Best Practices / IL plan
GRCC IL
VISION
TO ACHIEVE VISION
Provide tools (available online) that discipline faculty can use to integrate information literacy into their classes
Provide in-person consultation with discipline faculty
Provide information literacy instruction
Embed information literacy throughout the curriculum
o Outcome-based
o Developmentally appropriate
o Disciplinarily relevant
o Assessable
o “setting neutral”: online or face-to-face
Students become information literate through embedded information literacy instruction throughout the curriculum.
Librarians prepare students to successfully navigate the world of research and information at college and beyond
DEFINITION: STUDENT ABILITIES
Use information ethically to achieve academic, career, or personal goals.
Synthesize and analyze found information
Evaluate found information
Access needed information
Know when they need information
