Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year Students

Seeking ways to develop information literacy skills among first year college students, librarians at our institution developed a pilot program to measure the effects of a multiple library instruction session module on students' research skills in the first semester. The pilot program incorporat...

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Main Author:	Julie Gilbert
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Communications in Information Literacy 2010-01-01
Series:	Communications in Information Literacy
Subjects:	information literacy; first year students; assessment
Online Access:	http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22513

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spelling	doaj-8bae0858c5cc495f83a10984fd1421882020-11-25T01:29:33ZengCommunications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy1933-59542010-01-013218119210.15760/comminfolit.2010.3.2.80Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year StudentsJulie Gilbert0Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSeeking ways to develop information literacy skills among first year college students, librarians at our institution developed a pilot program to measure the effects of a multiple library instruction session module on students' research skills in the first semester. The pilot program incorporates a substantial assessment model consisting of a pretest, posttest, and a citation analysis of final papers. Results demonstrate that students who had multiple library instruction sessions during the first semester report higher levels of confidence and greater use of library resources than students who had only a single instruction session.http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22513information literacy; first year students; assessment
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title_short	Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year Students
title_full	Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year Students
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publisher	Communications in Information Literacy
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description	Seeking ways to develop information literacy skills among first year college students, librarians at our institution developed a pilot program to measure the effects of a multiple library instruction session module on students' research skills in the first semester. The pilot program incorporates a substantial assessment model consisting of a pretest, posttest, and a citation analysis of final papers. Results demonstrate that students who had multiple library instruction sessions during the first semester report higher levels of confidence and greater use of library resources than students who had only a single instruction session.
topic	information literacy; first year students; assessment
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Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year Students

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