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Title: INFORMATION COMPETENCY PROJECT


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INFORMATION COMPETENCY PROJECT
  • Presentation by
  • Teresa Ojezua, Head Librarian
  • Katie Davis, Reference / Instruction Librarian
  • Philander Smith College Little Rock, AR

2
Outline of Presentation
  • Summary of Project
  • Introduction
  • Project Goal
  • Structure
  • Process
  • Outcomes
  • Key Breakthroughs
  • Project Review
  • Challenges
  • Stakeholders
  • Key Change Issues
  • Insights from Leadership Institute
  • Goals Not Met
  • Relationship to College Strategic Plan
  • Summary Conclusions
  • Questions
  • Immunity to Change
  • Immunity Map

3
Summary
  • Our project focused on establishing information
    literacy competencies to enhance students
    development, curriculum redesign and campus
    collaboration.
  • With funds from the office of Title III, we
    expanded the Library Committee and held a series
    of discussion meetings to develop a set of IL
    competencies that all students should have before
    they graduate from the college.
  • The result was a motion by the Faculty Senate
    adopting the proposed IL competencies.

4
Introduction
  • Information explosionradical change in the way
    information is stored, organized, and retrieved
  • To equip students for lifelong learning in an
    evolving information universe
  • To help students use relevant information for
    informed decision making
  • To discourage reliance on internet for copy
    paste research activities

5
We are seeing students
  • Failing to evaluate sources or their relevance to
    assigned projects
  • Clicking and not reading
  • Engaging in rampant plagiarism
  • Regurgitating ideas of othersno original thought
  • Hitting the print button and thinking theyve
    accomplished their research

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Definition of Information Literacy
  • Information Literacy is the set of abilities
    requiring individuals to recognize when
    information is needed and have the ability to
    locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed
    information. (Information Literacy Competency
    Standards for Higher Education, ALA 2000)

7
Project Goals
  • To provide faculty and staff with a better
    understanding of information literacy
  • To develop outcomes based guidelines for
    information literacy for all PSC students
  • To disseminate the PSC guidelines on the
    Worldwide Web (via the library webpage and in
    other sources)

8
Structure
  • Expanded the Library Committee to include an
    extra faculty member from each Division,
    administrators, computing staff, and two student
    representatives
  • Wrote a Grant for funds from the Director of
    Title III
  • Held 4 discussion meetingsDec. 2009, Jan. 2010,
    Feb. 2010, Mar. 2010
  • Invited Consultant HBCU Mentor to address the
    group

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Consultant at IL Discussion Forum
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Another IL forum in session
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Process
  • Create a vision for the project
  • Tie aim to personal concerns / observations
  • Build and empower a team (Stakeholders)
  • Demonstrate commitment
  • Use standardized tools to demonstrate benchmarks
    (ALA, ACRL)
  • Utilize Faculty Senate to institutionalize
    proposed IL standards and competencies
  • Develop strategies for future implementation

12
Outcomes
  • Promoted a discussion on student information
    literacy in academia
  • Worked toward changing the librarys role on
    campus and in the larger community.
  • Built partnerships within the library and campus
    wide
  • Proposed five I.L. competency standards
  • Proposed framework for implementation and
    assessment that was accepted by Faculty Senate

13
Key Breakthroughs
  • Acceptance of information literacy competency
    standards in faculty members class objectives
  • For librarians and library staff, this project
    has led to increased communication and improved
    services.
  • Making connections and sustainable relationships
    on campus
  • Developed a formal professional relationship with
    our HBCU Mentor

14
Key Breakthroughs
  • Affirm librarians as key players in the
    institution and important role of the library in
    enhancing teaching and learning
  • Changing IL competency as a library thing to
    literacy skills into classroom instruction
  • Funding can be obtained for professional
    development of faculty
  • IL connects all the stakeholders (students,
    faculty, librarians, computer staff, student
    services, campus administrators)

15
Project ReviewChallenges
  • Faculty resistancefear of losing control over
    subject matter and lack of time to incorporate IL
    objectives into classroom.
  • Convincing faculty of shared responsibility and
    collaboration in executing the proposed I.L.
    competencies.
  • Establishing buy-in among the library staff

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Meeting the challenges
  • Established trust and communicated our vision
    with persistence.
  • Positive reinforcement for participation
  • Inclusion of all library staff in library
    planning meetings
  • Monthly professional development exercises for
    library staff

17
Stakeholders
  • Administrators Faculty Computing Staff
  • Librarians Student Reps HBCU Mentor

18
Key Change Issues
  • To Raise the bar on student research competence
    and confidence
  • To Establish lasting collaborative relationships
  • To Empower Library staff

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Helpful Insights from Leadership Institute
  • Create a vision that is relevant to the
    institutions strategic plan
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Develop strategies (communication, funds, change
    management, staff etc.)
  • Develop a project plan
  • Execute (take action)

20
What goals were not met?
  • One goal is still in progress
  • to disseminate the IL guidelines on the WWW via
    the library website
  • Anticipated completion Summer 2010

21
Relationship of Project to College Strategic Plan
  • I.L. is essential to achieve the Colleges
    strategic goal 2 to strengthen its academic
    profile, programs, and performance.
  • Provides skills for life-long learning
  • Prepares students for post-college work
    environment.
  • Helps to create student motivation and engagement

22
Summary and Conclusions
  • Library vision is translated into executable
    actions.
  • Librarians play a vital and evolving role in
    collaborating with campus stakeholders to
    implement the changes necessary for an effective
    I.L. program.
  • From workshop presentations, to one-on-one
    consultations, faculty see the library as more
    than a collections-related resource, and more of
    a service and training-centered resource.

23
Immunity to Change
  • Time to think outside the box!

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Immunity Map
Visible Commitment Doing/ Not Doing Instead Hidden Competing Commitments Big Assumptions
Improve Customer Service Quality through Innovation Prompt Delivery of Service Excellence Customer service doesnt go far beyond traditional in-person transactions. Library staff sometimes dont refer questions when they reach an impasse. Delayed response to patron needs Library staff feel that patrons are not self-reliant enough, and the staff do not want to do students work for them. Reluctance in going above and beyond original job description. That improved customer service will not increase patrons understanding of information retrieval and library resources. Changes are unnecessary, and the status quo serves the library effectively.
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Insights from Immunity Concept
  • This concept shows the multi-dimensional nature
    of change.
  • Change is prevented by barriers coming from both
    individual and group commitments.
  • Team work as well as individual reflection is
    necessary to overcome resistance to change.

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