programs of the university by contributing to the educational mission of the university through partnerships with faculty and students.
Implementation
- Host a nationally recognized speaker or speakers with expertise in information fluency to provide guidance.
- Charge a working group to carry out the steps below:
1) Define information fluency learning objectives.
- Define baseline information fluency learning objectives for Cornell students, i.e., what all Cornell students should know with regard to information fluency regardless of their standing/level and discipline.
- Define information fluency learning objectives for Cornell students at various stages of their “careers,” e.g., at freshman orientation, as participants in freshman seminars and other introductory undergraduate-level courses, as participants in undergraduate research-level courses, as graduate students.
- Define specific discipline-based information fluency learning objectives for Cornell students, researchers, and faculty.
- Define information fluency learning objectives for special categories of Cornell community members, e.g., international students, as well as non-student groups, e.g., office professionals.
2) Engage the faculty to define information fluency learning objectives and to incorporate the objectives into the curriculum.
3) Partner with the Center for Learning & Teaching and the Learning Strategies Center to define information fluency learning objectives and to incorporate them into the centers’ programs in order to reach more students.
4) Assess the effectiveness of our current instructional programs in meeting the information fluency learning objectives.
5) Enhance the Library instruction program to ensure that the information fluency learning objectives are being successfully met.
Potential Partners
- Center for Learning & Teaching.
- Learning Strategies Center.
Measures of Success
- Defined information fluency learning objectives as described above.
- Determined means by which to gauge information fluency (e.g., outcome-based results).
- Engaged the library’s instruction community.
- Partnered with the faculty.
- Partnered with the Center for Learning & Teaching and the Learning Strategies Center.
- Made the university administration aware of the importance of information fluency for the Cornell community, not only in regard to its impact on a successful education experience at Cornell, but also on lifelong learning.
- Reached more students and improved their information fluency.